Alice thought to herself, "I don't see how he can even finish, if he doesn't begin."

爱丽丝想：“如果他不开始，我真不知道他怎么结束。”

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Alice thought to herself, "After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs!"

爱丽丝想：“摔了这一跤之后，我从楼梯上滚下来就不算回事。”

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The lazy girl was delighted at this, and thought to herself, "The gold will soon be mine."

懒惰的姑娘听了很高兴，心想：“金子很快就会是我的了。”

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She thought about her day. Between getting the children fed and the house cleaned, and preparing herself to go shopping, she had forgotten to eat at all!

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