Lewis Caroll
Fragment uit 'Sylvie and Bruno Concluded'
ein Herr looked from the one to the other in blank astonishment
I do not understand you', he said. 'I had lost my way andTwas
lllllll W c°nsultin8.a Pocket-map, and somehow I had dropped one of my
'Course he did' said Bruno. 'He's welly fond of fetching things'
Mein Herr looked so thoroughly bewildered that I thoueht it best to
change the subject. <What a useful thtng a pocket-map is 7rlarked
Thats another thing we've learned from your Nation' said Mein Herr
map-making. But we've carried it much further than you. What do von'
consider the largest map that would be really useful?'
About six inches to the mile'
Only six inches exclaimed Mein Herr 'We verv «mn j
the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile Änd then^came^the
Äfi?11 aCtU3lIy 3 maP country, o^aliof
'Have you used it much' I enquired.
•It htis never been spread out yet', said Mein Herr: the farmers obiected-
hey said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlieht! Sn
ne°a"lyWaes wdf'6 35 ltS and 1feto
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