ALICJA W KRAINIE CZARÓW

Lódz nasza plynie ociezale,
 Slonce przyswieca cudnie;
 Trudno sterowac w tym upale,
 Wioslowac jeszcze trudniej;
 Niosa nas wiec lagodne fale
 W zlociste popoludnie.

All in the golden afternoon
  Full leisurely we glide;
 For both our oars, with little skill,
  By little arms are plied,
 While little hands make vain pretence
  Our wanderings to guide.

Niestety. Wlasnie w owym czasie,
 Gdy czlowiek by sie zdrzemnal,
 Dziewczynki chca, bym mówil basnie
 I cisze macil senna.
 Lecz trudno. Na cóz opór zda sie?
 I tak wygraja ze mna.

Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour.
  Beneath such dreamy weather.
 To beg a tale of breath too weak
  To stir the tiniest feather!
 Yet what can one poor voice avail
  Against three tongues together?

Ta pierwsza strasznie jest surowa
 I kaze zaczac zaraz.
 Ta druga wazna chce osoba,
 Bym cos o czarach znalazl.
 Trzecia przerywa mi wpól slowa,
 Chce wiedziec wszystko naraz.

Imperious Prima flashes forth
  Her edict "to begin it"—
 In gentler tone Secunda hopes
  "There will he nonsense in it!"—
 While Tertia interrupts the tale
  Not more than once a minute.

I nagle cisza. W wyobrazni
 Swiat slów mych staje zywy;
 Dziewczeta sa w krainie basni,
 Juz ich nie dziwia dziwy
 I moze swiat basniowy jasniej
 Im swieci niz prawdziwy.

Anon, to sudden silence won,
  In fancy they pursue
 The dream-child moving through a land
  Of wonders wild and new,
 In friendly chat with bird or beast—
  And half believe it true.

A gdy opowiesc ma ospale
 Gdzies sie zatrzyma czasem,
 Mówie zmeczony: - Dobrze, ale
 Reszta nastepnym razem.

And ever, as the story drained
  The wells of fancy dry,
 And faintly strove that weary one
  To put the subject by,
 "The rest next time—" "It is next time!"
  The happy voices cry.

Tak powstala ta opowiesc
 Przedziwna i necaca;
 Slowo rodzilo sie po slowie,
 Az basn dobiegla konca.
 Plyniemy razno ku domowi
 Juz po zachodzie slonca.

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:
  Thus slowly, one by one,
 Its quaint events were hammered out—
  And now the tale is done,
 And home we steer, a merry crew,
  Beneath the setting' sun.

Alicjo! Wez te bajke w dlonie,
 A potem zlóz ja lekko
 W twoich dzieciecych snów ustronie
 I otocz ja opieka -
 Tak pielgrzym zwiedle kwiaty chroni
 Zerwane gdzies daleko.

Alice! a childish story take,
  And with a gentle hand
 Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
  In Memory's mystic band,
 Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers
  Pluck'd in a far-off land.

   Alicja miala juz dosc siedzenia na lawce obok siostry i próznowania. Raz czy dwa razy zerknela do ksiazki, która czytala siostra. Niestety, w ksiazce nie bylo obrazków ani rozmów. „A cóz jest warta ksiazka - pomyslala Alicja - w której nie ma rozmów ani obrazków?”

   Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'

   Alicja rozmyslala wlasnie - a raczej starala sie rozmyslac, poniewaz upal czynil ja bardzo senna i niemrawa - czy warto meczyc sie przy zrywaniu stokrotek po to, aby uwic z nich wianek. Nagle tuz obok niej przebiegl Bialy Królik o rózowych slepkach.

   So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

   Wlasciwie nie bylo w tym nic nadzwyczajnego. Alicja nie dziwila sie nawet zbytnio slyszac, jak Królik szeptal do siebie: „O rety, o rety, na pewno sie spóznie”. Dopiero kiedy Królik wyjal z kieszonki od kamizelki zegarek, spojrzal nan i puscil sie pedem w dalsza droge, Alicja zerwala sie na równe nogi. Przyszlo jej bowiem na mysl, ze nigdy przedtem nie widziala królika w kamizelce ani królika z zegarkiem. Plonac z ciekawosci pobiegla na przelaj przez pole za Bialym Królikiem i zdazyla jeszcze spostrzec, ze znikl w sporej norze pod zywoplotem.

