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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland|Learn Japanese Through a Classic Story N4–N3

不思議ふしぎくにのアリス

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English translation

Introduction

不思議ふしぎくにのアリス

ねい一緒いっしょかわちか

One afternoon, Alice was spending time by the river with her older sister.

しず一日いちにち

It was a quiet day, no different from any other.

いっぴきしろ出会であ世界せかいまよ

But an encounter with a white rabbit led Alice into a world she had never known.

動物どうぶつ人間にんげんはなからだおおちい

There, animals talked like people, and her body suddenly grew larger and smaller.

わらねこ茶会ちゃかいおこ女王じょうおう不思議ふしぎ出来事できごと

Strange events followed one after another: a cat that vanished while smiling, a never-ending tea party, and a queen who was always angry.

最初さいしょおどろ出会であなかすこ自分じぶんかんが自分じぶん意見いけん

At first Alice was constantly surprised, but through her many encounters, she gradually learned to think for herself and express her own opinions.

一緒いっしょ不思議ふしぎ世界せかいはい

Now, let us enter this mysterious world with Alice.

Chapter 1

しろウサギをいかけて

あたた午後ごごかわちかねいすわ

One warm afternoon, Alice was sitting beside her older sister near the river.

ねいほんほん会話かいわ

Her sister was reading a book, but it had no pictures or conversations in it.

ほんおもねむ

Alice did not find such a book very interesting, and she gradually became sleepy.

いっぴきしろちかはし

Just then, a white rabbit ran past nearby.

しろいそ大変たいへんおく

The White Rabbit seemed to be in a hurry and muttered to himself, "Oh no. I'm going to be late."

すこ不思議ふしぎおもおどろ

Alice thought this was a little strange, but what happened next surprised her even more.

しろふく時計とけい時間じかん

The White Rabbit took a watch from his coat pocket and checked the time.

時計とけい

Alice had never seen a rabbit carrying a watch before.

きゅうしろ

Suddenly curious, Alice stood up and chased after the White Rabbit.

くさあいだおおあなはい

The rabbit went into a large hole among the grass.

なにかんがあなはい

Without thinking carefully about what might be inside, Alice entered the hole too.

からだした

Then her body began falling farther and farther down.

あなおもふかした

The hole was much deeper than she had expected, and she did not reach the bottom for a long time.

最初さいしょこわまわ

Alice was frightened at first, but after a while she became calm enough to look around.

あなかべたなほん地図ちず

There were shelves along the walls of the hole, holding books, maps, and many other things.

"Just how far am I going to fall?"

かんがつずなが時間じかんかん地面じめん

As she continued falling and thinking about this, a long time seemed to pass before she finally reached the ground.

さいわ

Fortunately, she was not hurt.

まえしろはし

Looking ahead, she saw the White Rabbit running again.

いそ

Alice hurried after him, but soon lost sight of him.

なが部屋へやなら

There was a long room with many doors lined up along its walls.

かぎそと

However, every door was locked, so she could not get outside.

部屋へやちいうえ金色きんいろかぎ

In the middle of the room was a small table, and a golden key lay on top of it.

かぎ使つかちいひと

When Alice tried the key, she was able to open one very small door.

うつくにわ

Beyond the door, she could see a beautiful garden.

いろはなあかたの場所ばしょ

Colorful flowers were blooming there, and it looked like a bright and cheerful place.

にわおも

Alice wanted to enter the garden immediately.

ちいいまからだとう

But the door was very small, and her body was too large to pass through it.

部屋へやうえちいびん

As she looked around the room without giving up, she noticed a small bottle on the table.

すこまよなかはいもの

Alice hesitated a little, but tried drinking what was inside.

からだちい

Then her body began growing smaller and smaller.

ちいとう

Now she could pass through the tiny door.

わす

But Alice had forgotten something important.

金色きんいろかぎうえ

She had left the golden key on top of the table.

ちいうえとど

Now that she was small, Alice could no longer reach the top of the table.

こま今度こんどちい

As she wondered what to do, she found a small cake.

今度こんどからだおお

When Alice tried eating the cake, this time her body began growing larger and larger.

あたまとどおお

Before she knew it, she had grown so large that her head nearly touched the ceiling.

ちいおも今度こんどおお

Just when she thought she had become too small, she had now become too large.

あさなんからだおお

Her size had changed so many times since morning that Alice began to feel as if even her identity had changed.

Chapter 2

なみだいけ

おおこま

The now enormous Alice was in serious trouble.

うつくにわなに

All she wanted was to enter the beautiful garden, yet nothing she tried worked.

