Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
Sitôt qu’elle reparut, le petit chien se précipita de nouveau sur le bâton, et, dans son empressement de le saisir, butta et fit une cabriole. Mais Alice, trouvant que cela ressemblait beaucoup à une partie qu’elle ferait avec un cheval de charrette, et craignant à chaque instant d’être écrasée par le chien, se remit à tourner autour du chardon.