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Lewis Carroll

Yazı tipi:

1) Where did Alice fall?

2) What animal did she see first?

8. Заполни пропуски с помощью данных слов:

Softly; what; beautifully

1) It was _________ dressed.

2) Alice called _________.

3) Oh dear, _________ nonsense I’m talking!

9. Поставь предложения в правильном порядке:

1) The Rabbit jumped up in horror, dropped the white gloves and the fan and ran away into the darkness as fast as it could.

2) She was in salt water.

3) The mouse said nothing.

4) It was time to go because more and more animals were swimming in the pool.

5) Her head hit the roof of the hall.

6) She took the little golden key again.

7) She put on one of the Rabbit’s white gloves.

10. Вставь пропущенный предлог.

1) a new pair _________ boots

2) sound _________ the distance

3) jumped up _________ horror

4) that it was the fan _________ her hand

5) She was _________ salt water.

Chapter 3
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale

The group looked very strange: the birds and the animals were all wet, angry and unhappy. The first question of course was how to get dry again: they discussed it and the Mouse said: “Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I’ll soon make you dry!” They all sat down, in a large ring with the Mouse in the middle.

“Are you all ready?” asked the mouse with an important look, “This is the driest thing I know. Silence, please!” and the Mouse began speaking about the history of England. After some time it asked turning to Alice: “How are you now, my dear?”

“As wet as ever,” answered Alice sadly.

“In that case,” said the Dodo, rising to its feet, “the best thing to get dry would be a Caucus-race.” “And the best way to explain it is to do it”. It added. First it marked out a race-course in a circle and then all the company stood along the course. And they began running when they liked and stopped when they liked so it was not easy to know when the race was over. But after half an hour of running the Dodo suddenly cried: “The race is over!” and they all stopped and asked: “But who wins?”

The Dodo couldn’t answer this question so it sat for a long time thinking while they waited in silence. At last the Dodo said: “EVERYBODY wins, and all must have prizes.”

“But who will give us the prizes?” The voices asked.

“Well, SHE, of course,” said the Dodo, pointing at Alice with one finger; and everybody cried: “Prizes! Prizes!”

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand into her pocket, and took out a box of comfits, (the salt water did not get into it), and gave them to everybody as prizes.

“But she must have a prize herself,” said the Mouse.

“Of course,” the Dodo answered seriously. “What else have you got in your pocket?” he asked, turning to Alice.

“only a thimble”, said Alice sadly.

“Give it to me,” it said.

Then they all crowded round her again, while the Dodo gave Alice the thimble, saying “We ask you to get this elegant thimble”.

Alice thought this was very strange, but they all looked so serious that she couldn’t laugh; and she bowed, and took the thimble.

After they ate the comfits they sat down again in a circle and asked the Mouse to tell them something more.

“You promised to tell me your story,” said Alice, “and why you hate – C and D,” she added in a whisper.

“My tale is long and sad!” said the Mouse.

“It IS a long tail of course!” said Alice looking down at the Mouse’s tail. “But why do you call it sad?” And she continued thinking about it while the Mouse was speaking.

“You are not listening!” cried the Mouse to Alice angrily. “What are you thinking of?”

“I am sorry,” said Alice very politely: “you came to the fifth point, I think?”

“I had NOT!” cried the Mouse very angrily. “A knot!” said Alice looking around. “Oh, let me help you to undo it”

The Mouse stood up and said walking away. “You insult me by talking such nonsense!”

“I didn’t want to do it!” cried poor Alice. “But you’re so easily offended!”

The Mouse didn’t answer.

“Please come back and finish your story!” Alice called after it; and all the others repeated, “Yes, please do!” but the Mouse went away.

“What a pity our Dinah is not here!” Alice said aloud. “She would soon bring it here!”

“And who is Dinah?” asked the Lory.

Alice was always ready to talk about her pet: “Dinah”s our cat. And she’s so good at catching mice! And oh, the birds! Well, she’ll eat a little bird as soon as it looks at it!”

After Alice’s speech all the company ran away on different pretexts and Alice was soon alone.

“I am sorry I spoke about Dinah! “She said to herself sadly. “It seems nobody likes her here, and I’m sure she’s the best cat in the world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I don’t know if I will ever see you again!” And here poor Alice began to cry again because she felt very lonely and sad. But a little later she again heard footsteps in the distance. She looked up hoping that the Mouse was coming back to finish its story.