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国王的理由是：只要有头，就能砍，你刽子手执行就行了，少说废话。王后的理由是：谁不立即执行她的命令，她就要把每个人的头都砍掉，周围的人的头也都砍掉（正是她最后这句话，使这些人都吓得要命）。

The executioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from: that he had never had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't going to begin at HIS time of life.

The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.

The Queen's argument was, that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time she'd have everybody executed, all round. (It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious.)

Alice could think of nothing else to say but `It belongs to the Duchess: you'd better ask HER about it.'

`She's in prison,' the Queen said to the executioner: `fetch her here.' And the executioner went off like an arrow.

The Cat's head began fading away the moment he was gone, and, by the time he had come back with the Dutchess, it had entirely disappeared; so the King and the executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it, while the rest of the party went back to the game.

参考译文

刽子手的理由是：除非有身子，才能从身上砍头，光是一个头是没法砍掉的。他说他从来没做过这种事，这辈子也不打算做这样的事了。

国王的理由是：只要有头，就能砍，你刽子手执行就行了，少说废话。王后的理由是：谁不立即执行她的命令，她就要把每个人的头都砍掉，周围的人的头也都砍掉（正是她最后这句话，使这些人都吓得要命）。

爱丽丝想不出什么办法，只是说：“这猫是公爵夫人的，你们最好去问她。”

“她在监狱里，”王后对刽子手说，“把她带来！”刽子手好像离弦的箭似的跑去了。

就在刽子手走去的一刹那，猫头开始消失，刽子手带着公爵夫人来到时，猫头完全没有了。国王和刽子手就发疯似地跑来跑去到处找，而其他人又回去玩槌球了。