[3.鼠尾詩篇] 王安琪教授2015 《愛麗絲幻遊奇境與鏡中奇緣》中的抄襲、改寫與錯誤

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Fury said to a mouse,

That he met in the house,

"Let us both go to law:

I will prosecute YOU. ─ [YOU應為小寫斜體]

Come, I will take no denial;

We must have a trial:

For really this morning

I've nothing to do."

Said the mouse to the cur,

"Such a trial, dear Sir,

With no jury or judge,

Would be wasting our breath." [would應為小寫]

"I'll be judge, I'll be jury,"

Said cunning old Fury: [Said原文為小寫]

"I'll try the whole cause,

And condemn you to death." [and 應為小寫]

這是書中比較嚴重的錯誤。原詩已經紐約兩個中學生在1989年發現採用 "尾巴韻" (tail rhyme) 格律，也即每節最後一行長度不同，而且不和同節前面的2行押韻，而是和另一節的最後一行押韻 (詳《挖開兔子洞》第81頁、Martin Gardner 1999 第35頁)，王教授把本詩改成傳統的每節4行，而且大小寫也和原文不同，看來雖然參考了Ｍartin Gardner和我的著作，顯然還是不得要領。

依照兩個中學生的發現，全詩應該這樣排(注意大小寫)：

'Fury said to a mouse,

That he met in the house,

"Let us both go to law: I will prosecute you ─

Come, I will take no denial;

We must have the trial:

For really this morning I've nothing to do."

Said the mouse to the cur,

"Such a trial, dear sir,

With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath."

"I'll be judge, I'll be jury,"

said cunning old Fury: [原文的said小寫，Gardner 未作修改]
"I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death."'