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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv = "Content-Type" content = "text/html; charset=cp1251" /><title>HTML Document</title></head><body>Alice'<b>s</b> Adventures <b>in</b> Wonderland<br>
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Lewis Carroll<br>
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<b>Chapter</b> <b>I</b><br>
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DOWN <b>THE</b> RABBIT-HOLE<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>very</b> <b>tired</b> <b>of</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>by</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>bank</b>, <b>and</b> <b>of</b> <b>having</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>: <b>once</b> <b>or</b> <b>twice</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>peeped</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>book</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b> <b>was</b> <b>reading</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>no</b> <b>pictures</b> <b>or</b> conversations <b>in</b> <b>it</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>what</b> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>use</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>book</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice <20><b>without</b> <b>pictures</b> <b>or</b> <b>conversation</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>considering</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>own</b> <b>mind</b> (<b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>hot</b> <b>day</b> <b>made</b> <b>her</b> <b>feel</b> <b>very</b> <b>sleepy</b> <b>and</b> <b>stupid</b>), <b>whether</b> <b>the</b> <b>pleasure</b> <b>of</b> <b>making</b> <b>a</b> daisy-<b>chain</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>worth</b> <b>the</b> <b>trouble</b> <b>of</b> <b>getting</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>picking</b> <b>the</b> daisies, <b>when</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>a</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>with</b> pink <b>eyes</b> <b>ran</b> <b>close</b> <b>by</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>so</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>remarkable</b> <b>in</b> <b>that</b>; <b>nor</b> <b>did</b> Alice <b>think</b> <b>it</b> <b>so</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>much</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>to</b> <b>hear</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>say</b> <b>to</b> <b>itself</b>, <20><b>Oh</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>Oh</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>be</b> <b>late</b>!<21> (<b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>over</b> <b>afterwards</b>, <b>it</b> <b>occurred</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>wondered</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b>, <b>but</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>it</b> <b>all</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>quite</b> <b>natural</b>); <b>but</b> <b>when</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>actually</b> <b>TOOK</b> <b>A</b> WATCH OUT <b>OF</b> ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>on</b>, Alice <b>started</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>feet</b>, <b>for</b> <b>it</b> <b>flashed</b> <b>across</b> <b>her</b> <b>mind</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>before</b> <b>see</b> <b>a</b> rabbit <b>with</b> <b>either</b> <b>a</b> <b>waistcoat</b>-<b>pocket</b>, <b>or</b> <b>a</b> <b>watch</b> <b>to</b> <b>take</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>burning</b> <b>with</b> <b>curiosity</b>, <b>she</b> <b>ran</b> <b>across</b> <b>the</b> <b>field</b> <b>after</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>fortunately</b> <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>in</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> pop <b>down</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> rabbit-<b>hole</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>hedge</b>.<br>
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<b>In</b> <b>another</b> <b>moment</b> <b>down</b> <b>went</b> Alice <b>after</b> <b>it</b>, <b>never</b> <b>once</b> <b>considering</b> <b>how</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>world</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>out</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> rabbit-<b>hole</b> <b>went</b> <b>straight</b> <b>on</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>tunnel</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>way</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>dipped</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>down</b>, <b>so</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>that</b> Alice <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>about</b> <b>stopping</b> <b>herself</b> <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>falling</b> <b>down</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>deep</b> <b>well</b>.<br>
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<b>Either</b> <b>the</b> <b>well</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>deep</b>, <b>or</b> <b>she</b> <b>fell</b> <b>very</b> <b>slowly</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>plenty</b> <b>of</b> <b>time</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>down</b> <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b> <b>and</b> <b>to</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>happen</b> <b>next</b>. <b>First</b>, <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>down</b> <b>and</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>what</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>coming</b> <b>to</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>too</b> <b>dark</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>anything</b>; <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>sides</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>well</b>, <b>and</b> <b>noticed</b> <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>filled</b> <b>with</b> cupboards <b>and</b> <b>book</b>-<b>shelves</b>; <b>here</b> <b>and</b> <b>there</b> <b>she</b> <b>saw</b> <b>maps</b> <b>and</b> <b>pictures</b> <b>hung</b> <b>upon</b> pegs. <b>She</b> <b>took</b> <b>down</b> <b>a</b> jar <b>from</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>shelves</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>passed</b>; <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>labelled</b> <20>ORANGE MARMALADE', <b>but</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>great</b> <b>disappointment</b> <b>it</b> <b>way</b> <b>empty</b>: <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>drop</b> <b>the</b> jar <b>for</b> <b>fear</b> <b>of</b> <b>killing</b> <b>somebody</b>, <b>so</b> <b>managed</b> <b>to</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b> <b>into</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> cupboards <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>fell</b> <b>past</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>after</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>fall</b> <b>as</b> <b>this</b>, <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>think</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>of</b> <b>tumbling</b> <b>down</b> <b>stairs</b>! <b>How</b> <b>brave</b> <b>they</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>all</b> <b>think</b> <b>me</b> <b>at</b> <b>home</b>! <b>Why</b>, <b>I</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>say</b> <b>anything</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>, <b>even</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>fell</b> <b>off</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b>!<21> (<b>Which</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>likely</b> <b>true</b>.)<br>
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<b>Down</b>, <b>down</b>, <b>down</b>. <b>Would</b> <b>the</b> <b>fall</b> NEVER <b>come</b> <b>to</b> <b>an</b> <b>end</b>! <20><b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>how</b> <b>many</b> <b>miles</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>fallen</b> <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>aloud</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>getting</b> <b>somewhere</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>centre</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>earth</b>. <b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>see</b>: <b>that</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>four</b> <b>thousand</b> <b>miles</b> <b>down</b>, <b>I</b> <b>think</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (<b>for</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, Alice <b>had</b> learnt <b>several</b> <b>things</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>sort</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>lessons</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> schoolroom, <b>and</b> <b>though</b> <b>this</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>good</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>for</b> <b>showing</b> <b>off</b> <b>her</b> <b>knowledge</b>, <b>as</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>one</b> <b>to</b> <b>listen</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>, <b>still</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>good</b> <b>practice</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>it</b> <b>over</b>) <20><><b>yes</b>, <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>distance</b><EFBFBD><b>but</b> <b>then</b> <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> Latitude <b>or</b> Longitude <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b>?<3F> (Alice <b>had</b> <b>no</b> <b>idea</b> <b>what</b> Latitude <b>was</b>, <b>or</b> Longitude <b>either</b>, <b>but</b> <b>thought</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>nice</b> grand <b>words</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b>.)<br>
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<b>Presently</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>again</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>fall</b> <b>right</b> THROUGH <b>the</b> <b>earth</b>! <b>How</b> <b>funny</b> <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>out</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>people</b> <b>that</b> <b>walk</b> <b>with</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b> <b>downward</b>! <b>The</b> Antipathies, <b>I</b> <b>think</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (<b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>rather</b> <b>glad</b> <b>there</b> WAS <b>no</b> <b>one</b> <b>listening</b>, <b>this</b> <b>time</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>sound</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>word</b>) <20><><b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b> <b>them</b> <b>what</b> <b>the</b> <b>name</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>country</b> <b>is</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Please</b>, Ma'<b>am</b>, <b>is</b> <b>this</b> <b>New</b> Zealand <b>or</b> Australia?<3F> (<b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> curtsey <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b><EFBFBD><b>fancy</b> CURTSEYING <b>as</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>falling</b> <b>through</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>! <b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b> <b>could</b> <b>manage</b> <b>it</b>?) <20><b>And</b> <b>what</b> <b>an</b> <b>ignorant</b> <b>little</b> girl <b>she</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>think</b> <b>me</b> <b>for</b> <b>asking</b>! <b>No</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>never</b> <b>do</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b>: <b>perhaps</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> <b>written</b> <b>up</b> <b>somewhere</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>Down</b>, <b>down</b>, <b>down</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>else</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>, <b>so</b> Alice <b>soon</b> <b>began</b> <b>talking</b> <b>again</b>. Dinah'<b>ll</b> <b>miss</b> <b>me</b> <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>to</b>-<b>night</b>, <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>think</b>!<21> (Dinah <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>cat</b>.) <20><b>I</b> <b>hope</b> <b>they</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>remember</b> <b>her</b> <b>saucer</b> <b>of</b> <b>milk</b> <b>at</b> <b>tea</b>-<b>time</b>. Dinah <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> <b>down</b> <b>here</b> <b>with</b> <b>me</b>! <b>There</b> <b>are</b> <b>no</b> mice <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b>, <b>but</b> <b>you</b> <b>might</b> <b>catch</b> <b>a</b> bat, <b>and</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> mouse, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>But</b> <b>do</b> <b>cats</b> <b>eat</b> bats, <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b>?<3F> <b>And</b> <b>here</b> Alice <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>rather</b> <b>sleepy</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> dreamy <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>way</b>, <20><b>Do</b> <b>cats</b> <b>eat</b> bats? <b>Do</b> <b>cats</b> <b>eat</b> bats?<3F> <b>and</b> <b>sometimes</b>, <20><b>Do</b> bats <b>eat</b> <b>cats</b>?<3F> <b>for</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>answer</b> <b>either</b> <b>question</b>, <b>it</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>much</b> <b>matter</b> <b>which</b> <b>way</b> <b>she</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b>. <b>She</b> <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> dozing <b>off</b>, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>just</b> <b>begun</b> <b>to</b> <b>dream</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>walking</b> <b>hand</b> <b>in</b> <b>hand</b> <b>with</b> Dinah, <b>and</b> <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>very</b> <b>earnestly</b>, <20><b>Now</b>, Dinah, <b>tell</b> <b>me</b> <b>the</b> <b>truth</b>: <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>ever</b> <b>eat</b> <b>a</b> bat?<3F> <b>when</b> <b>suddenly</b>, thump! thump! <b>down</b> <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>heap</b> <b>of</b> <b>stick</b> <b>and</b> <b>dry</b> <b>leaves</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>fall</b> <b>was</b> <b>over</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b> <b>hurt</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>jumped</b> <b>up</b> <b>on</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>feet</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b>: <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>up</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>all</b> <b>dark</b> <b>overhead</b>; <b>before</b> <b>her</b> <b>was</b> <b>another</b> <b>long</b> <b>passage</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>was</b> <b>still</b> <b>in</b> <b>sight</b>, <b>hurrying</b> <b>down</b> <b>it</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>lost</b>: <b>away</b> <b>went</b> Alice <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>wind</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>in</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>hear</b> <b>it</b> <b>say</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>turned</b> <b>a</b> <b>corner</b>, <20><b>Oh</b> <b>my</b> <b>ears</b> <b>and</b> whiskers, <b>how</b> <b>late</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>getting</b>!<21> <b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>close</b> <b>behind</b> <b>it</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>turned</b> <b>to</b> <b>corner</b>, <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>longer</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>seen</b>: <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b>, <b>low</b> <b>hall</b>, <b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>lit</b> <b>up</b> <b>by</b> <b>a</b> row <b>of</b> <b>lamps</b> <b>hanging</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b>.<br>