かなはじ

Alice became sad and finally began to cry.

おおからだなみだながゆかいけみず

Tears poured from her large body until water collected across the floor like a pond.

しろちかとう

After a while, the White Rabbit passed nearby again.

しろふく手袋てぶくろいそ

He was dressed in fine clothes and hurried along carrying gloves and a folding fan.

おおおどろ

But when he saw the enormous Alice, he dropped what he was carrying and ran away in surprise.

しろ扇子せんす

Alice picked up the fan the White Rabbit had dropped.

すこからだちい

Then her body gradually began to shrink again.

ちい自分じぶんながなみだいけなか

Eventually, the tiny Alice fell into the pool made from her own tears.

いけなか

Alice was not alone in the pool.

とり動物どうぶつおよ

Mice, birds, and many other animals were swimming there too.

きしからだ

They somehow reached the shore together, but they were all soaking wet.

からだはな

They began discussing how they could dry themselves.

どり競走きょうそう

One Dodo bird suggested that everyone should have a race.

競走きょうそう場所ばしょ場所ばしょ

However, the race had neither a starting point nor a finish line.

はしはじ方向ほうこうはし

Everyone began wherever they liked and ran in whatever direction they pleased.

動物どうぶつ一緒いっしょはし

Alice ran with the other animals without really understanding what was happening.

どり突然とつぜん競走きょうそう

After a while, the Dodo suddenly announced that the race was over.

だれどりすこかんが

When everyone asked, "Who won?" the Dodo thought for a moment.

こた

Then he answered, "Everyone won, so everyone gets a prize."

意味いみ世界せかいおも

Alice did not really understand, but she was beginning to think that perhaps this kind of thing was normal in this world.

はな

Afterward, Alice spoke with a mouse.

いえねこはなしおこ

But when she talked about the cat she kept at home, the mouse became angry.

ねここわ動物どうぶつ

That was because cats were very frightening animals to mice.

わる動物どうぶつ

Alice had not meant to say anything hurtful, but the other animals gradually moved away too.

一人ひとり

Before long, Alice was alone again.

Chapter 3

しろウサギのいえ

あるしろあらわ

After walking for a while, Alice saw the White Rabbit again.

しろ

But even when he looked at Alice, the White Rabbit did not realize who she was.

自分じぶんいえはたらひといえ手袋てぶくろ扇子せんす命令めいれい

He assumed she was someone who worked in his house and ordered her to fetch his gloves and fan.

すこおどろしろいえ

Alice was surprised, but decided to go to the White Rabbit's house.

いえなかさがちいびん

While searching inside, she found another small bottle.

すこ

Curious about what would happen, Alice drank just a little.

からだおおはじ

Then her body began growing again.

今度こんどいえなかおお

This time, she became enormous inside the house.

うでまどそとあし部屋へやなかうご

Her arms stuck out through the windows, while her legs could barely move inside the room.

そとしろ

Outside, the White Rabbit and the others were in an uproar.

いえそと

They tried everything they could to get Alice out of the house, but nothing worked.

最後さいごちいいしいえなかはじ

Finally, they began throwing small stone-like objects into the house.

いしゆかちい

But when the stones landed on the floor, they turned into little cakes.

からだおおかんが

Alice thought that eating them might change her size again.

とうからだすこちい

When she tried one, her body became smaller just as she had expected.

うごおおいそいえ

As soon as she was small enough to move, Alice hurried out of the house.

もりなかはいおお

Entering the forest, she found an enormous mushroom.

うえいっぴきあおすわ

A large blue caterpillar was sitting on top of it.

しずだれ

The Caterpillar looked quietly at Alice and then asked, "Who are you?"

こた

Alice could not answer right away.

あさなんからだおお自分じぶん自身じしん

Her body had changed size so many times since morning that she felt as if she herself had changed too.

いまあさこた

Alice replied, "I'm not really sure now. I knew who I was when I woke up this morning."

とくおどろ

But the Caterpillar was not especially surprised.

おお問題もんだい世界せかい不思議ふしぎ

What seemed like a serious problem to Alice apparently was not so unusual in this world.

二人ふたりはな使つかからだおおおし

After they talked for a while, the Caterpillar told Alice that the mushroom could change her size.

おお片方かたほうちい

Eating from one side would make her larger, while eating from the other would make her smaller.

自分じぶん

However, Alice had to discover for herself which side did which.

すこ自分じぶんからだおお

Alice ate small pieces of the mushroom, trying to make her body just the right size.

なん失敗しっぱい普通ふつうあるおお

After several failed attempts, she finally became a normal size for walking.

