《爱丽丝漫游仙境》选段
Well, be off, then! said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.
Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could, for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches,
and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it.
After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands,
and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at one and then at the other,
and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter,
until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height.
“哼，那就滚开！”鸽子生气地说着，同时又飞下去钻进它的窝里了。爱丽丝费劲儿地往树林里蹲，因为她的脖子常常会被树叉挂住，要随时停下来排解。过了一会，她想起了手里的两块蘑菇，于是她小心地咬咬这块，又咬咬那块，因此她一会儿L长高，一会缩小，最后终于使自己成了平常的高度了。