Алиса в Стране чудес / Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise. It was over at last and they sat down in a ring and begged the Mouse to tell them a tale.
'You promised to tell me your story, you know,' said Alice to the Mouse, 'why do you hate cats and dogs,' she added in a whisper.
'It's a long and a sad tale!' said the Mouse. And it began:
- 'Fury[5] said to a
- mouse, That he
- met in the
- house,
- “Let us
- both go to
- law: I will
- prosecute
- YOU.-Come,
- I'll take no
- denial; We
- must have a
- trial: For
- really this
- morning I've
- nothing
- to do.”
- Said the
- mouse to the
- cur[6], “Such
- a trial,
- dear Sir,
- With
- no jury
- or judge,
- would be
- wasting
- our
- breath.”
- “I'll be
- judge, I'll
- be jury,”
- Said
- cunning
- old Fury:
- “I'll
- try the
- whole
- cause,
- and
- condemn
- you
- to
- death.”'
'It is a long tail, certainly,' said Alice, she looked at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it sad?'
“I shall not tell you,” said the Mouse. It got up and walked away.
“Please come back and tell us your tale,” called Alice; and all joined in, “Yes, please do!”
But the Mouse shook its head.