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<b>There</b> <b>were</b> <b>doors</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> <b>hall</b>, <b>but</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>locked</b>; <b>and</b> <b>when</b> Alice <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>down</b> <b>one</b> <b>side</b> <b>and</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>, <b>trying</b> <b>every</b> <b>door</b>, <b>she</b> <b>walked</b> <b>sadly</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>middle</b>, <b>wondering</b> <b>how</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>ever</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>out</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<b>Suddenly</b> <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>three</b>-<b>legged</b> <b>table</b>, <b>all</b> <b>made</b> <b>of</b> <b>solid</b> <b>glass</b>; <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b> <b>except</b> <b>a</b> <b>tiny</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b>, <b>and</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>first</b> <b>thought</b> <b>was</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>belong</b> <b>to</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>doors</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>hall</b>; <b>but</b>, <b>alas</b>! <b>either</b> <b>the</b> <b>locks</b> <b>were</b> <b>too</b> <b>large</b>, <b>or</b> <b>the</b> <b>key</b> <b>was</b> <b>too</b> <b>small</b>, <b>but</b> <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>not</b> <b>open</b> <b>any</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>. <b>However</b>, <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>second</b> <b>time</b> <b>round</b>, <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>curtain</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>noticed</b> <b>before</b>, <b>and</b> <b>behind</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b> <b>about</b> <b>fifteen</b> inches <b>high</b>: <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>lock</b>, <b>and</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>great</b> <b>delight</b> <b>it</b> <b>fitted</b>!<br>
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Alice <b>opened</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>and</b> <b>found</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>led</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>small</b> <b>passage</b>, <b>not</b> <b>much</b> <b>larger</b> <b>than</b> <b>a</b> <b>rat</b>-<b>hole</b>: <b>she</b> <b>knelt</b> <b>down</b> <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>along</b> <b>the</b> <b>passage</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> loveliest <b>garden</b> <b>you</b> <b>ever</b> <b>saw</b>. <b>How</b> <b>she</b> <b>longed</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>dark</b> <b>hall</b>, <b>and</b> <b>wander</b> <b>about</b> <b>among</b> <b>those</b> <b>beds</b> <b>of</b> <b>bright</b> <b>flowers</b> <b>and</b> <b>those</b> <b>cool</b> <b>fountains</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>to</b> <b>even</b> <b>get</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>thought</b> <b>he</b> <b>doorway</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>even</b> <b>if</b> <b>my</b> <b>head</b> <b>would</b> <b>go</b> <b>through</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <20><b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>of</b> <b>very</b> <b>little</b> <b>use</b> <b>without</b> <b>my</b> <b>shoulders</b>. <b>Oh</b>, <b>how</b> <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>shut</b> <b>up</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> telescope! <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b>, <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>only</b> <b>know</b> <b>how</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b>.<2E> <b>For</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>so</b> <b>many</b> <b>out</b>-<b>of</b>-<b>the</b>-<b>way</b> <b>things</b> <b>had</b> <b>happened</b> <b>lately</b>, <b>that</b> Alice <b>had</b> <b>begun</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>that</b> <b>very</b> <b>few</b> <b>things</b> <b>indeed</b> <b>were</b> <b>really</b> <b>impossible</b>.<br>
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<b>There</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>, <b>half</b> <b>hoping</b> <b>she</b> <b>might</b> <b>find</b> <b>another</b> <b>key</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b>, <b>or</b> <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b> <b>a</b> <b>book</b> <b>or</b> <b>rules</b> <b>for</b> <b>shutting</b> <b>people</b> <b>up</b> <b>like</b> telescopes: <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b>, (`<b>which</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>here</b> <b>before</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice,) <b>and</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> <b>neck</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>paper</b> <b>label</b>, <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <20>DRINK ME<4D> beautifully printed <b>on</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>large</b> <b>letters</b>.<br>
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<b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>all</b> <b>very</b> <b>well</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>Drink</b> <b>me</b>,<2C> <b>but</b> <b>the</b> <b>wise</b> <b>little</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> THAT <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hurry</b>. <20><b>No</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>look</b> <b>first</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>see</b> <b>whether</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>marked</b> <20><b>poison</b><EFBFBD> <b>or</b> <b>not</b>'; <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>read</b> <b>several</b> <b>nice</b> <b>little</b> <b>histories</b> <b>about</b> <b>children</b> <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>got</b> burnt, <b>and</b> <b>eaten</b> <b>up</b> <b>by</b> <b>wild</b> <b>beasts</b> <b>and</b> <b>other</b> <b>unpleasant</b> <b>things</b>, <b>all</b> <b>because</b> <b>they</b> WOULD <b>not</b> <b>remember</b> <b>the</b> <b>simple</b> <b>rules</b> <b>their</b> <b>friends</b> <b>had</b> <b>taught</b> <b>them</b>: <b>such</b> <b>as</b>, <b>that</b> <b>a</b> <b>red</b>-<b>hot</b> poker <b>will</b> <b>burn</b> <b>you</b> <b>if</b> <b>your</b> <b>hold</b> <b>it</b> <b>too</b> <b>long</b>; <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>cut</b> <b>your</b> <b>finger</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>deeply</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>knife</b>, <b>it</b> <b>usually</b> bleeds; <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>that</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>drink</b> <b>much</b> <b>from</b> <b>a</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>marked</b> <20><b>poison</b>,<2C> <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>almost</b> <b>certain</b> <b>to</b> disagree <b>with</b> <b>you</b>, <b>sooner</b> <b>or</b> <b>later</b>.<br>
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<b>However</b>, <b>this</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>was</b> <b>NOT</b> <b>marked</b> <20><b>poison</b>,<2C> <b>so</b> Alice ventured <b>to</b> <b>taste</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>finding</b> <b>it</b> <b>very</b> <b>nice</b>, (<b>it</b> <b>had</b>, <b>in</b> <b>fact</b>, <b>a</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>mixed</b> flavour <b>of</b> cherry-<b>tart</b>, custard, <b>pine</b>-<b>apple</b>, <b>roast</b> turkey, toffee, <b>and</b> <b>hot</b> buttered toast,) <b>she</b> <b>very</b> <b>soon</b> <b>finished</b> <b>it</b> <b>off</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> <b>feeling</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>shutting</b> <b>up</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> telescope.<2E><br>
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<b>And</b> <b>so</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>indeed</b>: <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b> <b>only</b> <b>ten</b> inches <b>high</b>, <b>and</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b> <b>brightened</b> <b>up</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>thought</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>size</b> <b>for</b> <b>going</b> <b>though</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b> <b>into</b> <b>that</b> lovely <b>garden</b>. <b>First</b>, <b>however</b>, <b>she</b> <b>waited</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>shrink</b> <b>any</b> <b>further</b>: <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> nervous <b>about</b> <b>this</b>; <20><b>for</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>end</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>going</b> <b>out</b> <b>altogether</b>, <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>candle</b>. <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>be</b> <b>like</b> <b>then</b>?<3F> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>fancy</b> <b>what</b> <b>the</b> <b>flame</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>candle</b> <b>is</b> <b>like</b> <b>after</b> <b>the</b> <b>candle</b> <b>is</b> <b>blown</b> <b>out</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>remember</b> <b>ever</b> <b>having</b> <b>seen</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b>.<br>
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<b>After</b> <b>a</b> <b>while</b>, <b>finding</b> <b>that</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>more</b> <b>happened</b>, <b>she</b> <b>decided</b> <b>on</b> <b>going</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>; <b>but</b>, <b>alas</b> <b>for</b> <b>poor</b> Alice! <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b>, <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b>, <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>possibly</b> <b>reach</b> <b>it</b>: <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> <b>quite</b> <b>plainly</b> <b>through</b> <b>the</b> <b>glass</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>her</b> <b>best</b> <b>to</b> <b>climb</b> <b>up</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>legs</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>too</b> <b>slippery</b>; <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>tired</b> <b>herself</b> <b>out</b> <b>with</b> <b>trying</b>, <b>the</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>and</b> <b>cried</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>crying</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>rather</b> <b>sharply</b>; <20><b>I</b> <b>advise</b> <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>leave</b> <b>off</b> <b>this</b> <b>minute</b>!<21> <b>She</b> <b>generally</b> <b>gave</b> <b>herself</b> <b>very</b> <b>good</b> <b>advice</b>, (<b>though</b> <b>she</b> <b>very</b> <b>seldom</b> <b>followed</b> <b>it</b>), <b>and</b> <b>sometimes</b> <b>she</b> scolded <b>herself</b> <b>so</b> severely <b>as</b> <b>to</b> <b>bring</b> <b>tears</b> <b>into</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b>; <b>and</b> <b>once</b> <b>she</b> <b>remembered</b> <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>box</b> <b>her</b> <b>own</b> <b>ears</b> <b>for</b> <b>having</b> <b>cheated</b> <b>herself</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>game</b> <b>of</b> croquet <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>playing</b> <b>against</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>for</b> <b>this</b> <b>curious</b> <b>child</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>fond</b> <b>of</b> <b>pretending</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>two</b> <b>people</b>. <20><b>But</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>now</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <20><b>to</b> pretend <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>two</b> <b>people</b>! <b>Why</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>enough</b> <b>of</b> <b>me</b> <b>left</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> ONE <b>respectable</b> <b>person</b>!<21><br>