   There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

   Wczolgala sie wiec za nim do króliczej nory nie myslac o tym, jak sie pózniej stamtad wydostanie.

   In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

   Nora byla poczatkowo prosta niby tunel, po czym skrecala w dól tak nagle, ze Alicja nie mogla juz sie zatrzymac i runela w otwór przypominajacy wylot glebokiej studni.

   The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

   Studnia byla widac tak gleboka, czy moze Alicja spadala tak wolno, ze miala dosc czasu, aby rozejrzec sie dokola i zastanowic nad tym, co sie dalej stanie. Przede wszystkim starala sie dojrzec dno studni, ale jak to zrobic w ciemnosciach? Zauwazyla jedynie, ze sciany nory zapelnione byly szafami i pólkami na ksiazki. Tu i ówdzie wisialy mapy i obrazki. Mijajac jedna z pólek Alicja zdazyla zdjac z niej slój z naklejka Marmolada pomaranczowa. Niestety byl on pusty. Alicja nie upuscila sloja, obawiajac sie, ze moze zabic nim kogos na dole. Postawila go po drodze na jednej z nizszych pólek.

   Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

   „No, no - pomyslala - po tej przygodzie zaden upadek ze schodów nie zrobi juz na mnie wrazenia. W domu zdziwia sie, ze jestem taka dzielna. Nawet gdybym spadla z samego wierzcholka kamienicy, nie pisnelabym ani slówka”. Co do tego miala niewatpliwie racje).

   'Well!' thought Alice to herself, 'after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.)

   W dól, w dól, wciaz w dól. Czy juz nigdy nie skonczy sie to spadanie?

- Ciekawa jestem, ile mil dotychczas przebylam - rzekla nagle Alicja. - Musze byc juz gdzies w poblizu srodka ziemi. Zaraz... zaraz... To bedzie, zdaje sie, okolo tysiaca mil. (Alicja uczyla sie wielu podobnych rzeczy w szkole. Nie byla to co prawda chwila na popisywanie sie wiedza, no i imponowac nie bylo komu. Uznala jednak, ze mala „powtórka” bywa czasami pozyteczna). „Tak, wydaje mi sie, ze to bedzie wlasnie tysiac mil. Ciekawe, pod jaka szerokoscia i dlugoscia geograficzna obecnie sie znajduje”. (Alicja nie imala najmniejszego pojecia, co oznacza „dlugosc” lub „szerokosc geograficzna”, ale slowa te wydaly jej sie dzwieczne i pelne madrosci).

   Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end! 'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. 'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—' (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) '—yes, that's about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

   Tymczasem rozmyslala dalej: „Chcialabym wiedziec, czy przelece cala ziemie na wylot. Jakie to bedzie smieszne, kiedy znajde sie naraz wsród ludzi chodzacych do góry nogami. Zapytam ich o nazwe kraju, do którego przybylam. „Przepraszam pania bardzo, czy to Nowa Zelandia, czy Australia?” (Tu Alicja usilowala dygnac, ale spróbujcie to zrobic w takich warunkach. Czy sadzicie, ze Wam sie to uda?) „I co oni sobie o mnie pomysla? Chyba ze jestem glupia. Nie, juz lepiej nie pytac. Moze zobacze gdzies jaki napis”.

   Presently she began again. 'I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) '—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) 'And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.'

   W dól, w dól, wciaz w dól. Nie bylo nic do roboty, wiec Alicja zabawiala sie nadal rozmowa z sama soba: „Jacek bedzie tesknil za mna dzis wieczorem”. (Jacek byl to kot). „Mam nadzieje, ze w domu nie zapomna dac mu mleka na podwieczorek. Kochany, najdrozszy Jacku! Gdybym cie teraz miala przy sobie! Obawiam sie, co prawda, ze w powietrzu nie ma myszy, ale móglbys chwytac nietoperze, a gacki bardzo przypominaja myszy. Ale czy Jacek zjadlby gacka?” Tu Alicji zachcialo sie nagle spac i zaczela powtarzac na wpól sennie: „Czy Jacek zjadlby gacka? Czy Jacek zjadlby gacka?”, a czasami: „Czy gacek zjadlby Jacka?” Tak czy inaczej, nie umiala odpowiedziec na te pytania, bylo jej wiec wlasciwie wszystko jedno. Wreszcie poczula, ze zasypia. Snilo jej sie, ze jest na spacerze z Jackiem i ze mówi do niego bardzo groznie: „Powiedz mi teraz cala prawde, Jacku, czys ty kiedy zjadl nietoperza?” I nagle - tym razem juz na jawie - Alicja usiadla miekko na stosie chrustu i suchych lisci. Spadanie skonczylo sie.

   Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. 'Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!' (Dinah was the cat.) 'I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?' And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.

   Alicja nie potlukla sie ani troche i po chwili byla juz na nogach. Spojrzala w góre, lecz panowaly tam straszne ciemnosci. Przed nia ciagnal sie znowu dlugi korytarz. W dali spostrzegla pedzacego Bialego Królika. Nie bylo ani chwili do stracenia. Puscila sie wiec w pogon za Królikiem i przed jednym z zakretów korytarza uslyszala jego zdyszany glosik:

- O, na moje uszy i bokobrody, robi sie strasznie pózno! Byla juz zupelnie blisko, ale za zakretem Bialy Królik znikl w sposób niewytlumaczony. Alicja znalazla sie w podluznej, niskiej sali z dlugim rzedem lamp zwisajacych z sufitu.

   Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!' She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.

   Rozejrzala sie dokola i spostrzegla mnóstwo drzwi. Usilowala otworzyc kazde z nich po kolei, ale wszystkie byly zaryglowane. Zasmucona, odeszla wiec ku srodkowi sali, stracila bowiem nadzieje, ze sie kiedykolwiek stad wydostanie.

   There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.

   Nagle znalazla sie przed stolikiem na trzech nogach, zrobionym z grubego szkla. Na stoliku lezal malenki, zloty kluczyk. Alicja ucieszyla sie myslac, iz otwiera on jakies drzwi. Niestety. Czy zamki byly zbyt wielkie, czy kluczyk zbyt maly, dosc ze nie pasowal on nigdzie. Obchodzac sale po raz drugi, Alicja zauwazyla jednak cos, czego nie dostrzegla przedtem: zaslone, za która znajdowaly sie drzwi niespelna pólmetrowej wysokosci. Przymierzyla zloty kluczyk i przekonala sie z radoscia, ze pasuje.

   Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!

   Drzwiczki prowadzily do korytarzyka niewiele wiekszego od szczurzej nory. Alicja uklekla i przez korytarzyk ujrzala najpiekniejszy chyba na swiecie ogród. Jakze pragnela przechadzac sie tam wsród slicznych kwietników i orzezwiajacych wodotrysków! ale jak tu o tym marzyc, skoro nie potrafilaby wsunac przez norke nawet glowy. „A zreszta, gdyby nawet moja glowa dostala sie do ogrodu, nie na wiele by sie zdala bez ramion i reszty. Och, gdybym mogla zlozyc sie tak jak teleskop*. Moze bym nawet i umiala, ale jak sie do tego zabrac?” (Alicja bowiem doznala ostatnio tylu niezwyklych wrazen, ze nic nie wydawalo sie jej niemozliwe).

   Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; 'and even if my head would go through,' thought poor Alice, 'it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.' For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

   Dluzej stac pod drzwiczkami nie mialo sensu. Wrócila wiec do stolika z niejasnym przeczuciem, ze znajdzie na nim nowy kluczyk albo chociaz przepis na skladanie ludzi na wzór teleskopów. Tym razem na stoliku stala buteleczka(„Na pewno nie bylo jej tu przedtem” - pomyslala Alicja) z przytwierdzona do szyjki za pomoca nitki karteczka. Alicja przeczytala na niej pieknie wykaligrafowane slowa: Wypij mnie.

   There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, ('which certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words 'DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.

   Latwo powiedziec „Wypij mnie”, ale nasza mala, madra Alicja bynajmniej sie do tego nie kwapila. „Zobacze najpierw - pomyslala - czy nie ma tam napisu: Uwaga - Trucizna. Czytala bowiem wiele uroczych opowiastek o dzieciach, które spalily sie, zostaly pozarte przez dzikie bestie lub doznaly innych przykrosci tylko dlatego, ze nie stosowaly sie do prostych nauk: na przyklad, ze rozpalonym do bialosci pogrzebaczem mozna sie oparzyc, gdy trzyma sie go zbyt dlugo w reku, albo ze gdy zaciac sie bardzo gleboko scyzorykiem, to palec krwawi. Alicja przypomniala sobie doskonale, ze picie z butelki opatrzonej napisem: „Uwaga - Trucizna rzadko komu wychodzi na zdrowie.

