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<?? ??>
● mundane encounters ???? ??
● make sense of ～? ????
● puzzling ????
● madness ?? ??, ??, ?? ??, ???
● hatter ????
● by accident ???
● mercury ??
● inhalation ??
● neurological ???, ????
● in accordance to ～? ???, ～? ???
● mating season ??? ?

??? ‘??? ??? ???’? ?? ? ?? ?? ?? ?(full of the absurd) ????? ???? ????. ??? ??? ??? ???? ??(mundane encounters)? ????? ????(ridiculous scenario)? ????? ?????????.

???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ??? ?? ?????(trying to make sense) ?????. ??? ?? ???? ??? ????? ?? ???(working hard to make out the puzzling situations in which she finds herself) ??? ??? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?????(Alice, as well as readers, comes to the conclusion that Wonderland is irrational). ??? ??? ?? ? ? ?? ?? ???? ?????

??? ??? ?? ??? ?? ??(madness)? ????(give an explanation) ??????(makes sense) ??? ?????. ?? ?? ?? ?? ????(the Mad Hatter)? ?? ??? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?????. ???(by accident) ??? ??? ????.

????? ?? ??? ???(victims of their trade)?????. ??? ??? ??? ???? ??(mercury)? ??????. ?? ??? ?? ??? ???(mercury inhalation caused mercury poisoning) ????? ????? ??? ????(neurological damage)? ?????. ? ?? ‘?? ?? ????’? ??? ?? ??? ???? ‘?????? ?? ??(as mad as a hatter)’??? ???? ??????. ??? ?? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??? ??? ? ? ????.

‘3?? ???? ?? ??(as mad as a March hare)’??? ?? ?? ?? ???? ????? ?? ?(common phrase)????. ??? ??? 3? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ?????(This was based on the belief that hares’ behavior changed in accordance to their mating season, which began around the month of March).

?? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ??(her own standard of normal)? ?? ??? ??? ??? ?????. ? ??? ?? ???????(But who’s to set that bar?) ??, ? ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??? ???? ?????, ? ??? ??? ???? ?? ???? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??? ?????(If everyone is mad and Alice is normal, doesn’t that make her mad, and the others normal?) ???? ??? ???????