Chapter 4

チェシャねこ

もりあるいっけんいえ

Walking through the forest, Alice found a house.

いえなか公爵こうしゃく夫人ふじんあか料理りょうりひと

Inside were the Duchess, a baby, and a cook.

部屋へやへん

But the room was very strange.

料理りょうりはいなん

There was so much pepper in the food that everyone kept sneezing.

料理りょうりひとさらなべ

The cook was also throwing plates and pots around.

あかおおこえ

The baby was crying loudly as well.

場所ばしょあかおも

Alice thought it was dangerous to leave a baby in a place like this.

あかいえそと

So she picked up the baby and went outside.

もりなかあるあか

But as she walked through the forest, something strange began happening to the baby.

かお人間にんげんあか

When she looked at its face, it seemed to be turning into a pig rather than remaining a human baby.

最後さいご本当ほんとうちいうではなもりなかはし

At last it became a real little pig, left Alice's arms, and ran into the forest.

おどろ世界せかいなにおもはじ

Alice was surprised, but she was beginning to feel that nothing could be too strange in this world.

うえいっぴきねこ

Just then, she noticed a cat sitting in a tree.

おおくちわら不思議ふしぎねこ

It was a mysterious cat with an enormous grin.

みちねここた

When Alice asked for directions, the cat replied, "That depends on where you want to go."

とく場所ばしょねこみちおな

When Alice said she did not particularly care where she went, the cat told her that any road would do.

ちかだれねこ片方かたほう片方かたほうさんがつおし

The cat then explained that the Hatter lived in one direction and the March Hare in the other.

すこ

He said that both of them were a little mad.

ひとこた

Alice replied that she did not want to visit mad people.

ねこわらわたし

The cat laughed and said, "Everyone is mad here. I'm mad, and you're mad too."

自分じぶんすこ

Alice was a little annoyed at being called mad herself.

ねこ様子ようすわらすこ

But the cat did not seem to care and slowly disappeared while still smiling.

最後さいごからだ全部ぜんぶわらくちのこ

At last, its entire body was gone, leaving only its smiling mouth floating in the air.

ねこ笑顔えがおのこ本当ほんとへん世界せかいおも

Alice thought it was truly strange for a smile to remain after the cat had vanished.

さんがついえ

Then she decided to go to the March Hare's house.

Chapter 5

わらないお茶会ちゃかい

さんがついえまえおお

There was a large table in front of the March Hare's house.

さんがつ帽子ぼうしねむちゃ

The March Hare, the Hatter, and a sleepy Dormouse were drinking tea there.

おおさんにんいっしょあつすわ

Although the table was very large, the three of them were crowded together in one spot.

ちかさんがつ帽子ぼうし場所ばしょ

When Alice approached, the March Hare and the Hatter told her there was no room.

せき

In fact, many seats were empty.

すわ

Ignoring them, Alice sat in an empty chair.

へん茶会ちゃかいはじ

That was how a very strange tea party began.

帽子ぼうし不思議ふしぎ

The Hatter asked Alice a peculiar riddle.

こたかんが帽子ぼうし自身じしんこた

While Alice tried hard to find the answer, the Hatter admitted that he did not know it either.

すこはら

Alice became a little angry.

はなし場所ばしょ時間じかん

As she listened further, she learned that time had stopped in this place.

おな時間じかんさんにんちゃ時間じかん

Because it was always the same time, it was forever tea time for the three of them.

ちゃせきひと移動いどうちゃつず

Whenever they finished their tea, they moved one seat over and began drinking again.

あら時間じかん

They did not even have time to wash the dishes.

はなし途中とちゅうなんねむ

The Dormouse repeatedly fell asleep in the middle of the conversation.

さんがつ帽子ぼうしなにはな言葉ことばこま意味いみはじ

Whenever Alice said something, the March Hare and the Hatter began arguing over the exact meaning of her words.

なにはな

Alice gradually became unable to understand what they were talking about.

最初さいしょ不思議ふしぎおもすこつか

At first she had found it strange and amusing, but little by little she grew tired.

へん茶会ちゃかいはじ

Finally, Alice stood up, declared that she had never attended such a strange tea party, and left.

もりなかあるいっぽん

As she walked through the forest, she found a door set into a tree.

なかはい最初さいしょなが部屋へやもど

Opening it and going inside, she returned to the long room she had seen before.

今度こんど

This time, Alice knew what to do.

金色きんいろかぎ使つかからだちい

She took the golden key and used the mushroom to make herself smaller.

