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011 The Queen’S Garden
The Nursery Alice · Lewis CarrollO besedilu
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- Vir
- The Nursery Alice
- Avtor
- Lewis Carroll
- Jezik branja
- Slovenščina
- Jezik izvirnika
- English
- Čas branja
- 2 min branja
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- 2 strani
- Naslov izvirnika
- 011 The Queen’S Garden
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
Kraljičin vrt
Tole je košček tistega čudovitega vrta, o katerem sem ti pripovedoval. Veš, Alici se je nazadnje le posrečilo postati čisto majhna, tako da je lahko šla skozi vratca. Mislim, da je bila približno tako visoka kot miška, če bi se postavila na zadnje tačke: zato je bil ta rožni grm seveda prav drobcen, pa tudi tile vrtnarji so prav drobceni.
Kakšni smešni možički so! Ampak ali so po tvojem res možički? Jaz mislim, da so najbrž žive igralne karte, ki imajo le glavo, roke in noge, da so videti kot možički. In kaj neki počnejo s tisto rdečo barvo? No, veš, takole so povedali Alici: Srčna kraljica si je želela imeti grm rdečih vrtnic prav v tistem kotu, ti ubogi mali vrtnarji pa so naredili veliko napako in namesto njega posadili grm belih. In zaradi tega jih je bilo tako strah, saj bi se kraljica zagotovo razjezila in potem ukazala, naj jim vsem odsekajo glave!
Bila je strašno kruta kraljica in tako je ravnala vselej, kadar se je na koga razjezila. »Proč z njihovimi glavami!« Saj jim v resnici niso odsekali glav, veš: nihče je namreč nikoli ni ubogal, vendar je vedno tako rekla.
No, ali lahko zdaj uganeš, kaj skušajo narediti ubogi mali vrtnarji? Vrtnice skušajo pobarvati rdeče in zelo se jim mudi, da bi končali, preden pride kraljica. Potem morda kraljica ne bo odkrila, da je bil to sprva grm belih vrtnic, in potem morda možičkom ne bodo odsekali glav!
Veš, na grmu je bilo pet velikih belih vrtnic — koliko dela, da vse pobarvajo rdeče! Ampak zdaj so pobarvali že tri in pol, in ko se le ne bi ustavljali, da bi klepetali — kar delajte, možički, le pridno delajte! Sicer bo kraljica prišla, še preden boste končali! In če na grmu najde kakšno belo vrtnico, veš, kaj se bo zgodilo? Zaslišalo se bo: »Proč z njihovimi glavami!« Oh, kar delajte, moji možički! Hitro, hitro!
Kraljica je prišla! In kako je jezna! Oh, moja uboga mala Alica! XII.
Izvirnik
011 The Queen’S Garden
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
This is a little bit of the beautiful garden I told you about. You see Alice had managed at last to get quite small, so that she could go through the little door. I suppose she was about as tall as a mouse, if it stood on its hind-legs: so of course this was a very tiny rose-tree: and these are very tiny gardeners.
What funny little men they are! But are they men, do you think? I think they must be live cards, with just a head, and arms, and legs, so as to look like little men. And what are they doing with that red paint, I wonder? Well, you see, this is what they told Alice The Queen of Hearts wanted to have a red rose-tree just in that corner: and these poor little gardeners had made a great mistake, and had put in a white one instead: and they were so frightened about it, because the Queen was sure to be angry, and then she would order all their heads to be cut off!
She was a dreadfully savage Queen, and that was the way she always did, when she was angry with people. “Off with their heads!” They didn’t really cut their heads off, you know: because nobody ever obeyed her: but that was what she always said.
Now ca’n’t you guess what the poor little gardeners are trying to do? They’re trying to paint the roses red, and they’re in a great hurry to get it done before the Queen comes. And then perhaps the Queen won’t find out it was a white rose-tree to begin with: and then perhaps the little men won’t get their heads cut off!
You see there were five large white roses on the tree----such a job to get them all painted red! But they’ve got three and a half done, now, and if only they wouldn’t stop to talk----work away, little men, do work away! Or the Queen will be coming before it’s done! And if she finds any white roses on the tree, do you know what will happen? It will be “Off with their heads!” Oh, work away, my little men! Hurry, hurry!
The Queen has come! And isn’t she angry? Oh, my poor little Alice!
XII.
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