Alice in Wonderland. Книга для чтения на английском языке

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way |не то чтобы… так удивительнобыло| 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 |ейпришловголову| that she ought to have wondered |ейследовалобыудивиться| at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out |вытащил часы| of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started |здесь – встала| to her feet, for it flashed across her mind |ееосенило| 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 |сгораяотлюбопытства|, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down |каккроликпрыгнул| a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

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

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped |нырнула| 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 |a well – колодец, отверстие в земле|.

Either the well was very deep, or |Или… или| she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about |вокруг| her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out |разобраться| 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 |которые висели на крючках|.

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 |ронять| the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath |внизу|, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

“Well!” thought Alice to herself, “after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs |скатиться со ступеней – сущая ерунда|! 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 |дажееслиясвалюсьскрышидома|!” (Which was very likely true.)

Down, down, down.