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<b>Soon</b> <b>her</b> <b>eye</b> <b>fell</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>glass</b> <b>box</b> <b>that</b> <b>was</b> <b>lying</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>: <b>she</b> <b>opened</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>found</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>small</b> <b>cake</b>, <b>on</b> <b>which</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <20>EAT ME<4D> <b>were</b> beautifully <b>marked</b> <b>in</b> currants. <20><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>eat</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alive, <20><b>and</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>makes</b> <b>me</b> <b>grow</b> <b>larger</b>, <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>reach</b> <b>the</b> <b>key</b>; <b>and</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>makes</b> <b>me</b> <b>grow</b> <b>smaller</b>, <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>creep</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>; <b>so</b> <b>either</b> <b>way</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>get</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>care</b> <b>which</b> <b>happens</b>!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>ate</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>bit</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>Which</b> <b>way</b>? <b>Which</b> <b>way</b>?', <b>holding</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>to</b> <b>feel</b> <b>which</b> <b>way</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>growing</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>surprised</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>remained</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>size</b>: <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>sure</b>, <b>this</b> <b>generally</b> <b>happens</b> <b>when</b> <b>one</b> eats <b>cake</b>, <b>but</b> Alice <b>had</b> <b>got</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> <b>expecting</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>but</b> <b>out</b>-<b>of</b>-<b>the</b>-<b>way</b> <b>things</b> <b>to</b> <b>happen</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>quite</b> <b>dull</b> <b>and</b> <b>stupid</b> <b>for</b> <b>life</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>common</b> <b>way</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Curiouser <b>and</b> curiouser!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice (<b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>surprised</b>, <b>that</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>she</b> <b>quite</b> <b>forgot</b> <b>how</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b> <b>good</b> English); <20><b>now</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>opening</b> <b>out</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>largest</b> telescope <b>that</b> <b>ever</b> <b>was</b>! <b>Good</b>-<b>bye</b>, <b>feet</b>!<21> (<b>for</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>down</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>feet</b>, <b>they</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>almost</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>, <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>getting</b> <b>so</b> <b>far</b> <b>off</b>). <20><b>Oh</b>, <b>my</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> <b>feet</b>, <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>who</b> <b>will</b> <b>put</b> <b>on</b> <b>your</b> <b>shoes</b> <b>and</b> <b>stockings</b> <b>for</b> <b>you</b> <b>now</b>, dears? <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> _<b>I</b>_ <b>shan</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>able</b>! <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>deal</b> <b>too</b> <b>far</b> <b>off</b> <b>to</b> <b>trouble</b> <b>myself</b> <b>about</b> <b>you</b>: <b>you</b> <b>must</b> <b>manage</b> <b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>way</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b>; <20><b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>kind</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>or</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>they</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>walk</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>I</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b>! <b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>see</b>: <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>give</b> <b>them</b> <b>a</b> <b>new</b> <b>pair</b> <b>of</b> <b>boots</b> <b>every</b> Christmas.<2E><br>
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<b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>planning</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <b>how</b> <b>she</b> <b>would</b> <b>manage</b> <b>it</b>. <20><b>They</b> <b>must</b> <b>go</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>carrier</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>how</b> <b>funny</b> <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>seem</b>, <b>sending</b> <b>presents</b> <b>to</b> <b>one</b>'<b>s</b> <b>own</b> <b>feet</b>! <b>And</b> <b>how</b> <b>odd</b> <b>the</b> <b>directions</b> <b>will</b> <b>look</b>!<br>
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ALICE'<b>S</b> RIGHT FOOT, ESQ.<br>
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HEARTHRUG,<br>
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NEAR <b>THE</b> FENDER,<br>
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(WITH ALICE'<b>S</b> LOVE).<br>
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<b>Oh</b> <b>dear</b>, <b>what</b> <b>nonsense</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>talking</b>!<21><br>
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<b>Just</b> <b>then</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>struck</b> <b>against</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>hall</b>: <b>in</b> <b>fact</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b> <b>more</b> <b>than</b> <b>nine</b> <b>feet</b> <b>high</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>took</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b> <b>and</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>off</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b> <b>door</b>.<br>
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<b>Poor</b> Alice! <b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>as</b> <b>much</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>do</b>, <b>lying</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>one</b> <b>side</b>, <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>through</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>eye</b>; <b>but</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>through</b> <b>was</b> <b>more</b> <b>hopeless</b> <b>than</b> <b>ever</b>: <b>she</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>cry</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> ashamed <b>of</b> <b>yourself</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>a</b> <b>great</b> girl <b>like</b> <b>you</b>,<2C> (<b>she</b> <b>might</b> <b>well</b> <b>say</b> <b>this</b>), <20><b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b> <b>crying</b> <b>in</b> <b>this</b> <b>way</b>! <b>Stop</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b>, <b>I</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b>!<21> <b>But</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b>, shedding gallons <b>of</b> <b>tears</b>, <b>until</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>pool</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b> <b>her</b>, <b>about</b> <b>four</b> inches <b>deep</b> <b>and</b> <b>reaching</b> <b>half</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>hall</b>.<br>
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<b>After</b> <b>a</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> pattering <b>of</b> <b>feet</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>hastily</b> <b>dried</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>was</b> <b>coming</b>. <b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>returning</b>, <b>splendidly</b> <b>dressed</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>pair</b> <b>of</b> <b>white</b> kid <b>gloves</b> <b>in</b> <b>one</b> <b>hand</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>fan</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>: <b>he</b> <b>came</b> <b>trotting</b> <b>along</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>hurry</b>, <b>muttering</b> <b>to</b> <b>himself</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>came</b>, <20><b>Oh</b>! <b>the</b> Duchess, <b>the</b> Duchess! <b>Oh</b>! <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>she</b> <b>be</b> savage <b>if</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>kept</b> <b>her</b> <b>waiting</b>!<21> Alice <b>felt</b> <b>so</b> <b>desperate</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b> <b>help</b> <b>of</b> <b>any</b> <b>one</b>; <b>so</b>, <b>when</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>came</b> <b>near</b> <b>her</b>, <b>she</b> <b>began</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b>, <b>timid</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>If</b> <b>you</b> <b>please</b>, <b>sir</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>The</b> Rabbit <b>started</b> <b>violently</b>, <b>dropped</b> <b>the</b> <b>white</b> kid <b>gloves</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b>, <b>and</b> skurried <b>away</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>darkness</b> <b>as</b> <b>hard</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>could</b> <b>go</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>took</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>gloves</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>hall</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>hot</b>, <b>she</b> <b>kept</b> fanning <b>herself</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>talking</b>: <20><b>Dear</b>, <b>dear</b>! <b>How</b> <b>queer</b> <b>everything</b> <b>is</b> <b>to</b>-<b>day</b>! <b>And</b> <b>yesterday</b> <b>things</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>usual</b>. <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>been</b> <b>changed</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>night</b>? <b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>think</b>: <b>was</b> <b>I</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>this</b> <b>morning</b>? <b>I</b> <b>almost</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>remember</b> <b>feeling</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>different</b>. <b>But</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b>, <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>question</b> <b>is</b>, <b>Who</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>world</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b>? <b>Ah</b>, THAT'<b>S</b> <b>the</b> <b>great</b> <b>puzzle</b>!<21> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>over</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>children</b> <b>she</b> <b>knew</b> <b>that</b> <b>were</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>age</b> <b>as</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>changed</b> <b>for</b> <b>any</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> Ada,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>for</b> <b>her</b> <b>hair</b> <b>goes</b> <b>in</b> <b>such</b> <b>long</b> ringlets, <b>and</b> <b>mine</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>go</b> <b>in</b> ringlets <b>at</b> <b>all</b>; <b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> Mabel, <b>for</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>all</b> <b>sorts</b> <b>of</b> <b>things</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b>, oh! <b>she</b> <b>knows</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>little</b>! <b>Besides</b>, SHE'<b>S</b> <b>she</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>I</b>, <b>and</b><EFBFBD>oh <b>dear</b>, <b>how</b> puzzling <b>it</b> <b>all</b> <b>is</b>! <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>try</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>things</b> <b>I</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>see</b>: <b>four</b> <b>times</b> <b>five</b> <b>is</b> <b>twelve</b>, <b>and</b> <b>four</b> <b>times</b> <b>six</b> <b>is</b> <b>thirteen</b>, <b>and</b> <b>four</b> <b>times</b> <b>seven</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD>oh <b>dear</b>! <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>never</b> <b>get</b> <b>to</b> <b>twenty</b> <b>at</b> <b>that</b> <b>rate</b>! <b>However</b>, <b>the</b> Multiplication Table <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> signify: <b>let</b>'<b>s</b> <b>try</b> Geography. London <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>capital</b> <b>of</b> Paris, <b>and</b> Paris <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>capital</b> <b>of</b> Rome, <b>and</b> Rome<6D><b>no</b>, THAT'<b>S</b> <b>all</b> <b>wrong</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>certain</b>! <b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>changed</b> <b>for</b> Mabel! <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>try</b> <b>and</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>How</b> doth <b>the</b> <b>little</b><EFBFBD> <20><> <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>crossed</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b> <b>on</b> <b>her</b> <b>lap</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>were</b> <b>saying</b> <b>lessons</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>repeat</b> <b>it</b>, <b>but</b> <b>her</b> <b>voice</b> <b>sounded</b> <b>hoarse</b> <b>and</b> <b>strange</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>come</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> doth <b>the</b> <b>little</b> crocodile<br>
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<b>And</b> <b>pour</b> <b>the</b> <b>waters</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Nile<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>cheerfully</b> <b>he</b> <b>seems</b> <b>to</b> <b>grin</b>,<br>
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<b>With</b> <b>gently</b> <b>smiling</b> <b>jaws</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> <b>those</b> <b>are</b> <b>not</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>words</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>filled</b> <b>with</b> <b>tears</b> <b>again</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> Mabel <b>after</b> <b>all</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>and</b> <b>live</b> <b>in</b> <b>that</b> poky <b>little</b> <b>house</b>, <b>and</b> <b>have</b> <b>next</b> <b>to</b> <b>no</b> <b>toys</b> <b>to</b> <b>play</b> <b>with</b>, <b>and</b> oh! <b>ever</b> <b>so</b> <b>many</b> <b>lessons</b> <b>to</b> <b>learn</b>! <b>No</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>made</b> <b>up</b> <b>my</b> <b>mind</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>; <b>if</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> Mabel, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>stay</b> <b>down</b> <b>here</b>! <b>It</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>their</b> <b>putting</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b> <b>down</b> <b>and</b> <b>saying</b> <20><b>Come</b> <b>up</b> <b>again</b>, <b>dear</b>!<21> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>only</b> <b>look</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>Who</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>then</b>? <b>Tell</b> <b>me</b> <b>that</b> <b>first</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b>, <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>like</b> <b>being</b> <b>that</b> <b>person</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>come</b> <b>up</b>: <b>if</b> <b>not</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>stay</b> <b>down</b> <b>here</b> <b>till</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>somebody</b> <b>else</b>"<22><b>but</b>, oh <b>dear</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>sudden</b> <b>burst</b> <b>of</b> <b>tears</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>wish</b> <b>they</b> WOULD <b>put</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b> <b>down</b>! <b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>so</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>tired</b> <b>of</b> <b>being</b> <b>all</b> <b>alone</b> <b>here</b>!<21><br>
