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013 Who Stole The Tarts?
The Nursery Alice · Lewis CarrollO besedilu
Kdo je ukradel kolačke?
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- 013 Who Stole The Tarts?
O izvirniku
The Nursery Alice
Carrollova krajša avtorska priredba Alice za najmlajše, razdeljena na štirinajst poglavij. Bralni jezik je Slovenščina, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira The Nursery Alice v jeziku English.
Besedilo
Kdo je ukradel kolačke?
Si že kdaj slišal, kako je srčeva kraljica spekla nekaj pitic? In mi znaš povedati, kaj se je zgodilo z njimi? »Seveda znam! Saj pesmica vse pove, kajne?
Srčeva kraljica pitice je spekla, nekega poletnega dne; srčev fant pitice je ukradel in odnesel prav vse!« No, da, pesmica res tako pravi. A ubogega fanta vendar ne bi smeli kaznovati samo zato, ker obstaja pesmica o njem. Morali so ga prijeti, mu nadeti verige na zapestja in ga privesti pred srčevega kralja, da bi mu lahko pošteno sodili.
Če zdaj pogledaš veliko sliko na začetku te knjige, boš videl, kako imenitno je sojenje, kadar je sodnik kralj! Kralj je prav veličasten, kajne? A ni videti posebno srečen. Mislim, da mora biti tista velika krona na vrhu njegove lasulje zelo težka in neudobna. Toda nositi je moral oboje, veš, da so ljudje lahko vedeli, da je sodnik in kralj.
In ali ni kraljica videti jezna? Na mizi vidi pladenj pitic, ki jih je spekla s tolikšnim trudom. In vidi porednega fanta (ali vidiš verige, ki mu visijo z zapestij?), ki ji jih je ukradel: zato se mi ne zdi prav nič čudno, če je malce jezna.
Beli zajec stoji ob kralju in na glas bere pesmico, da bi vsem povedal, kako poreden je fant; porota (tam zgoraj, na prostoru za porotnike, lahko vidiš dva izmed njih, žabo in raco) pa mora odločiti, ali je »kriv« ali »ni kriv«.
Zdaj ti bom povedal, kakšna nezgoda se je pripetila Alici. Sedela je namreč tik ob prostoru za porotnike in poklicali so jo za pričo. Ali veš, kaj je »priča«? »Priča« je nekdo, ki je videl, da je obtoženec storil tisto, česar ga obtožujejo, ali pa vsaj ve kaj, kar je pomembno za sojenje.
Toda Alica ni videla, kako je kraljica spekla pitice, in ni videla, kako jih je fant odnesel; pravzaprav o vsem skupaj ni vedela ničesar, zato ti res ne znam povedati, zakaj neki so hoteli, da bi bila priča!
Kakor koli že, hoteli so jo za pričo. In Beli zajec je zatrobil na svojo veliko trobento in zavpil: »Alica!« Alica je zato v naglici skočila pokonci. In potem — kaj misliš, da se je zgodilo potem? Njeno krilo se je zataknilo za prostor za porotnike in ga prevrnilo, vsi ubogi mali porotniki pa so popadali iz njega!
Poskusiva razločiti vseh dvanajst. Saj veš, da jih mora biti dvanajst, da sestavljajo poroto. Vidim žabo in polha, podgano in dihurja, ježa in kuščarja, pritlikavega petelina in krta, raco in veverico ter kričečo ptico z dolgim kljunom tik za krtom.
Toda to jih je šele enajst: najti morava še eno živalco. O, ali vidiš drobno belo glavico, ki kuka izza krta, tik pod račjim kljunom? Z njo jih je vseh dvanajst.
Gospod Tenniel pravi, da je kričeča ptica štorkljica (seveda veš, kaj je to, kajne?), drobna bela glavica pa pripada miški. Ali ni ljubka?
Alica jih je vse zelo previdno pobrala in upam, da se niso preveč poškodovali! XIV.
Izvirnik
013 Who Stole The Tarts?
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Did you ever hear how the Queen of Hearts made some tarts? And can you tell me what became of them?
“Why, of course I can! Doesn’t the song tell all about it?
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts: All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!”
Well, yes, the Song says so. But it would never do to punish the poor Knave, just because there was a Song about him. They had to take him prisoner, and put chains on his wrists, and bring him before the King of Hearts, so that there might be a regular trial.
Now, if you look at the big picture, at the beginning of this book, you’ll see what a grand thing a trial is, when the Judge is a King!
The King is very grand, isn’t he? But he doesn’t look very happy. I think that big crown, on the top of his wig, must be very heavy and uncomfortable. But he had to wear them both, you see, so that people might know he was a Judge and a King.
And doesn’t the Queen look cross? She can see the dish of tarts on the table, that she had taken such trouble to make. And she can see the bad Knave (do you see the chains hanging from his wrists?) that stole them away from her: so I don’t think it’s any wonder if she does feel a little cross.
The White Rabbit is standing near the King, reading out the Song, to tell everybody what a bad Knave he is: and the Jury (you can just see two of them, up in the Jury-box, the Frog and the Duck) have to settle whether he’s “guilty” or “not guilty.”
Now I’ll tell you about the accident that happened to Alice.
You see, she was sitting close by the Jury-box: and she was called as a witness. You know what a “witness” is? A “witness” is a person who has seen the prisoner do whatever he’s accused of, or at any rate knows something that’s important in the trial.
But Alice hadn’t seen the Queen make the tarts: and she hadn’t seen the Knave take the tarts: and, in fact, she didn’t know anything about it: so why in the world they wanted her to be a witness, I’m sure I ca’n’t tell you!
Anyhow, they did want her. And the White Rabbit blew his big trumpet, and shouted out “Alice!” And so Alice jumped up in a great hurry. And then----
And then what do you think happened? Why, her skirt caught against the Jury-box, and tipped it over, and all the poor little Jurors came tumbling out of it!
Let’s try if we can make out all the twelve. You know there ought to be twelve to make up a Jury. I see the Frog, and the Dormouse, and the Rat and the Ferret, and the Hedgehog, and the Lizard, and the Bantam-Cock, and the Mole, and the Duck, and the Squirrel, and a screaming bird, with a long beak, just behind the Mole.
But that only makes eleven: we must find one more creature.
Oh, do you see a little white head, coming out behind the Mole, and just under the Duck’s beak? That makes up the twelve.
Mr. Tenniel says the screaming bird is a Storkling (of course you know what that is?) and the little white head is a Mouseling. Isn’t it a little darling?
Alice picked them all up again, very carefully, and I hope they weren’t much hurt!
XIV.
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