Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

   It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself 'The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She'll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where CAN I have dropped them, I wonder?' Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen—everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.

   Byl to raz jeszcze Bialy Królik. Szedl powoli i rozgladal sie trwozliwie dokola, jak gdyby czegos szukajac. Alicja uslyszala, jak mamrotal do siebie:

- O Ksiezno, Ksiezno! Na moje najdrozsze lapy! Na moje futerko i bokobrody, kazesz mnie na pewno sciac! Gdzie ja moglem je zapodziac, nieszczesny? Alicja odgadla, ze Królik szuka wachlarza i pary bialych, skórkowych rekawiczek. Zaraz wiec zaczela rozgladac sie za nimi, ale na prózno. Nic zreszta dziwnego, bo wszystko zmienilo sie nie do poznania od czasu, kiedy Alicja plywala w sadzawce. Sala ze szklanym stolikiem i malutenkimi drzwiczkami dawno juz znikla.

   Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her in an angry tone, 'Why, Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!' And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.

   Nagle Bialy Królik dostrzegl Alicje i zawolal gniewnie:

- Co ty tu robisz, Marianno? Biegnij w te pedy do domu i przynies im pare rekawiczek i wachlarz. Ale juz! Alicja byla tak przerazona, ze nie próbowala nawet wyjasnic nieporozumienia i pobiegla natychmiast we wskazanym przez Królika kierunku.

   'He took me for his housemaid,' she said to herself as she ran. 'How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am! But I'd better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.' As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name 'W. RABBIT' engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves.

   - Wzial mnie widocznie za swoja pokojówke - mówila biegnac. - Bedzie na pewno zdziwiony, kiedy dowie sie, kim jestem! Ale ja przyniose mu te jego rekawiczki i wachlarz, jezeli je oczywiscie znajde. - Wtem ujrzala maly domek, na któregodrzwiach lsnila mosiezna tabliczka z napisem: B. KRÓLIK. Weszla bez pukania i pobiegla predziutko na góre, poniewaz bala sie, ze spotka prawdziwa Marianne, a ta wyprosi ja z domu, zanim znajdzie wachlarz i rekawiczki.

   'How queer it seems,' Alice said to herself, 'to be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!' And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: '"Miss Alice! Come here directly, and get ready for your walk!" "Coming in a minute, nurse! But I've got to see that the mouse doesn't get out." Only I don't think,' Alice went on, 'that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering people about like that!'

   - Jakie to dziwne - powiedziala do siebie Alicja - biegac na posylki dla Królika! Moze niedlugo i Jacek bedzie dawal mi podobne zlecenia! - I zaczela wyobrazac sobie, jak to sie bedzie odbywalo: „Alicjo! Chodz tu natychmiast i przygotuj sie do spaceru!” „Zaraz, nianiu, dopóki nie wróci Jacek musze pilnowac mysiej norki, zeby myszka mu nie uciekla”! - Tak, tak, tylko watpie, czy pozwolono by Jackowi pozostac u nas w domu, gdyby zaczal sie tak rzadzic i rozkazywac ludziom.

   By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. 'I know SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!'

   Tymczasem Alicja znalazla sie w malej, schludnej izdebce. Na stoliku pod oknem zauwazyla wachlarzyk i trzy pary malenkich rekawiczek. Chciala juz wyjsc z pokoju ze swoja zdobycza, kiedy wzrok jej padl na stojaca obok lustra buteleczke. Tym razem nie byla nie niej naklejki z napisem: Wypij mnie. Alicja odkorkowala ja jednak i przylozyla do ust. „Wiem - rzekla do siebie - ze musi sie zawsze cos wydarzyc, gdy cokolwiek zjem albo wypije. Chce przekonac sie, co stanie sie ze mna po wypiciu tego plynu. Mam nadzieje, ze urosne, bo doprawdy znudzilo mi sie juz byc takim malutkim stworzonkiem”.

   It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself 'That's quite enough - I hope I shan't grow any more - As it is, I can't get out at the door - I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so much!'

   Zyczenie Alicji spelnilo sie szybciej, niz mogla przypuszczac. Zanim wypila polowe, uderzyla glowa o sufit i musiala sie schylic, aby zmiescic sie w pokoiku. Odstawila wiec szybko buteleczke, mówiac do siebie: „To w zupelnosci wystarczy. Mam nadzieje, ze nie bede wiecej rosla, bo i tak nie moge juz wydostac sie przez drzwi. Ach, po co wypilam tego tak duzo?”

   Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this, and she tried the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curled round her head. Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself 'Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What WILL become of me?'

   Niestety, bylo juz za pózno. Alicja rosla, rosla bez przerwy i wkrótce byla juz zmuszona ukleknac. Po chwili i na to bylo za malo miejsca. Spróbowala wiec polozyc sie z jedna reka oparta o drzwi, druga zas owinieta dokola szyi. Robilo sie coraz ciasniej. Alicja musiala wiec wyciagnac jedna reke przez okno, jedna zas noge wsunac do komina. „To wszystko, co moge zrobic - pomyslala. - Co sie teraz ze mna stanie?”

   Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger: still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.

   Szczesliwie zawartosc buteleczki przestala juz dzialac i Alicja nie rosla juz dalej. Czula sie jednak tak marnie i tak malo widziala mozliwosci wydostania sie z pokoiku, ze byla doprawdy bardzo nieszczesliwa.

   'It was much pleasanter at home,' thought poor Alice, 'when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! I do wonder what CAN have happened to me! When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when I grow up, I'll write one—but I'm grown up now,' she added in a sorrowful tone; 'at least there's no room to grow up any more HERE.'

   „O wiele lepiej dzialo mi sie w domu - pomyslala z zalem. - Tam przynajmniej czlowiek nie rósl wciaz i nie malal na przemian i nie byl narazony na zuchwalstwa ze strony królików i myszy. Bodajbym nigdy nie wchodzila w królicza nore, chociaz... chociaz te przygody sa, prawde mówiac, ciekawe. Kiedy czytalam bajki, zdawalo mi sie, ze cos podobnego nie moze przydarzyc sie nikomu, a oto sama przezywam bajke najdziwniejsza w swiecie! Doprawdy, ktos powinien napisac ksiazke o mnie. Albo ja sama napisze, kiedy urosne... Ale przeciez ja wlasnie uroslam - uprzytomnila sobie Alicja - i nie moge juz wiecej rosnac, przynajmniej w tym domu...”

   'But then,' thought Alice, 'shall I NEVER get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way—never to be an old woman—but then—always to have lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like THAT!'

   „Lecz w takim razie nie bede juz nigdy starsza! Z jednej strony wydaje sie to dosc wygodne - nigdy nie byc stara - ale kiedy pomysle, ze bede miala przez cale zycie lekcje do odrabiania! Nie, to im sie wcale nie usmiecha!”

   'Oh, you foolish Alice!' she answered herself. 'How can you learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardly room for YOU, and no room at all for any lesson-books!'

   „Och, ty gluptasku - powiedziala sobie po chwili - jakzebys mogla odrabiac lekcje tutaj? Ledwie starczy tu miejsca dla ciebie, a gdzie zmiescilyby sie twoje podreczniki i zeszyty?”

   And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen.

   Alicja zabawiala sie tak przez pare minut stawianiem pytan i dawaniem na nie odpowiedzi, z czego wywiazala sie cala rozmowa, gdy nagle uslyszala na zewnatrz jakis piskliwy glosik:

   'Mary Ann! Mary Ann!' said the voice. 'Fetch me my gloves this moment!' Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs. Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her, and she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it.

   - Marianno! Marianno! Podaj mi w tej chwili moje rekawiczki! - Nastepnie dalo sie slyszec szybkie stapanie lapek po schodach. Nie ulegalo watpliwosci, ze to Bialy Królik wraca do swego mieszkania. Alicja zapomniala widocznie o tym, ze byla teraz z tysiac razy wieksza od Królika, bo zaczela dygotac ze strachu, a wraz z nia zatrzasl sie caly domek.

   Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice's elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say to itself 'Then I'll go round and get in at the window.'

   Bialy Królik usilowal otworzyc drzwi. Poniewaz jednak otwieraly sie one od wewnatrz, okazalo sie to niemozliwe. Alicja slyszala, jak powiedzial do siebie: - Musze pójsc naokolo i dostac sie do srodka oknem.

   'THAT you won't' thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air. She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something of the sort.

   „To ci sie takze nie uda” - pomyslala Alicja. Poczekala chwile, az Królik zdazy obejsc swój domek, i trzepnela nagle palcami wysunietej za okno reki. Choc nie dotknela niczego, rozlegl sie cichy pisk i odglos upadku, a potem brzek tluczonego szkla. Alicja wywnioskowala, ze Królik wpasc musial w inspekty albo w cos podobnego. Nastepnie uslyszala gniewny glosik:

   Next came an angry voice -the Rabbit's- 'Pat! Pat! Where are you?' And then a voice she had never heard before, 'Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour!'