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<b>As</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>down</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>surprised</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>put</b> <b>on</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit'<b>s</b> <b>little</b> <b>white</b> kid <b>gloves</b> <b>while</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>talking</b>. <20><b>How</b> CAN <b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>done</b> <b>that</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>growing</b> <b>small</b> <b>again</b>.<2E> <b>She</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b> <b>to</b> <b>measure</b> <b>herself</b> <b>by</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>found</b> <b>that</b>, <b>as</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>guess</b>, <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b> <b>about</b> <b>two</b> <b>feet</b> <b>high</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>on</b> <b>shrinking</b> <b>rapidly</b>: <b>she</b> <b>soon</b> <b>found</b> <b>out</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>cause</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>holding</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>dropped</b> <b>it</b> <b>hastily</b>, <b>just</b> <b>in</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>avoid</b> <b>shrinking</b> <b>away</b> <b>altogether</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> WAS <b>a</b> <b>narrow</b> <b>escape</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>sudden</b> <b>change</b>, <b>but</b> <b>very</b> <b>glad</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>herself</b> <b>still</b> <b>in</b> <b>existence</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>now</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b> <b>with</b> <b>all</b> <b>speed</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b>: <b>but</b>, <b>alas</b>! <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b> <b>was</b> <b>shut</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b> <b>was</b> <b>lying</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>glass</b> <b>table</b> <b>as</b> <b>before</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>things</b> <b>are</b> <b>worse</b> <b>than</b> <b>ever</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>the</b> <b>poor</b> <b>child</b>, <20><b>for</b> <b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>small</b> <b>as</b> <b>this</b> <b>before</b>, <b>never</b>! <b>And</b> <b>I</b> declare <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>too</b> <b>bad</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>!<21><br>
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<b>As</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>these</b> <b>words</b> <b>her</b> <b>foot</b> <b>slipped</b>, <b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>another</b> <b>moment</b>, <b>splash</b>! <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>chin</b> <b>in</b> <b>salt</b> <b>water</b>. <b>He</b> <b>first</b> <b>idea</b> <b>was</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>somehow</b> <b>fallen</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>that</b> <b>case</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>go</b> <b>back</b> <b>by</b> railway,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>. (Alice <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> seaside <b>once</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>life</b>, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>come</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>general</b> <b>conclusion</b>, <b>that</b> <b>wherever</b> <b>you</b> <b>go</b> <b>to</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> English coast <b>you</b> <b>find</b> <b>a</b> <b>number</b> <b>of</b> <b>bathing</b> <b>machines</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>, <b>some</b> <b>children</b> <b>digging</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sand</b> <b>with</b> <b>wooden</b> <b>spades</b>, <b>then</b> <b>a</b> row <b>of</b> <b>lodging</b> <b>houses</b>, <b>and</b> <b>behind</b> <b>them</b> <b>a</b> railway station.) <b>However</b>, <b>she</b> <b>soon</b> <b>made</b> <b>out</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b> <b>of</b> <b>tears</b> <b>which</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>wept</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>nine</b> <b>feet</b> <b>high</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>cried</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>swam</b> <b>about</b>, <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>her</b> <b>way</b> <b>out</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>be</b> punished <b>for</b> <b>it</b> <b>now</b>, <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b>, <b>by</b> <b>being</b> <b>drowned</b> <b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>own</b> <b>tears</b>! <b>That</b> WILL <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>queer</b> <b>thing</b>, <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>sure</b>! <b>However</b>, <b>everything</b> <b>is</b> <b>queer</b> <b>to</b>-<b>day</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>Just</b> <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>something</b> <b>splashing</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>way</b> <b>off</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>swam</b> <b>nearer</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>what</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>: <b>at</b> <b>first</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> walrus <b>or</b> hippopotamus, <b>but</b> <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>remembered</b> <b>how</b> <b>small</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>soon</b> <b>made</b> <b>out</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>only</b> <b>a</b> mouse <b>that</b> <b>had</b> <b>slipped</b> <b>in</b> <b>like</b> <b>herself</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Would</b> <b>it</b> <b>be</b> <b>of</b> <b>any</b> <b>use</b>, <b>now</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>to</b> <b>speak</b> <b>to</b> <b>this</b> mouse? <b>Everything</b> <b>is</b> <b>so</b> <b>out</b>-<b>of</b>-<b>the</b>-<b>way</b> <b>down</b> <b>here</b>, <b>that</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>think</b> <b>very</b> <b>likely</b> <b>it</b> <b>can</b> <b>talk</b>: <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>harm</b> <b>in</b> <b>trying</b>.<2E> <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b>: <20><b>O</b> Mouse, <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>pool</b>? <b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>very</b> <b>tired</b> <b>of</b> <b>swimming</b> <b>about</b> <b>here</b>, <b>O</b> Mouse!<21> (Alice <b>thought</b> <b>this</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> <b>speaking</b> <b>to</b> <b>a</b> mouse: <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>done</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b> <b>before</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>remembered</b> <b>having</b> <b>seen</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>brother</b>'<b>s</b> Latin Grammar, <20><b>A</b> mouse<73><b>of</b> <b>a</b> mouse<73><b>to</b> <b>a</b> mouse<73><b>a</b> mouse<73><b>O</b> mouse!<21> <b>The</b> Mouse <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>rather</b> inquisitively, <b>and</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>to</b> <b>wink</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>little</b> <b>eyes</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Perhaps</b> <b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>understand</b> English,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice; <20><b>I</b> <b>daresay</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> French mouse, <b>come</b> <b>over</b> <b>with</b> William <b>the</b> Conqueror.<2E> (<b>For</b>, <b>with</b> <b>all</b> <b>her</b> <b>knowledge</b> <b>of</b> <b>history</b>, Alice <b>had</b> <b>no</b> <b>very</b> <b>clear</b> <b>notion</b> <b>how</b> <b>long</b> <b>ago</b> <b>anything</b> <b>had</b> <b>happened</b>.) <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>again</b>: <20>Ou est ma chatte?<3F> <b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> sentence <b>in</b> <b>her</b> French <b>lesson</b>-<b>book</b>. <b>The</b> Mouse <b>gave</b> <b>a</b> <b>sudden</b> <b>leap</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>water</b>, <b>and</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>quiver</b> <b>all</b> <b>over</b> <b>with</b> <b>fright</b>. <20><b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b> <b>beg</b> <b>your</b> <b>pardon</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice <b>hastily</b>, <b>afraid</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>hurt</b> <b>the</b> <b>poor</b> <b>animal</b>'<b>s</b> <b>feelings</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>quite</b> <b>forgot</b> <b>you</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>cats</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>like</b> <b>cats</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>shrill</b>, passionate <b>voice</b>. <20><b>Would</b> YOU <b>like</b> <b>cats</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> <b>me</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>perhaps</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> soothing <b>tone</b>: <20><b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>angry</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>. <b>And</b> <b>yet</b> <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>show</b> <b>you</b> <b>our</b> <b>cat</b> Dinah: <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>take</b> <b>a</b> <b>fancy</b> <b>to</b> <b>cats</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>could</b> <b>only</b> <b>see</b> <b>her</b>. <b>She</b> <b>is</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>dear</b> <b>quiet</b> <b>thing</b>,<2C> Alice <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>half</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>swam</b> <b>lazily</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>sits</b> <b>purring</b> <b>so</b> nicely <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>fire</b>, <b>licking</b> <b>her</b> paws <b>and</b> <b>washing</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>is</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>nice</b> <b>soft</b> <b>thing</b> <b>to</b> nurse<73><b>and</b> <b>she</b>'<b>s</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>capital</b> <b>one</b> <b>for</b> <b>catching</b> mice<63>oh, <b>I</b> <b>beg</b> <b>your</b> <b>pardon</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice <b>again</b>, <b>for</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>was</b> <b>bristling</b> <b>all</b> <b>over</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>certain</b> <b>it</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>really</b> <b>offended</b>. <20><b>We</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b> <b>any</b> <b>more</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>rather</b> <b>not</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>We</b> <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>trembling</b> <b>down</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> <b>tail</b>. <20><b>As</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>would</b> <b>talk</b> <b>on</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>subject</b>! <b>Our</b> <b>family</b> <b>always</b> HATED <b>cats</b>: <b>nasty</b>, <b>low</b>, vulgar <b>things</b>! <b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>let</b> <b>me</b> <b>hear</b> <b>the</b> <b>name</b> <b>again</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>hurry</b> <b>to</b> <b>change</b> <b>the</b> <b>subject</b> <b>of</b> <b>conversation</b>. <20><b>Are</b> <b>you</b><EFBFBD><b>are</b> <b>you</b> <b>fond</b><EFBFBD><b>of</b><EFBFBD><b>of</b> <b>dogs</b>?<3F> <b>The</b> Mouse <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>answer</b>, <b>so</b> Alice <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>eagerly</b>: <20><b>There</b> <b>is</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>nice</b> <b>little</b> <b>dog</b> <b>near</b> <b>our</b> <b>house</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>show</b> <b>you</b>! <b>A</b> <b>little</b> <b>bright</b>-<b>eyed</b> terrier, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>, <b>with</b> oh, <b>such</b> <b>long</b> <b>curly</b> <b>brown</b> <b>hair</b>! <b>And</b> <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>fetch</b> <b>things</b> <b>when</b> <b>you</b> <b>throw</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>sit</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>beg</b> <b>for</b> <b>its</b> <b>dinner</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>sorts</b> <b>of</b> thins<6E><b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>remember</b> <b>half</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>belongs</b> <b>to</b> <b>a</b> <b>farmer</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>says</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>so</b> <b>useful</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>worth</b> <b>a</b> <b>hundred</b> pounds! <b>He</b> <b>says</b> <b>it</b> kills <b>all</b> <b>the</b> rats <b>and</b><EFBFBD>oh <b>dear</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>sorrowful</b> <b>tone</b>, <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>offended</b> <b>it</b> <b>again</b>!<21> <b>For</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>was</b> <b>swimming</b> <b>away</b> <b>from</b> <b>her</b> <b>as</b> <b>hard</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>could</b> <b>go</b>, <b>and</b> <b>making</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>commotion</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>went</b>.<br>
