University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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36 EAST AND WEST VVhat is your honorable name? l' My honorable name is Alice, said she, whereupon the dragon shook his head mournfully, and sighed. You should have said, 'My humble name is Alice,' he remarked. Why didn't you ask me that? Alice replied. But the dragon only sighed again. If I should say- began the dragon. I haven't decided yet whether I shall or not, but I might, you know. Might what ? said Alice after a long pause. I might remarkf' continued the dragon, that your dress is very pretty. If I should, what would you say? V I should say that I was glad you thought so, for I thought so too, replied Alice without any hesitation. The dragon hcavcd a long sigh at this, and said, It is evident that you have no manners. If you are going to stay here I shall have to take you in hand. You should have said, ' Oh, not at all! It is really very uglyindeed. ' But that wouldn't be true, Alice objected. It might, replied the dragon. 5' Anyhow, it's manners. Now, try once more. Don't you think 1ny tail is graceful ?f' Not at all, said Alice, congratulating herself that this time she had managed to tell the truth and give the right answer, both at the same time. But thc poor dragon began clicking and snorting and sobbing so distressfully that Alice became quite alarmed, and tried to pat it onthe back. This was difficult for the dragon was very long, and very narrow, and growing longer and narrower every minute. In fact, his head was quite out of sight in one direction, and his tail was quite out of sight in the other. lnstead of scales, Alice saw a double row of even squares that grew more and more to look like Mah Jongg tiles. At the same time, she heard a loud voice calling, Look out, Abner! East Wind is going to break the wall. 'A Oh dear! i' thought Alice, I wonder where he is going to break it. Not here, I hope. I wonder which is East. I do wish there was some one to tell me. She looked around dubiously, and was very much relieved to see an old man hobbling along on two canes, and mumbling to l1iI1lS0lf. She ran toward him, and pulling his sleeve to attract his atten- tion, said, Please, sir, can you tell me which direction is East? 5'

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'H 'M going to pretend, Said Alice, 'ithat this looking-glass leads into real China. I never Shall understand China Until I get in there where Gwrything goes by op- P0sites. Then I suppose it won't seein opposite for it will he the natural way 1t's very for it no be. mixing. I wish the glass soft like 'gauze so that I could get through. lVhy, lllg into a sort of mist now! Would get all it's tur11- H She was pushing aside tllfb bottles and trays on h0I' dressing table as she Sllolie, and in another mo- ment Aliee was through U10 glass. U They don't keep this 'l'0oin as tidy as the other, Aliee thought, as she llflfieed several Blah .longg tiles down on the hearth 'am0I1g the cinders. Q - 'V 'if ,7 sx- K . x- - ' as A Q . I l 'N 4.53: J A W Q .... el ,X-in Z, V ., f' ' ll get ll ass yi, M v 1-'Hy . f til , x fx . X' V . PM- ' , - i 1 'infix 1 1- .. ' . 'fat .vw-,, '--n rw ' ' AL, y , , -Q A Y SM?--:rr r ,r They are dragons, whispered Aliee to herself. I wonder what I 'ought to do! Another Green Dragon was hopping graCCfUllY down the hall on his tail. HI I- 1- I-1 , - , - I ,A -, lgimnee said Aliee rather t llll X l follon hun, at quite a safe f -S 1 i Ileliously, for she had never been very intimate U1tl1d1flg0ll5- 'JIU llild -U0 soonCI' Sboken than she found herself walliillg arm In arm Wltll U10 Green ,Dragon who was saying to her, C359

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THE L1NcU1s'r 37 The old man looked at her in surprise. You have to wait- until they yogill tO play before you find that out. Then you arrange the rest accord- lngly- The important thing is, first, East is East. The second most Ullpcrtant thing is,'West is West. Then he paused for so long a time that Alice began to be afraid he had forgotten all about her. Just as she was frying to make up her mind whether to speak to him again or to go away, he Went on. And that's what the game's aboutf, What game ? i' said Alice. Oh, all this, said the old man, waving his arms about. You FGG, they want to meet, and Mr. Kipling says they never can, but then he 'Suit here any more. VVe're all in it, he added. f'You see, the West EGGS clockwise, and the East goes counterclockwise, and there is a lot of Stuff in between. What kind of stuff 2 asked Alice, and between where? Between the East and the West,- all kinds of stuff. Red Tape and Manners and Chopsticks and Joss sticks and Jazz. But they are gradually getting it cleared away. They send the chopsticks west and the jazz east and countercloekwise. Then they invert the reviser and proceed as in multiplication. It takes a long time to learn to play. How do you begin? i' asked Alice. You begin by breaking the wall, replied the old 1113111- Just at this point, the same loud voice that Alice had heard before, ' l . Y Called out, Ol' man Jesse,-I say,-where are you? fha dice have finished their tiffin, and it's time to begin! whereupon the old man hurried away, which Alice thought was very exasperating since she was just beginning to get interested. The voice began again Womiogly: The Wall's going to break! You'd better stand off a bit. Alice hurried away as fast as she could, and was really making very good headway when She Cilllght her foot in the root of a tree, and very nearly fell headlong- This will never do,'i she heard the voice Say, H1111 lookins down She Perceived that she had tripped in a loop of the GFGG11 DFQSOWS tail' Oh, I'm very sorry, said Alice apologetically- I Clldnili know yOU Were there. 1 ' a I'n1 11Otg 1,111 here, said the Green Dragon' HI m olW5YySl101'0-H Not always, ventured Alice, because when I Saw y011 before you werent here, you know. . N Mm, R M' s'-N, r