   - Bazyli, Bazyli, gdzie jestes? - na co jakis nieznany glos odpowiedzial: -Tutaj jestem, jasnie panie! Kopie jablka, prosze jasnie pana.

   'Digging for apples, indeed!' said the Rabbit angrily. 'Here! Come and help me out of THIS!' (Sounds of more broken glass.)

   - Kopie jablka, dajmy na to, ze kopie - rzekl Królik z wsciekloscia. - Na razie jednak chodz tutaj i pomóz mi sie stad wydostac! (Znów brzek tluczonego szkla).

   'Now tell me, Pat, what's that in the window?'

   - Powiedz mi, Bazyli, co tam jest w oknie?

   'Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!' (He pronounced it 'arrum.')

   -Ani chybi reka, prosze jasnie pana.

   'An arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that size? Why, it fills the whole window!'

   - Reka, ty osle? Czys kiedy widzial reke takiej wielkosci? Przeciez ona wypelnia cale okno!

   'Sure, it does, yer honour: but it's an arm for all that.'

   -Tak jest, prosze jasnie pana, ale to jednak reka.

   'Well, it's got no business there, at any rate: go and take it away!'

   -Tak czy inaczej, ona nie ma tutaj nic do roboty. Idz i usun ja.

   There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear whispers now and then; such as, 'Sure, I don't like it, yer honour, at all, at all!' 'Do as I tell you, you coward!' and at last she spread out her hand again, and made another snatch in the air. This time there were TWO little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass. 'What a number of cucumber-frames there must be!' thought Alice. 'I wonder what they'll do next! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wish they COULD! I'm sure I don't want to stay in here any longer!'

   Nastapila dluga cisza, w czasie której do uszu Alicji dochodzily tylko jakies szepty. Zdolala jedynie zrozumiec, ze Bazyli usilowal sie wykrecic od wykonania rozkazu, Królik zas komenderowal: „Ruszaj, ty tchórzu!” Na wszelki wypadek Alicja raz jeszcze trzepnela palcami. Tym razem uslyszala az dwa piski i glosniejszy brzek tluczonego szkla. „Musi tam byc sporo tych inspektów pomyslala. - Ciekawe, co oni teraz postanowia. Jesli idzie o usuniecie mnie stad, to bylabym bardzo rada, gdyby im sie to udalo. Pozostawanie tutaj dluzej zupelnie mnie nie bawi”.

   She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a good many voices all talking together: she made out the words: 'Where's the other ladder? -Why, I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other -Bill! fetch it here, lad! -Here, put 'em up at this corner -No, tie 'em together first - they don't reach half high enough yet -Oh! they'll do well enough; don't be particular -Here, Bill! catch hold of this rope -Will the roof bear? -Mind that loose slate -Oh, it's coming down! Heads below!' (a loud crash) -'Now, who did that? -It was Bill, I fancy -Who's to go down the chimney? -Nay, I shan't! YOU do it! -That I won't, then! -Bill's to go down -Here, Bill! the master says you're to go down the chimney!'

   Minelo znowu troche czasu. Alicja uslyszala na koniec jakby dudnienie kól malenkich furmanek, a potem mnóstwo przekrzykujacych sie glosów. Rozrózniala slowa: „Gdzie jest druga drabina?” „Mialem przyniesc tylko jedna, Bis ma druga”. „Bis, przystaw ja tutaj, chlopcze. Oprzyj ja o ten róg”. „Tak, tak, trzeba ja najpierw zwiazac”. „Siegaja teraz do polowy wysokosci”. „Wystarcza ci zupelnie”. „Nie badz taki wymagajacy”. „Bis, zlap sie za te line”. „Czy dach tylko wytrzyma?” „Uwazaj na obluzowana dachówke!” „Och, spada!” (Glosny huk). „Kto ja zrzucil?” „To chyba Bis”. „Kto wejdzie do pokoju przez komin?” „Nie, ja nie”. „Wlasnie, ze ty!” „A wlasnie, ze nie ja!” „Bis wejdzie przez komin”. „Sluchaj, Bis, jasnie pan mówi, ze ty masz wejsc prze komin!”

   'Oh! So Bill's got to come down the chimney, has he?' said Alice to herself. 'Shy, they seem to put everything upon Bill! I wouldn't be in Bill's place for a good deal: this fireplace is narrow, to be sure; but I THINK I can kick a little!'

   „Ach, wiec to Bis ma wejsc prze komin - rzekla do siebie Alicja. - Wyglada na to, ze oni wszystko zwalaja na tego Bisia. Nie chcialabym byc na jego miejscu. Ten komin jest bardzo waski, a poza tym mysle, ze bede mogla wyrzucic go stamtad noga”.

   She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn't guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself 'This is Bill,' she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next.

   Alicja wystawila noge tak daleko, jak tylko mogla, i czekala, dopóki zwierzatko(nie wiedziala dokladnie jakie) nie zacznie halasowac u wylotu komina. Kiedy uslyszala odglosy schodzenia, powiedziala sobie: „To musi byc Bis” - i zrobila gwaltowny ruch uwieziona w kominie noga, po czym czekala, co bedzie dalej.

   The first thing she heard was a general chorus of 'There goes Bill!' then the Rabbit's voice along—'Catch him, you by the hedge!' then silence, and then another confusion of voices—'Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don't choke him—How was it, old fellow? What happened to you? Tell us all about it!'

   Najpierw uslyszala caly chór glosów wolajacych w podnieceniu „To Bis wraca!” Potem glos Królika: „Trzymajcie go, wy przy zywoplocie!” Nastepnie, po chwili ciszy, nowy chór glosów: „Podniescie mu glowe”. „Dajcie mu lyk wódki”. „Nie potrzasajcie nim”. „Co z toba, przyjacielu?” „Co ci sie stalo?” „Opowiedz nam o wszystkim”.

   Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, ('That's Bill,' thought Alice,) 'Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I'm better now—but I'm a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!'

   Na koniec rozlegl sie slaby piskliwy glosik. („To musi byc Bis” - pomyslala Alicja).

- Naprawde, ja nic nie wiem, tak samo jak i wy; teraz mi lepiej - jestem nazbyt wstrzasniety, by opowiadac, wiem tylko, ze cos wyskoczylo na mnie i pofrunalem w góre jak rakieta.

   'So you did, old fellow!' said the others.

   -Tak bylo, wlasnie tak - zgodzili sie sluchacze.

   'We must burn the house down!' said the Rabbit's voice; and Alice called out as loud as she could, 'If you do. I'll set Dinah at you!'

   - Musimy spalic ten dom - zawyrokowal Królik. Uslyszawszy to Alicja wrzasnela na caly glos: - Jesli to zrobicie, poszczuje na was Jacka!

   There was a dead silence instantly, and Alice thought to herself, 'I wonder what they WILL do next! If they had any sense, they'd take the roof off.' After a minute or two, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, 'A barrowful will do, to begin with.'

   Nastapila zupelna cisza. Alicja pomyslala sobie: „Ciekawe, co oni teraz zrobia. Gdyby mieli troche oleju w glowach, zdjeliby dach”.

Po dwóch minutach rozpoczelo sie nowe bieganie i Alicja uslyszala glos Królika:

- Jedna beczulka powinna wystarczyc na poczatek.

   'A barrowful of WHAT?' thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face. 'I'll put a stop to this,' she said to herself, and shouted out, 'You'd better not do that again!' which produced another dead silence.

   „Beczulka czego? - pomyslala Alicja. Ale w tej chwili w okno uderzyl grad malych kamyczków, z których czesc ugodzila ja w twarz. Doszla wiec do wniosku, ze musi polozyc kres temu atakowi, i zawolala jak najgrozniejszym glosem: - Radze wam przestac w tej chwili! - co spowodowalo ponownie glucha cisze.

   Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head. 'If I eat one of these cakes,' she thought, 'it's sure to make SOME change in my size; and as it can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose.'

   Alicja zauwazyla ze zdumieniem, ze lezace na podlodze kamyczki przemieniaja sie w malenkie ciasteczka. I nagle przyszlo jej do glowy, ze zjedzenie jednego z ciasteczek powinno jakos wplynac na jej wzrost. „Poniewaz nie moge juz chyba urosnac pomyslala - wiec przypuszczam, ze zrobie sie mniejsza”.

   So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly. As soon as she was small enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house, and found quite a crowd of little animals and birds waiting outside. The poor little Lizard, Bill, was in the middle, being held up by two guinea-pigs, who were giving it something out of a bottle. They all made a rush at Alice the moment she appeared; but she ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a thick wood.

   Nie zwlekajac dlugo, zjadla ciasteczko i stwierdzila z zachwytem, ze gwaltownie maleje. Kiedy byla juz tam mala, ze mogla przejsc przez drzwi, wybiegla szybko z domu, przed którym zebrala sie cala gromada ptaków i innych zwierzatek. Posrodku zauwazyla Bisia (okazalo sie, ze to mala jaszczurka) podtrzymywanego przez dwie swinki morskie, które poily go plynem z jakiejs buteleczki. Wszystkie zwierzeta rzucily sie ku Alicji, ale ona uciekla, co sil w nogach. Wkrótce znalazla sie w gestym lesie, gdzie poczula sie wreszcie bezpieczna.

   'The first thing I've got to do,' said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, 'is to grow to my right size again; and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. I think that will be the best plan.'

   - Pierwsza rzecz, o która powinnam sie postarac, to odzyskanie mego prawdziwego wzrostu - rzekla Alicja chodzac po lesie. - A poza tym musze wreszcie dostac sie do tego przepieknego ogrodu. Sadze, ze to bedzie wlasciwy plan dzialania na najblizszy czas.

   It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry.

   Plan ten byl prosty i pociagajacy. Alicja nie miala jednak pojecia, jak zabrac sie do jego wykonania. Blakajac sie miedzy drzewami poslyszala nagle nad glowa glosne szczekniecie.

   An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. 'Poor little thing!' said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.

   Olbrzymie szczenie przypatrywalo jej sie wielkimi, okraglymi oczami i lagodnie tracalo ja lapa.

- Sliczne, male biedactwo - rzekla Alicja mozliwie jak najslodszym glosem i usilowala zagwizdac. Byla przy tym smiertelnie przerazona, ze szczenie jest glodne i ze pozre ja mimo jej slodkich slówek.

   Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.

   Nie wiedzac, co czynic, wyciagnela ku pieskowi jakis patyczek. Szczeniak odbil sie od ziemi wszystkimi czterema lapami naraz, podskoczyl w góre na znak zachwytu, szczeknal i rzucil sie na patyk z taka mina, jak gdyby mial zamiar zmiazdzyc go jednym klapnieciem zebów. Tymczasem Alicja ukryla sie za wielkim ostem, przez co uniknela stratowania. Szczeniak rzucil sie znowu na patyk, fiknal koziolka, podskoczyl kilkakrotnie do góry, a potem cofal sie bardzo daleko w tyl i znów pedzil naprzód, szczekajac bezustannie przez caly czas. Na koniec przysiadl ciezko dyszac, z wywieszonym jezykiem i przymruzonymi slepiami.

   This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.

   Alicja skorzystala z tej sposobnosci, aby sie wymknac. Biegla bardzo dlugo az do utraty sil i zatrzymala sie dopiero wówczas, gdy szczekanie psa juz ledwo dochodzilo z oddali.

   'And yet what a dear little puppy it was!' said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to rest herself, and fanned herself with one of the leaves: 'I should have liked teaching it tricks very much, if—if I'd only been the right size to do it! Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let me see—how IS it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?'

   „To przemily szczeniak - pomyslala opierajac sie o jaskier i wachlujac jednym z jego lisci. - Bardzo bym chciala z nim pobaraszkowac, gdybym tylko byla troche wieksza. Mój Boze! Zapomnialam calkiem, ze musze na nowo urosnac. Ale jak sie do tego zabrac? Przypuszczam, ze musze cos zjesc albo wypic, ale co - w tym sek!”

   The great question certainly was, what? Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances. There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it.

   Alicja rozejrzala sie dokola, ale nie zauwazyla poza kwiatami i trawa nic godnego uwagi. W poblizu stal duzy grzyb, mniej wiecej jej wysokosci. Kiedy przyjrzalam mu sie dokladnie od dolu i ze wszystkich mozliwych stron, przyszlo jej na mysl, ze warto by równiez zobaczyc, co dzieje sie z wierzchu na kapeluszu grzyba.

   She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

   Wspiela sie na paluszki i natychmiast zauwazyla ogromnego, niebieskiego pana Gasienice. Siedzial wygodnie z rekami skrzyzowanymi na piersiach i pykal wolno i uroczyscie z olbrzymiej fajki, nie zwracajac najmniejszej uwagi na otoczenie.