   It was all very well to say 'Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do THAT in a hurry. 'No, I'll look first,' she said, 'and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they WOULD not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your finger VERY deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.

   Ta buteleczka jednak nie miala napisu: Trucizna. Alicja zdecydowala sie wiec skosztowac plynu. Byl on bardzo smaczny mial jednoczesnie smak ciasta z wisniami, kremu, ananasa, pieczonego indyka, cukierka i buleczki z maslem), tak ze po chwili buteleczka zostala oprózniona.

   However, this bottle was NOT marked 'poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.

   - Cóz za dziwne uczucie - rzekla Alicja - skladam sie zupelnie jak teleskop.

   'What a curious feeling!' said Alice; 'I must be shutting up like a telescope.'

   Tak bylo naprawde. Alicja miala teraz tylko cwierc metra wzrostu i radowala sie na mysl o tym, ze wejdzie przez drzwiczki do najwspanialszego z ogrodów. Najpierw jednak odczekala pare minut, aby zobaczyc, czy sie juz nie bedzie dalej zmniejszala. Szczerze mówiac, obawiala sie troche tego. „Mogloby sie to skonczyc w taki sposób, ze stopnialabym zupelnie niczym swieczka. Ciekawe, jakbym wtedy wygladala”. Tu Alicja usilowala wyobrazic sobie, jak wyglada plomien zdmuchnietej swiecy, ale nie umiala przypomniec sobie takiego zjawiska.

   And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; 'for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

   Po chwili, gdy uznala, ze jej wzrost juz sie nie zmienia, postanowila pójsc natychmiast do ogrodu. Niestety. Kiedy biedna Alicja znalazla sie przy drzwiach, uprzytomnila sobie, ze zapomniala na stole kluczyka. Wrócila wiec, ale okazalo sie, ze jest zbyt mala, by dosiegnac klucza. Widziala go wyraznie poprzez szklo, chciala nawet wspiac sie po nogach stolika, ale byly zbyt sliskie. Kiedy przekonala sie, biedactwo, o bezskutecznosci swoich prób, usiadla na podlodze i zaczela rzewnie plakac.

   After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

   „Dosc tego - powiedziala sobie po chwili surowym tonem - placz nic ci nie pomoze. Rozkazuje ci przestac natychmiast!” (Alicja udzielala sobie czesto takich dobrych rad - choc rzadko sie do nich stosowala - i czasami karcila sie tak ostro, ze konczylo sie to placzem. Raz nawet usilowala przeciagnac sie za uszy, aby ukarac sie za oszukiwanie w czasie partii krokieta, która rozgrywala przeciwko sobie - Alicja bardzo lubila udawac dwie osoby naraz. „Ale po cóz - pomyslala - udawac dwie osoby naraz, kiedy ledwie wystarczy mnie na jedna, godna szacunku osobe”).

   'Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to herself, rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute!' She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. 'But it's no use now,' thought poor Alice, 'to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!'

   Nagle zauwazyla pod stolikiem male, szklane pudeleczko. Otworzyla je i znalazla w srodku ciasteczko z napisem: Zjedz mnie, pieknie ulozonym z rodzynków.

- Dobrze, zjem to ciastko - rzekla Alicja. - Jesli przez to urosne, to dosiegne kluczyka, jesli zas jeszcze bardziej zmaleje, to bede mogla przedostac sie przez szpare w drzwiach. Tak czy owak, dostane sie do ogrodu, a reszta malo mnie obchodzi.

   Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words 'EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants. 'Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, 'and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!'

   Odgryzla kawalek ciastka i czekala z niepokojem, trzymajac reke na czubku glowy, aby zbadac w ten sposób, czy rosnie czy tez maleje. Przekonala sie jednak ze zdziwieniem, ze jest nadal tego samego wzrostu. Co prawda zdarza sie to zwykle ludziom judzacych ciastka, ale Alicja przyzwyczaila sie tak bardzo do czarów i niezwyklosci, ze uwazala rzeczy normalne i zwykle - po prostu za glupie i nudne.

   She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, 'Which way? Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

   Jeszcze pare kesów - i po ciastku.

   So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake.