“但是关于脚趾是怎么回事?”素甲鱼坚持说,“它怎么能用自己的鼻子扭转它们呢?”
Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if anything would EVER happen in a natural way again.
`I should like to have it explained,' said the Mock Turtle.
`She can't explain it,' said the Gryphon hastily. `Go on with the next verse.'
`But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle persisted. `How COULD he turn them out with his nose, you know?'
`It's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing, and longed to change the subject.
`Go on with the next verse,' the Gryphon repeated impatiently: `it begins "I passed by his garden."'
Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went on in a trembling voice:--
`I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye, How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie--'