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“她们靠吃什么活着呢？”爱丽丝总是最关心吃喝的问题。

“她们靠吃糖浆生活。”睡鼠想了一会儿说。

`Tell us a story!' said the March Hare.

`Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice.

`And be quick about it,' added the Hatter, `or you'll be asleep again before it's done.'

`Once upon a time there were three little sisters,' the Dormouse began in a great hurry; `and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well--'

`What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking.

`They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two.

`They couldn't have done that, you know,' Alice gently remarked; `they'd have been ill.'

`So they were,' said the Dormouse; `VERY ill.'

Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: `But why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

参考译文

“给我们讲个故事！”三月兔说。

“就是，请讲一个吧！”爱丽丝恳求着。

“而且要快点讲，要不然你还没讲完又睡着了，”帽匠加了一句。

睡鼠急急忙忙地讲了：“从前有三个小姐妹，她们的名字是：埃尔西、莱斯、蒂尔莉，她们住在一个井底下……”

“她们靠吃什么活着呢？”爱丽丝总是最关心吃喝的问题。

“她们靠吃糖浆生活。”睡鼠想了一会儿说。

“你知道，这样是不行的，她们都会生病的。”爱丽丝轻声说。

“正是这样，她们都病了，病得很厉害。”睡鼠说。

爱丽丝尽量地想象这样特殊的生活方式会是什么样子，可是太费脑子了。于是，她又继续问：“她们为什么要住在井底下呢？”