ちいうつくにわはい

At last, she passed through the little door and entered the beautiful garden beyond it.

Chapter 6

ハートの女王じょおう

にわなか不思議ふしぎ兵士へいし仕事しごと

In the garden, strange playing-card soldiers were working.

兵士へいししろあか

They were painting white roses red.

理由りゆうしろこた

When Alice asked why, they said they had planted white roses by mistake.

女王じょうおおこ

They were certain that the Queen of Hearts would be angry if she found out.

ひと

After a while, a large procession arrived.

中心ちゅうしんおう女王じょうお

At its center were the King and Queen of Hearts.

女王じょうおおこだれくび

The Queen angered easily and immediately ordered someone's head cut off whenever anything displeased her.

兵士へいし女王じょうおこわ

The soldiers were terrified of the Queen.

すこ世界せかい

But Alice was gradually becoming accustomed to this world.

最初さいしょなんこわおも

She was no longer afraid of everything as she had been at first.

女王じょうお一緒いっしょ命令めいれい

The Queen ordered Alice to join her in a game called croquet.

普通ふつう

But this game was not normal either.

使つかぼう使つか

They used hedgehogs instead of balls and flamingos instead of mallets.

勝手かってあるおもとううご

The hedgehogs wandered off on their own, and the flamingos would not move as Alice wanted.

女王じょうお途中とちゅうなんおこ

The Queen also became angry repeatedly during the game.

だれすこくび命令めいれい

Whenever anyone did even the slightest thing she disliked, she ordered their head cut off.

たの

No one could enjoy a relaxed game under those conditions.

なかねこあらわ

In the middle of all this, the Cheshire Cat appeared again.

今度こんどあたま空中くうちゅう

This time, only his head was floating in the air.

おう女王じょうおあたま大騒おうさわ

The King and Queen did not know what to do with the head, causing another great commotion.

あたま相手あいてくびはな

Everyone seriously debated whether it was possible to cut off the head of someone who had only a head.

世界せかいひと大切たいせつおお問題もんだいおも

Alice thought that the people of this world turned even unimportant things into enormous problems.

女王じょうおべつ場所ばしょ

Eventually, the Queen sent Alice somewhere else.

不思議ふしぎ動物どうぶつ

There, Alice met a strange creature called the Gryphon.

The Gryphon took Alice to see the Mock Turtle.

Chapter 7

にせウミガメのはなし

かなかお

The Mock Turtle looked extremely sad.

なにかな

Alice wondered what had made him so unhappy.

本当ほんとうとくかな

But the Gryphon said there was not really anything in particular for him to be sad about.

意味いみ

Alice understood less and less.

自分じぶん学校がっこうはなしはじ

The Mock Turtle began telling her about when he had gone to school.

学校がっこう普通ふつう

But the lessons at that school were not normal either.

授業じゅぎょう不思議ふしぎ授業じゅぎょう

There were lessons like reading and writing, as well as strange subjects Alice had never heard of.

授業じゅぎょう時間じかん毎日まいにちすこみじか

What was more, he said that the lessons became a little shorter each day.

世界せかい学校がっこうはなし

Even stories about school were different in this world.

うみなかおどはな

Then the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon described a special dance performed under the sea.

二人ふたりうたおどかた説明せつめい

They tried to show it to Alice, singing as they explained the steps.

はなし自分じぶんもと世界せかい学校がっこうおも

As Alice listened, she remembered the school in her own world.

あさ不思議ふしぎ

Strange things had been happening ever since morning.

自分じぶんからだなんはなし動物どうぶつ出会であへん茶会ちゃかい

Her body had changed size many times, she had met talking animals, and she had attended a bizarre tea party.

最初さいしょおどろ

Even so, Alice was no longer as surprised as she had been at first.

不思議ふしぎはなし自分じぶんかんが

When something strange happened, she now listened first and then thought about it for herself.

突然とつぜんとうはじこえ

Suddenly, a voice in the distance announced that a trial was about to begin.

こえ一緒いっしょ裁判さいばんおこな場所ばしょ

Hearing it, the Gryphon immediately took Alice to the place where the trial was being held.

Chapter 8

だれがタルトをぬすんだのか

裁判さいばん場所ばしょおう女王じょうおすわ

The King and Queen of Hearts were seated in the courtroom.

まわ動物どうぶつ兵士へいしあつ

Many animals and playing-card soldiers had gathered around them.

裁判さいばん中心ちゅうしん

At the center of the trial stood the Knave of Hearts.

女王じょうおつくぬす

The Knave was accused of stealing the tarts made by the Queen.

しろ裁判さいばんすす仕事しごと

The White Rabbit was also there, helping conduct the trial.

裁判さいばん世界せかい裁判さいばんへんおも

As Alice watched, she thought that even trials were strange in this world.

普通ふつうひと本当ほんとわるかんが

Normally, people would examine the evidence before deciding whether someone was truly guilty.

女王じょうお最初さいしょわる

But the Queen of Hearts seemed to have decided from the beginning that the Knave was guilty.

最初さいしょ帽子ぼうし

The Hatter was called as the first witness.

帽子ぼうし茶会ちゃかい途中とちゅう

He appeared to have come directly from the tea party and was still holding a cup and other things.

おう帽子ぼうし質問しつもんはなしすす

The King asked the Hatter many questions, but the trial made little progress.

帽子ぼうし女王じょうおこわこた

The Hatter was frightened of the Queen and could not answer properly.

つぎなんにんだれぬすはなし

Several more people were called, but no one said anything that revealed who had stolen the tarts.

あいだからだすこおお

Meanwhile, Alice's body was gradually growing larger.

最初さいしょ自分じぶんおお

At first she did not notice, but eventually Alice realized that she was growing.

つぎ名前なまえ

The next name called was Alice's.

まえ

Alice stepped forward.

おうなになにこた

The King asked whether she knew anything about the case, but Alice answered that she knew nothing.

おう事件じけん関係かんけいはなはじ

Then the King and the others began discussing matters that had little to do with the case.

しろかみ

Before long, the White Rabbit found a sheet of paper.

だれ

A poem-like passage was written on it, but no one even knew who had written it.

おう文章ぶんしょう大切たいせつ証拠しょうこ

Nevertheless, the King declared that the writing was important evidence.

おも

As Alice listened, she thought this was absurd.

かみぬすなに

The paper said nothing at all about the Knave stealing the tarts.

証拠しょうこ

Alice clearly stated that such a thing could not be evidence.

からだおお

By this time, Alice had grown quite large.

女王じょうおこわおも

She was no longer very afraid of the Queen of Hearts either.

Chapter 9

アリスの反撃はんげき

裁判さいばん

The trial became more and more ridiculous.

おうわるひと証拠しょうこさが

The King of Hearts decided first that the Knave was guilty and only afterward tried to find evidence.

かた

Alice said that this way of doing things was wrong.

女王じょうおおこくび命令めいれい

The Queen became angry and ordered Alice's head cut off.

But Alice did not run away this time.

しろはじちが

She was no longer the same Alice who had first seen the White Rabbit.

世界せかいなん不思議ふしぎ経験けいけん

Since arriving in this world, she had experienced many strange things.

からだおおちい自分じぶんだれ

Whenever her body grew larger or smaller, there were times when she no longer knew who she was.

まわひとへん自分じぶんかんがおも

The people around her spoke strange ideas with such confidence that she sometimes wondered whether her own thinking was wrong.

いま自分じぶんおも

But Alice could now clearly say what she herself thought.

まわ兵士へいし

Looking at the playing-card soldiers around her, Alice spoke.

"You're nothing but a pack of cards!"

空中くうちゅう

At that moment, countless cards flew into the air.

Then they all came flying toward Alice at once.

おどろかおまも

Alice was startled and covered her face with her hands.

突然とつぜん不思議ふしぎ世界せかい

Suddenly, the mysterious world vanished.

最初さいしょかわちか

When Alice opened her eyes, she was back beside the river where she had started.

ねいねむ

She had been sleeping beside her older sister.

かお

What had fallen on Alice's face was not a playing card, but a leaf from a tree.

しろ女王じょうおねこ

The White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, and the Cheshire Cat were all gone.

ゆめ

It had all been a dream.

ねい不思議ふしぎゆめはなし

Alice sat up and told her sister about her strange dream.

しろあなからだなんおおちいはな動物どうぶつ出会であ茶会ちゃかい女王じょうおはな

She told her about chasing the White Rabbit and falling into the hole, changing size again and again, meeting talking animals, the never-ending tea party, and the Queen of Hearts.

はないえかえ

When she finished her story, Alice went home.

ねい場所ばしょのこはな不思議ふしぎ世界せかい

Her sister remained there and pictured the mysterious world Alice had described.

しろはしねこわらさんがつ帽子ぼうしちゃ

The White Rabbit ran, the Cheshire Cat smiled, and the March Hare and the Hatter drank tea.

大人おとないま自由じゆうこころわすおも

She hoped that even when Alice grew up, she would never forget the kindness and freedom of imagination she possessed now.