9. The Mock Turtle

Мне кажется, что это страница из книги «Алиса в Стране чудес»!

А вот и отрывок:

Alice looked around and saw a big smile in the air.

«Hello, Cheshire Cat,» she said, and the whole cat appeared on the garden wall.

«How are you?» asked the cat. «Are you enjoying yourself?»

«It's not a very good game,» said Alice. «Everyone is fighting.»

Alice looked around and saw the Queen behind her.

«What is this?» asked the Queen.

«It's the Cheshire Cat,» said Alice.

«I don't want it here!» shouted the Queen.

«It's the Duchess's cat. Ask her to take it away,» said Alice.

One of the soldiers went to get the Duchess, but the cat started to disappear again. When Duchess arrived, it was gone.

«I'm so happy to see you again!» said the Duchess. She took Alice's arm and they walked around the garden. The Duchess was very ugly, and she held* Alice very tight. Alice was glad when Queen called her.

«You must meet the Mock Turtle!» shouted the Queen. They walked to another part of garden, where a Gryphon was asleep in the sun.

«Get up, you lazy thing!» shouted the Queen. «Take Alice to see the Mock Turtle!»

The Queen went back to the croquet game and the Gryphon sat up slowly.