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<b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>called</b> <b>softly</b> <b>after</b> <b>it</b>, <20>Mouse <b>dear</b>! <b>Do</b> <b>come</b> <b>back</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>we</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b> <b>about</b> <b>cats</b> <b>or</b> <b>dogs</b> <b>either</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>them</b>!<21> <b>When</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>heard</b> <b>this</b>, <b>it</b> <b>turned</b> <b>round</b> <b>and</b> <b>swam</b> <b>slowly</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>: <b>its</b> <b>face</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>pale</b> (<b>with</b> <b>passion</b>, Alice <b>thought</b>), <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>trembling</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>Let</b> <b>us</b> <b>get</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>shore</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>my</b> <b>history</b>, <b>and</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>understand</b> <b>why</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>I</b> <b>hate</b> <b>cats</b> <b>and</b> <b>dogs</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>They</b> <b>were</b> <b>indeed</b> <b>a</b> <b>queer</b>-<b>looking</b> <b>party</b> <b>that</b> <b>assembled</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>bank</b><EFBFBD><b>the</b> <b>birds</b> <b>with</b> <b>draggled</b> feathers, <b>the</b> <b>animals</b> <b>with</b> <b>their</b> <b>fur</b> <b>clinging</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>dripping</b> <b>wet</b>, <b>cross</b>, <b>and</b> <b>uncomfortable</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>first</b> <b>question</b> <b>of</b> <b>course</b> <b>was</b>, <b>how</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>dry</b> <b>again</b>: <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> consultation <b>about</b> <b>this</b>, <b>and</b> <b>after</b> <b>a</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>it</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>quite</b> <b>natural</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>herself</b> <b>talking</b> familiarly <b>with</b> <b>them</b>, <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>known</b> <b>them</b> <b>all</b> <b>her</b> <b>life</b>. <b>Indeed</b>, <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>argument</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> Lory, <b>who</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>turned</b> sulky, <b>and</b> <b>would</b> <b>only</b> <b>say</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>older</b> <b>than</b> <b>you</b>, <b>and</b> <b>must</b> <b>know</b> <b>better</b>'; <b>and</b> <b>this</b> Alice <b>would</b> <b>not</b> <b>allow</b> <b>without</b> <b>knowing</b> <b>how</b> <b>old</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> Lory <b>positively</b> <b>refused</b> <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>its</b> <b>age</b>, <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>more</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>said</b>.<br>
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<b>At</b> <b>last</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>who</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>person</b> <b>of</b> <b>authority</b> <b>among</b> <b>them</b>, <b>called</b> <b>out</b>, <20><b>Sit</b> <b>down</b>, <b>all</b> <b>of</b> <b>you</b>, <b>and</b> <b>listen</b> <b>to</b> <b>me</b>! <b>I</b>'LL <b>soon</b> <b>make</b> <b>you</b> <b>dry</b> <b>enough</b>!<21> <b>They</b> <b>all</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>ring</b>, <b>with</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>middle</b>. Alice <b>kept</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>fixed</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>sure</b> <b>she</b> <b>would</b> <b>catch</b> <b>a</b> <b>bad</b> <b>cold</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>get</b> <b>dry</b> <b>very</b> <b>soon</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Ahem!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>important</b> <b>air</b>, <20><b>are</b> <b>you</b> <b>all</b> <b>ready</b>? <b>This</b> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> driest <b>thing</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Silence</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>please</b>! <20>William <b>the</b> Conqueror, <b>whose</b> <b>cause</b> <b>was</b> <b>favoured</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> pope, <b>was</b> <b>soon</b> submitted <b>to</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> English, <b>who</b> <b>wanted</b> <b>leaders</b>, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>of</b> <b>late</b> <b>much</b> <b>accustomed</b> <b>to</b> usurpation <b>and</b> <b>conquest</b>. Edwin <b>and</b> Morcar, <b>the</b> earls <b>of</b> Mercia <b>and</b> Northumbria- -"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD>Ugh!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Lory, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>shiver</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>beg</b> <b>your</b> <b>pardon</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>frowning</b>, <b>but</b> <b>very</b> <b>politely</b>: <20><b>Did</b> <b>you</b> <b>speak</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>I</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Lory <b>hastily</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>thought</b> <b>you</b> <b>did</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse. <20><><b>I</b> proceed. <20>Edwin <b>and</b> Morcar, <b>the</b> earls <b>of</b> Mercia <b>and</b> Northumbria, <b>declared</b> <b>for</b> <b>him</b>: <b>and</b> <b>even</b> Stigand, <b>the</b> patriotic archbishop <b>of</b> Canterbury, <b>found</b> <b>it</b> advisable<6C>"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Found</b> WHAT?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duck.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Found</b> IT,<2C> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>replied</b> <b>rather</b> crossly: <20><b>of</b> <b>course</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <20><b>it</b><EFBFBD> <b>means</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <20><b>it</b><EFBFBD> <b>means</b> <b>well</b> <b>enough</b>, <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>find</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duck: <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>generally</b> <b>a</b> frog <b>or</b> <b>a</b> worm. <b>The</b> <b>question</b> <b>is</b>, <b>what</b> <b>did</b> <b>the</b> archbishop <b>find</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> Mouse <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>notice</b> <b>this</b> <b>question</b>, <b>but</b> hurriedly <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20>"<22><b>found</b> <b>it</b> advisable <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>with</b> Edgar Atheling <b>to</b> <b>meet</b> William <b>and</b> <b>offer</b> <b>him</b> <b>the</b> <b>crown</b>. William'<b>s</b> <b>conduct</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b> <b>was</b> <b>moderate</b>. <b>But</b> <b>the</b> <b>insolence</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> Normans<6E><73> <b>How</b> <b>are</b> <b>you</b> <b>getting</b> <b>on</b> <b>now</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>?<3F> <b>it</b> <b>continued</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>spoke</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>As</b> <b>wet</b> <b>as</b> <b>ever</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>tone</b>: <20><b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>dry</b> <b>me</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>In</b> <b>that</b> <b>case</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>solemnly</b>, <b>rising</b> <b>to</b> <b>its</b> <b>feet</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>move</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>meeting</b> adjourn, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>immediate</b> <b>adoption</b> <b>of</b> <b>more</b> <b>energetic</b> remedies<65><73><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Speak</b> English!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Eaglet. <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>the</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>of</b> <b>half</b> <b>those</b> <b>long</b> <b>words</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>what</b>'<b>s</b> <b>more</b>, <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>believe</b> <b>you</b> <b>do</b> <b>either</b>!<21> <b>And</b> <b>the</b> Eaglet <b>bent</b> <b>down</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b> <b>to</b> <b>hide</b> <b>a</b> <b>smile</b>: <b>some</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>birds</b> tittered audibly.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>offended</b> <b>tone</b>, <20><b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>thing</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>us</b> <b>dry</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> Caucus-<b>race</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>IS</b> <b>a</b> Caucus-<b>race</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice; <b>not</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>wanted</b> <b>much</b> <b>to</b> <b>know</b>, <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>had</b> <b>paused</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>thought</b> <b>that</b> SOMEBODY <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b>, <b>and</b> <b>no</b> <b>one</b> <b>else</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>inclined</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>anything</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dodo, <20><b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>way</b> <b>to</b> <b>explain</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>it</b>.<2E> (<b>And</b>, <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>might</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>try</b> <b>the</b> <b>thing</b> <b>yourself</b>, <b>some</b> <b>winter</b> <b>day</b>, <b>I</b> <b>will</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>how</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>managed</b> <b>it</b>.)<br>
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<b>First</b> <b>it</b> <b>marked</b> <b>out</b> <b>a</b> <b>race</b>-<b>course</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>circle</b>, (`<b>the</b> <b>exact</b> <b>shape</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>matter</b>,<2C> <b>it</b> <b>said</b>,) <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>party</b> <b>were</b> <b>placed</b> <b>along</b> <b>the</b> <b>course</b>, <b>here</b> <b>and</b> <b>there</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <20><b>One</b>, <b>two</b>, <b>three</b>, <b>and</b> <b>away</b>,<2C> <b>but</b> <b>they</b> <b>began</b> <b>running</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>liked</b>, <b>and</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>liked</b>, <b>so</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>easy</b> <b>to</b> <b>know</b> <b>when</b> <b>the</b> <b>race</b> <b>was</b> <b>over</b>. <b>However</b>, <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>running</b> <b>half</b> <b>an</b> <b>hour</b> <b>or</b> <b>so</b>, <b>and</b> <b>were</b> <b>quite</b> <b>dry</b> <b>again</b>, <b>the</b> Dodo <b>suddenly</b> <b>called</b> <b>out</b> <20><b>The</b> <b>race</b> <b>is</b> <b>over</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>crowded</b> <b>round</b> <b>it</b>, <b>panting</b>, <b>and</b> <b>asking</b>, <20><b>But</b> <b>who</b> <b>has</b> <b>won</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>question</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>answer</b> <b>without</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>deal</b> <b>of</b> <b>thought</b>, <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>sat</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>time</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>finger</b> <b>pressed</b> <b>upon</b> <b>its</b> <b>forehead</b> (<b>the</b> <b>position</b> <b>in</b> <b>which</b> <b>you</b> <b>usually</b> <b>see</b> Shakespeare, <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pictures</b> <b>of</b> <b>him</b>), <b>while</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>waited</b> <b>in</b> <b>silence</b>. <b>At</b> <b>last</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>said</b>, <20>EVERYBODY <b>has</b> <b>won</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> prizes.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>who</b> <b>is</b> <b>to</b> <b>give</b> <b>the</b> prizes?<3F> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>chorus</b> <b>of</b> <b>voices</b> <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>, SHE, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dodo, <b>pointing</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>finger</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>party</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>crowded</b> <b>round</b> <b>her</b>, <b>calling</b> <b>out</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>confused</b> <b>way</b>, <20>Prizes! Prizes!<21><br>
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Alice <b>had</b> <b>no</b> <b>idea</b> <b>what</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>, <b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>despair</b> <b>she</b> <b>put</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>pocket</b>, <b>and</b> <b>pulled</b> <b>out</b> <b>a</b> <b>box</b> <b>of</b> comfits, (luckily <b>the</b> <b>salt</b> <b>water</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>got</b> <b>into</b> <b>it</b>), <b>and</b> <b>handed</b> <b>them</b> <b>round</b> <b>as</b> prizes. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>exactly</b> <b>one</b> <b>a</b>-<b>piece</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>she</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>a</b> prize <b>herself</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>replied</b> <b>very</b> <b>gravely</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>else</b> <b>have</b> <b>you</b> <b>got</b> <b>in</b> <b>your</b> <b>pocket</b>?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Only</b> <b>a</b> thimble,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>sadly</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Hand <b>it</b> <b>over</b> <b>here</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dodo.<br>
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<b>Then</b> <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>crowded</b> <b>round</b> <b>her</b> <b>once</b> <b>more</b>, <b>while</b> <b>the</b> Dodo <b>solemnly</b> <b>presented</b> <b>the</b> thimble, <b>saying</b> <20><b>We</b> <b>beg</b> <b>your</b> acceptance <b>of</b> <b>this</b> elegant thimble'; <b>and</b>, <b>when</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>finished</b> <b>this</b> <b>short</b> <b>speech</b>, <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>cheered</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>thought</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>thing</b> <b>very</b> <b>absurd</b>, <b>but</b> <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>looked</b> <b>so</b> <b>grave</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>dare</b> <b>to</b> <b>laugh</b>; <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>think</b> <b>of</b> <b>anything</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b>, <b>she</b> <b>simply</b> <b>bowed</b>, <b>and</b> <b>took</b> <b>the</b> thimble, <b>looking</b> <b>as</b> solemn <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>next</b> <b>thing</b> <b>was</b> <b>to</b> <b>eat</b> <b>the</b> comfits: <b>this</b> <b>caused</b> <b>some</b> <b>noise</b> <b>and</b> <b>confusion</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>large</b> <b>birds</b> complained <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>taste</b> <b>theirs</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>small</b> <b>ones</b> <b>choked</b> <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> patted <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>back</b>. <b>However</b>, <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>over</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>, <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>again</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>ring</b>, <b>and</b> <b>begged</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>them</b> <b>something</b> <b>more</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>promised</b> <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b> <b>your</b> <b>history</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>and</b> <b>why</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>you</b> <b>hate</b><EFBFBD><b>C</b> <b>and</b> <b>D</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>added</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>whisper</b>, <b>half</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>offended</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Mine <b>is</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>sad</b> <b>tale</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>sighing</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>IS</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>tail</b>, <b>certainly</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>looking</b> <b>down</b> <b>with</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Mouse'<b>s</b> <b>tail</b><EFBFBD> <20><b>but</b> <b>why</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>call</b> <b>it</b> <b>sad</b>?<3F> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>kept</b> <b>on</b> puzzling <b>about</b> <b>it</b> <b>while</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>was</b> <b>speaking</b>, <b>so</b> <b>that</b> <b>her</b> <b>idea</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>tale</b> <b>was</b> <b>something</b> <b>like</b> <b>this</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Let</b> <b>us</b> <b>both</b> <b>go</b> <b>to</b> <b>law</b>: <b>I</b> <b>will</b> prosecute YOU.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>take</b> <b>no</b> <b>denial</b>;<br>
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<b>For</b> <b>really</b> <b>this</b> <b>morning</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Such</b> <b>a</b> <b>trial</b>, <b>dear</b> Sir,<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>judge</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> jury,<2C><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>not</b> attending!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>to</b> Alice severely. <20><b>What</b> <b>are</b> <b>you</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>of</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>beg</b> <b>your</b> <b>pardon</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>very</b> humbly: <20><b>you</b> <b>had</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>fifth</b> <b>bend</b>, <b>I</b> <b>think</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>had</b> <b>NOT</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>sharply</b> <b>and</b> <b>very</b> <b>angrily</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> <b>knot</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>always</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>herself</b> <b>useful</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looking</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b>. <20><b>Oh</b>, <b>do</b> <b>let</b> <b>me</b> <b>help</b> <b>to</b> undo <b>it</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>do</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>sort</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mouse, <b>getting</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>walking</b> <b>away</b>. <20><b>You</b> <b>insult</b> <b>me</b> <b>by</b> <b>talking</b> <b>such</b> <b>nonsense</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>mean</b> <b>it</b>!<21> pleaded <b>poor</b> Alice. <20><b>But</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>so</b> <b>easily</b> <b>offended</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Please</b> <b>come</b> <b>back</b> <b>and</b> <b>finish</b> <b>your</b> <b>story</b>!<21> Alice <b>called</b> <b>after</b> <b>it</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>others</b> <b>all</b> <b>joined</b> <b>in</b> <b>chorus</b>, <20><b>Yes</b>, <b>please</b> <b>do</b>!<21> <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>only</b> <b>shook</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b> <b>impatiently</b>, <b>and</b> <b>walked</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>quicker</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>pity</b> <b>it</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>stay</b>!<21> <b>sighed</b> <b>the</b> Lory, <b>as</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>; <b>and</b> <b>an</b> <b>old</b> Crab <b>took</b> <b>the</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>of</b> <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>daughter</b> <20><b>Ah</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>Let</b> <b>this</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>lesson</b> <b>to</b> <b>you</b> <b>never</b> <b>to</b> <b>lose</b> YOUR <b>temper</b>!<21> <20><b>Hold</b> <b>your</b> <b>tongue</b>, Ma!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>young</b> Crab, <b>a</b> <b>little</b> snappishly. <20><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>enough</b> <b>to</b> <b>try</b> <b>the</b> <b>patience</b> <b>of</b> <b>an</b> oyster!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>had</b> <b>our</b> Dinah <b>here</b>, <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>I</b> <b>do</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice <b>aloud</b>, addressing <b>nobody</b> <b>in</b> <b>particular</b>. <20><b>She</b>'<b>d</b> <b>soon</b> <b>fetch</b> <b>it</b> <b>back</b>!<21><br>
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Alice <b>replied</b> <b>eagerly</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>always</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>talk</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b> pet: <20>Dinah'<b>s</b> <b>our</b> <b>cat</b>. <b>And</b> <b>she</b>'<b>s</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>capital</b> <b>one</b> <b>for</b> <b>catching</b> mice <b>you</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b>! <b>And</b> oh, <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>you</b> <b>could</b> <b>see</b> <b>her</b> <b>after</b> <b>the</b> <b>birds</b>! <b>Why</b>, <b>she</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>eat</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>bird</b> <b>as</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b>!<21><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>speech</b> <b>caused</b> <b>a</b> <b>remarkable</b> sensation <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>party</b>. <b>Some</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>birds</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>off</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>: <b>one</b> <b>the</b> <b>old</b> Magpie <b>began</b> wrapping <b>itself</b> <b>up</b> <b>very</b> <b>carefully</b>, remarking, <20><b>I</b> <b>really</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>getting</b> <b>home</b>; <b>the</b> <b>night</b>-<b>air</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>suit</b> <b>my</b> <b>throat</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> Canary <b>called</b> <b>out</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>trembling</b> <b>voice</b> <b>to</b> <b>its</b> <b>children</b>, <20><b>Come</b> <b>away</b>, <b>my</b> dears! <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>high</b> <b>time</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>in</b> <b>bed</b>!<21> <b>On</b> <b>various</b> pretexts <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>moved</b> <b>off</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>soon</b> <b>left</b> <b>alone</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>mentioned</b> Dinah!<21> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>tone</b>. <20>Nobody <b>seems</b> <b>to</b> <b>like</b> <b>her</b>, <b>down</b> <b>here</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> <b>she</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>cat</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>world</b>! <b>Oh</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b> Dinah! <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>ever</b> <b>see</b> <b>you</b> <b>any</b> <b>more</b>!<21> <b>And</b> <b>here</b> <b>poor</b> Alice <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>cry</b> <b>again</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>very</b> <b>lonely</b> <b>and</b> <b>low</b>-spirited. <b>In</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>while</b>, <b>however</b>, <b>she</b> <b>again</b> <b>heard</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> pattering <b>of</b> <b>footsteps</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>up</b> <b>eagerly</b>, <b>half</b> <b>hoping</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> Mouse <b>had</b> <b>changed</b> <b>his</b> <b>mind</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>coming</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>finish</b> <b>his</b> <b>story</b>.<br>
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<b>THE</b> RABBIT SENDS <b>IN</b> <b>A</b> LITTLE BILL<br>
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<b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <b>trotting</b> <b>slowly</b> <b>back</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looking</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>about</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>went</b>, <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>lost</b> <b>something</b>; <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>it</b> <b>muttering</b> <b>to</b> <b>itself</b> <20><b>The</b> Duchess! <b>The</b> Duchess! <b>Oh</b> <b>my</b> <b>dear</b> paws! <b>Oh</b> <b>my</b> <b>fur</b> <b>and</b> whiskers! <b>She</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>get</b> <b>me</b> executed, <b>as</b> <b>sure</b> <b>as</b> ferrets <b>are</b> ferrets! <b>Where</b> CAN <b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>dropped</b> <b>them</b>, <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b>?<3F> Alice <b>guessed</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>pair</b> <b>of</b> <b>white</b> kid <b>gloves</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>very</b> <b>good</b>-naturedly <b>began</b> <b>hunting</b> <b>about</b> <b>for</b> <b>them</b>, <b>but</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>nowhere</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>seen</b><EFBFBD><b>everything</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>changed</b> <b>since</b> <b>her</b> <b>swim</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>great</b> <b>hall</b>, <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>glass</b> <b>table</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>door</b>, <b>had</b> <b>vanished</b> <b>completely</b>.<br>
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<b>Very</b> <b>soon</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>noticed</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>hunting</b> <b>about</b>, <b>and</b> <b>called</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>angry</b> <b>tone</b>, <20><b>Why</b>, Mary <b>Ann</b>, <b>what</b> ARE <b>you</b> <b>doing</b> <b>out</b> <b>here</b>? <b>Run</b> <b>home</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b>, <b>and</b> <b>fetch</b> <b>me</b> <b>a</b> <b>pair</b> <b>of</b> <b>gloves</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>fan</b>! <b>Quick</b>, <b>now</b>!<21> <b>And</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b> <b>off</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>direction</b> <b>it</b> <b>pointed</b> <b>to</b>, <b>without</b> <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>explain</b> <b>the</b> <b>mistake</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>made</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>He</b> <b>took</b> <b>me</b> <b>for</b> <b>his</b> housemaid,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b>. <20><b>How</b> <b>surprised</b> <b>he</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>when</b> <b>he</b> <b>finds</b> <b>out</b> <b>who</b> <b>I</b> <b>am</b>! <b>But</b> <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>better</b> <b>take</b> <b>him</b> <b>his</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>gloves</b><EFBFBD><b>that</b> <b>is</b>, <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>find</b> <b>them</b>.<2E> <b>As</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b>, <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>neat</b> <b>little</b> <b>house</b>, <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>of</b> <b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>bright</b> brass plate <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>name</b> <20>W. RABBIT<49> engraved <b>upon</b> <b>it</b>. <b>She</b> <b>went</b> <b>in</b> <b>without</b> <b>knocking</b>, <b>and</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>upstairs</b>, <b>in</b> <b>great</b> <b>fear</b> <b>lest</b> <b>she</b> <b>should</b> <b>meet</b> <b>the</b> <b>real</b> Mary <b>Ann</b>, <b>and</b> <b>be</b> <b>turned</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>found</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>gloves</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>queer</b> <b>it</b> <b>seems</b>,<2C> Alice <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>going</b> <b>messages</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> rabbit! <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> Dinah'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>sending</b> <b>me</b> <b>on</b> <b>messages</b> <b>next</b>!<21> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> fancying <b>the</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>thing</b> <b>that</b> <b>would</b> <b>happen</b>: <20>"<b>Miss</b> Alice! <b>Come</b> <b>here</b> <b>directly</b>, <b>and</b> <b>get</b> <b>ready</b> <b>for</b> <b>your</b> <b>walk</b>!<21> <20><b>Coming</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b>, nurse! <b>But</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> mouse <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>get</b> <b>out</b>.<2E> <b>Only</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b>,<2C> Alice <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>that</b> <b>they</b>'<b>d</b> <b>let</b> Dinah <b>stop</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>began</b> ordering <b>people</b> <b>about</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>!<21><br>
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<b>By</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>found</b> <b>her</b> <b>way</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>tidy</b> <b>little</b> <b>room</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>table</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>, <b>and</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b> (<b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>hoped</b>) <b>a</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>two</b> <b>or</b> <b>three</b> <b>pairs</b> <b>of</b> <b>tiny</b> <b>white</b> kid <b>gloves</b>: <b>she</b> <b>took</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>fan</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>pair</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>gloves</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>leave</b> <b>the</b> <b>room</b>, <b>when</b> <b>her</b> <b>eye</b> <b>fell</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>that</b> <b>stood</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>looking</b>- <b>glass</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>label</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <20>DRINK ME,<2C> <b>but</b> nevertheless <b>she</b> uncorked <b>it</b> <b>and</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>lips</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>know</b> SOMETHING <b>interesting</b> <b>is</b> <b>sure</b> <b>to</b> <b>happen</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>whenever</b> <b>I</b> <b>eat</b> <b>or</b> <b>drink</b> <b>anything</b>; <b>so</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>just</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>this</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>does</b>. <b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>hope</b> <b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>make</b> <b>me</b> <b>grow</b> <b>large</b> <b>again</b>, <b>for</b> <b>really</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>quite</b> <b>tired</b> <b>of</b> <b>being</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>tiny</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b>!<21><br>
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<b>It</b> <b>did</b> <b>so</b> <b>indeed</b>, <b>and</b> <b>much</b> <b>sooner</b> <b>than</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>expected</b>: <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>drunk</b> <b>half</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottle</b>, <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>pressing</b> <b>against</b> <b>the</b> <b>ceiling</b>, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> stoop <b>to</b> <b>save</b> <b>her</b> <b>neck</b> <b>from</b> <b>being</b> <b>broken</b>. <b>She</b> <b>hastily</b> <b>put</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottle</b>, <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>quite</b> <b>enough</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>hope</b> <b>I</b> <b>shan</b>'<b>t</b> <b>grow</b> <b>any</b> <b>more</b><EFBFBD><b>As</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>, <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>get</b> <b>out</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>drunk</b> <b>quite</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b>!<21><br>
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<b>Alas</b>! <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>too</b> <b>late</b> <b>to</b> <b>wish</b> <b>that</b>! <b>She</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>growing</b>, <b>and</b> <b>growing</b>, <b>and</b> <b>very</b> <b>soon</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> kneel <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>floor</b>: <b>in</b> <b>another</b> <b>minute</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>even</b> <b>room</b> <b>for</b> <b>this</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>the</b> <b>effect</b> <b>of</b> <b>lying</b> <b>down</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> elbow <b>against</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>arm</b> <b>curled</b> <b>round</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>. <b>Still</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>growing</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>a</b> <b>last</b> resource, <b>she</b> <b>put</b> <b>one</b> <b>arm</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>, <b>and</b> <b>one</b> <b>foot</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <20><b>Now</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>do</b> <b>no</b> <b>more</b>, <b>whatever</b> <b>happens</b>. <b>What</b> WILL <b>become</b> <b>of</b> <b>me</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>Luckily</b> <b>for</b> Alice, <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>magic</b> <b>bottle</b> <b>had</b> <b>now</b> <b>had</b> <b>its</b> <b>full</b> <b>effect</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>grew</b> <b>no</b> <b>larger</b>: <b>still</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>uncomfortable</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>there</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>chance</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>ever</b> <b>getting</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>room</b> <b>again</b>, <b>no</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>unhappy</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>much</b> pleasanter <b>at</b> <b>home</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <20><b>when</b> <b>one</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>always</b> <b>growing</b> <b>larger</b> <b>and</b> <b>smaller</b>, <b>and</b> <b>being</b> <b>ordered</b> <b>about</b> <b>by</b> mice <b>and</b> rabbits. <b>I</b> <b>almost</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>gone</b> <b>down</b> <b>that</b> rabbit-<b>hole</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>yet</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>yet</b><EFBFBD><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>rather</b> <b>curious</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>, <b>this</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>life</b>! <b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> CAN <b>have</b> <b>happened</b> <b>to</b> <b>me</b>! <b>When</b> <b>I</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>read</b> fairy-<b>tales</b>, <b>I</b> <b>fancied</b> <b>that</b> <b>kind</b> <b>of</b> <b>thing</b> <b>never</b> <b>happened</b>, <b>and</b> <b>now</b> <b>here</b> <b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>middle</b> <b>of</b> <b>one</b>! <b>There</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>book</b> <b>written</b> <b>about</b> <b>me</b>, <b>that</b> <b>there</b> <b>ought</b>! <b>And</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>grow</b> <b>up</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>write</b> <b>one</b><EFBFBD><b>but</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>grown</b> <b>up</b> <b>now</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>added</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>sorrowful</b> <b>tone</b>; <20><b>at</b> <b>least</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>room</b> <b>to</b> <b>grow</b> <b>up</b> <b>any</b> <b>more</b> HERE.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>shall</b> <b>I</b> NEVER <b>get</b> <b>any</b> <b>older</b> <b>than</b> <b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>now</b>? <b>That</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>comfort</b>, <b>one</b> <b>way</b><EFBFBD><b>never</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>an</b> <b>old</b> <b>woman</b>- -<b>but</b> <b>then</b><EFBFBD><b>always</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>lessons</b> <b>to</b> <b>learn</b>! <b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b> <b>shouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> THAT!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>you</b> <b>foolish</b> Alice!<21> <b>she</b> <b>answered</b> <b>herself</b>. <20><b>How</b> <b>can</b> <b>you</b> <b>learn</b> <b>lessons</b> <b>in</b> <b>here</b>? <b>Why</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>room</b> <b>for</b> YOU, <b>and</b> <b>no</b> <b>room</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>for</b> <b>any</b> <b>lesson</b>-<b>books</b>!<21><br>
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<b>And</b> <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>taking</b> <b>first</b> <b>one</b> <b>side</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>, <b>and</b> <b>making</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>conversation</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>altogether</b>; <b>but</b> <b>after</b> <b>a</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>a</b> <b>voice</b> <b>outside</b>, <b>and</b> <b>stopped</b> <b>to</b> <b>listen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Mary <b>Ann</b>! Mary <b>Ann</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>voice</b>. <20>Fetch <b>me</b> <b>my</b> <b>gloves</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b>!<21> <b>Then</b> <b>came</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> pattering <b>of</b> <b>feet</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>stairs</b>. Alice <b>knew</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>coming</b> <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>for</b> <b>her</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>trembled</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>shook</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b>, <b>quite</b> <b>forgetting</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>now</b> <b>about</b> <b>a</b> <b>thousand</b> <b>times</b> <b>as</b> <b>large</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>no</b> <b>reason</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<b>Presently</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>came</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>and</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>open</b> <b>it</b>; <b>but</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>opened</b> <b>inwards</b>, <b>and</b> Alice'<b>s</b> elbow <b>was</b> <b>pressed</b> <b>hard</b> <b>against</b> <b>it</b>, <b>that</b> <b>attempt</b> <b>proved</b> <b>a</b> failure. Alice <b>heard</b> <b>it</b> <b>say</b> <b>to</b> <b>itself</b> <20><b>Then</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>go</b> <b>round</b> <b>and</b> <b>get</b> <b>in</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>THAT <b>you</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b><EFBFBD> <b>thought</b> Alice, <b>and</b>, <b>after</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>fancied</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>just</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>, <b>she</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>spread</b> <b>out</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>and</b> <b>made</b> <b>a</b> snatch <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>. <b>She</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>get</b> <b>hold</b> <b>of</b> <b>anything</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>shriek</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>fall</b>, <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>crash</b> <b>of</b> <b>broken</b> <b>glass</b>, <b>from</b> <b>which</b> <b>she</b> concluded <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>possible</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>fallen</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> cucumber-frame, <b>or</b> <b>something</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>sort</b>.<br>
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<b>Next</b> <b>came</b> <b>an</b> <b>angry</b> <b>voice</b><EFBFBD><b>the</b> Rabbit'<b>s</b><EFBFBD>`Pat! Pat! <b>Where</b> <b>are</b> <b>you</b>?<3F> <b>And</b> <b>then</b> <b>a</b> <b>voice</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>heard</b> <b>before</b>, <20>Sure <b>then</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>here</b>! Digging <b>for</b> <b>apples</b>, yer <b>honour</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Digging <b>for</b> <b>apples</b>, <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>angrily</b>. <20><b>Here</b>! <b>Come</b> <b>and</b> <b>help</b> <b>me</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> THIS!<21> (Sounds <b>of</b> <b>more</b> <b>broken</b> <b>glass</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Now</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b>, Pat, <b>what</b>'<b>s</b> <b>that</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD>Sure, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>an</b> <b>arm</b>, yer <b>honour</b>!<21> (<b>He</b> pronounced <b>it</b> <20>arrum.')<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>An</b> <b>arm</b>, <b>you</b> goose! <b>Who</b> <b>ever</b> <b>saw</b> <b>one</b> <b>that</b> <b>size</b>? <b>Why</b>, <b>it</b> fills <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>window</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Sure, <b>it</b> <b>does</b>, yer <b>honour</b>: <b>but</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>an</b> <b>arm</b> <b>for</b> <b>all</b> <b>that</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>got</b> <b>no</b> <b>business</b> <b>there</b>, <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b>: <b>go</b> <b>and</b> <b>take</b> <b>it</b> <b>away</b>!<21><br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>silence</b> <b>after</b> <b>this</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>could</b> <b>only</b> <b>hear</b> <b>whispers</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b>; <b>such</b> <b>as</b>, <20>Sure, <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>it</b>, yer <b>honour</b>, <b>at</b> <b>all</b>, <b>at</b> <b>all</b>!<21> <20><b>Do</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b>, <b>you</b> coward!<21> <b>and</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>she</b> <b>spread</b> <b>out</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>made</b> <b>another</b> snatch <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>. <b>This</b> <b>time</b> <b>there</b> <b>were</b> TWO <b>little</b> shrieks, <b>and</b> <b>more</b> <b>sounds</b> <b>of</b> <b>broken</b> <b>glass</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>number</b> <b>of</b> cucumber-frames <b>there</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> <b>they</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>do</b> <b>next</b>! <b>As</b> <b>for</b> <b>pulling</b> <b>me</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>, <b>I</b> <b>only</b> <b>wish</b> <b>they</b> COULD! <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>sure</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>stay</b> <b>in</b> <b>here</b> <b>any</b> <b>longer</b>!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>waited</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>without</b> <b>hearing</b> <b>anything</b> <b>more</b>: <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>came</b> <b>a</b> <b>rumbling</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> cartwheels, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>sound</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>many</b> <b>voice</b> <b>all</b> <b>talking</b> <b>together</b>: <b>she</b> <b>made</b> <b>out</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b>: <20><b>Where</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>ladder</b>?<3F><b>Why</b>, <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>to</b> <b>bring</b> <b>but</b> <b>one</b>; <b>Bill</b>'<b>s</b> <b>got</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b><EFBFBD><b>Bill</b>! <b>fetch</b> <b>it</b> <b>here</b>, <b>lad</b>!<21><b>Here</b>, <b>put</b> '<b>em</b> <b>up</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b> <b>corner</b><EFBFBD><b>No</b>, tie '<b>em</b> <b>together</b> <b>first</b><EFBFBD><b>they</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>reach</b> <b>half</b> <b>high</b> <b>enough</b> <b>yet</b><EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>! <b>they</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>do</b> <b>well</b> <b>enough</b>; <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>particular</b>- -<b>Here</b>, <b>Bill</b>! <b>catch</b> <b>hold</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>rope</b><EFBFBD><b>Will</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b> <b>bear</b>?<3F><b>Mind</b> <b>that</b> <b>loose</b> slate<74><b>Oh</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>coming</b> <b>down</b>! Heads <b>below</b>!<21> (<b>a</b> <b>loud</b> <b>crash</b>)<29>`<b>Now</b>, <b>who</b> <b>did</b> <b>that</b>?<3F><b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>Bill</b>, <b>I</b> <b>fancy</b><EFBFBD><b>Who</b>'<b>s</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b>?<3F><b>Nay</b>, <b>I</b> <b>shan</b>'<b>t</b>! YOU <b>do</b> <b>it</b>!<21><b>That</b> <b>I</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b>, <b>then</b>!<21><b>Bill</b>'<b>s</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>down</b><EFBFBD><b>Here</b>, <b>Bill</b>! <b>the</b> <b>master</b> <b>says</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>! <b>So</b> <b>Bill</b>'<b>s</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b>, <b>has</b> <b>he</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>. <20>Shy, <b>they</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>put</b> <b>everything</b> <b>upon</b> <b>Bill</b>! <b>I</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>in</b> <b>Bill</b>'<b>s</b> <b>place</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b>: <b>this</b> <b>fireplace</b> <b>is</b> <b>narrow</b>, <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>sure</b>; <b>but</b> <b>I</b> THINK <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>kick</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b>!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>drew</b> <b>her</b> <b>foot</b> <b>as</b> <b>far</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <b>and</b> <b>waited</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>animal</b> (<b>she</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>guess</b> <b>of</b> <b>what</b> <b>sort</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>) <b>scratching</b> <b>and</b> <b>scrambling</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimney</b> <b>close</b> <b>above</b> <b>her</b>: <b>then</b>, <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <20><b>This</b> <b>is</b> <b>Bill</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>gave</b> <b>one</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>kick</b>, <b>and</b> <b>waited</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>would</b> <b>happen</b> <b>next</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>first</b> <b>thing</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>general</b> <b>chorus</b> <b>of</b> <20><b>There</b> <b>goes</b> <b>Bill</b>!<21> <b>then</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit'<b>s</b> <b>voice</b> <b>along</b><EFBFBD>`Catch <b>him</b>, <b>you</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>hedge</b>!<21> <b>then</b> <b>silence</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>another</b> <b>confusion</b> <b>of</b> <b>voices</b><EFBFBD>`<b>Hold</b> <b>up</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b><EFBFBD><b>Brandy</b> <b>now</b><EFBFBD><b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> choke <b>him</b><EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>was</b> <b>it</b>, <b>old</b> <b>fellow</b>? <b>What</b> <b>happened</b> <b>to</b> <b>you</b>? <b>Tell</b> <b>us</b> <b>all</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>!<21><br>
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<b>Last</b> <b>came</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> feeble, <b>squeaking</b> <b>voice</b>, (`<b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>Bill</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice,) <20><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><b>No</b> <b>more</b>, <b>thank</b> <b>ye</b>; <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>better</b> <b>now</b><EFBFBD><b>but</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> <b>deal</b> <b>too</b> flustered <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b><EFBFBD><b>all</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>is</b>, <b>something</b> <b>comes</b> <b>at</b> <b>me</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> Jack-<b>in</b>-<b>the</b>-<b>box</b>, <b>and</b> <b>up</b> <b>I</b> <b>goes</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>sky</b>-rocket!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>So</b> <b>you</b> <b>did</b>, <b>old</b> <b>fellow</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>others</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>We</b> <b>must</b> <b>burn</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>down</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit'<b>s</b> <b>voice</b>; <b>and</b> Alice <b>called</b> <b>out</b> <b>as</b> <b>loud</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <20><b>If</b> <b>you</b> <b>do</b>. <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>set</b> Dinah <b>at</b> <b>you</b>!<21><br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>dead</b> <b>silence</b> <b>instantly</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>thought</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> <b>they</b> WILL <b>do</b> <b>next</b>! <b>If</b> <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>any</b> <b>sense</b>, <b>they</b>'<b>d</b> <b>take</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b> <b>off</b>.<2E> <b>After</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>they</b> <b>began</b> <b>moving</b> <b>about</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>heard</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>say</b>, <20><b>A</b> barrowful <b>will</b> <b>do</b>, <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>with</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> barrowful <b>of</b> WHAT?<3F> <b>thought</b> Alice; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>long</b> <b>to</b> <b>doubt</b>, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>moment</b> <b>a</b> <b>shower</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> <b>pebbles</b> <b>came</b> <b>rattling</b> <b>in</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>window</b>, <b>and</b> <b>some</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>hit</b> <b>her</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>face</b>. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>put</b> <b>a</b> <b>stop</b> <b>to</b> <b>this</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>shouted</b> <b>out</b>, <20><b>You</b>'<b>d</b> <b>better</b> <b>not</b> <b>do</b> <b>that</b> <b>again</b>!<21> <b>which</b> <b>produced</b> <b>another</b> <b>dead</b> <b>silence</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>noticed</b> <b>with</b> <b>some</b> <b>surprise</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>pebbles</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>turning</b> <b>into</b> <b>little</b> <b>cakes</b> <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>lay</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>floor</b>, <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>bright</b> <b>idea</b> <b>came</b> <b>into</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>. <20><b>If</b> <b>I</b> <b>eat</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>these</b> <b>cakes</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>, <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>sure</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> SOME <b>change</b> <b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>size</b>; <b>and</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>possibly</b> <b>make</b> <b>me</b> <b>larger</b>, <b>it</b> <b>must</b> <b>make</b> <b>me</b> <b>smaller</b>, <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>swallowed</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>cakes</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>delighted</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>shrinking</b> <b>directly</b>. <b>As</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>small</b> <b>enough</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>through</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>she</b> <b>ran</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b>, <b>and</b> <b>found</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>crowd</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> <b>animals</b> <b>and</b> <b>birds</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>outside</b>. <b>The</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> Lizard, <b>Bill</b>, <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>middle</b>, <b>being</b> <b>held</b> <b>up</b> <b>by</b> <b>two</b> guinea-pigs, <b>who</b> <b>were</b> <b>giving</b> <b>it</b> <b>something</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>bottle</b>. <b>They</b> <b>all</b> <b>made</b> <b>a</b> <b>rush</b> <b>at</b> Alice <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>she</b> <b>appeared</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b> <b>off</b> <b>as</b> <b>hard</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <b>and</b> <b>soon</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>safe</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>thick</b> <b>wood</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>first</b> <b>thing</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>wandered</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b>, <20><b>is</b> <b>to</b> <b>grow</b> <b>to</b> <b>my</b> <b>right</b> <b>size</b> <b>again</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>second</b> <b>thing</b> <b>is</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>my</b> <b>way</b> <b>into</b> <b>that</b> lovely <b>garden</b>. <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>that</b> <b>will</b> <b>be</b> <b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>plan</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>It</b> <b>sounded</b> <b>an</b> <b>excellent</b> <b>plan</b>, <b>no</b> <b>doubt</b>, <b>and</b> <b>very</b> <b>neatly</b> <b>and</b> <b>simply</b> <b>arranged</b>; <b>the</b> <b>only</b> <b>difficulty</b> <b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>the</b> <b>smallest</b> <b>idea</b> <b>how</b> <b>to</b> <b>set</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>; <b>and</b> <b>while</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>peering</b> <b>about</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b>, <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>bark</b> <b>just</b> <b>over</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>made</b> <b>her</b> <b>look</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>hurry</b>.<br>
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<b>An</b> <b>enormous</b> puppy <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>down</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>with</b> <b>large</b> <b>round</b> <b>eyes</b>, <b>and</b> feebly <b>stretching</b> <b>out</b> <b>one</b> paw, <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>touch</b> <b>her</b>. <20><b>Poor</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> coaxing <b>tone</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>hard</b> <b>to</b> <b>whistle</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>terribly</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>thought</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>be</b> <b>hungry</b>, <b>in</b> <b>which</b> <b>case</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>very</b> <b>likely</b> <b>to</b> <b>eat</b> <b>her</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>spite</b> <b>of</b> <b>all</b> <b>her</b> coaxing.<br>
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<b>Hardly</b> <b>knowing</b> <b>what</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b>, <b>she</b> <b>picked</b> <b>up</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>bit</b> <b>of</b> <b>stick</b>, <b>and</b> <b>held</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> puppy; whereupon <b>the</b> puppy <b>jumped</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b> <b>off</b> <b>all</b> <b>its</b> <b>feet</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>yelp</b> <b>of</b> <b>delight</b>, <b>and</b> <b>rushed</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>stick</b>, <b>and</b> <b>made</b> <b>believe</b> <b>to</b> <b>worry</b> <b>it</b>; <b>then</b> Alice <b>dodged</b> <b>behind</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> thistle, <b>to</b> <b>keep</b> <b>herself</b> <b>from</b> <b>being</b> <b>run</b> <b>over</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>she</b> <b>appeared</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b>, <b>the</b> puppy <b>made</b> <b>another</b> <b>rush</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>stick</b>, <b>and</b> <b>tumbled</b> <b>head</b> <b>over</b> <b>heels</b> <b>in</b> <b>its</b> <b>hurry</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>hold</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>; <b>then</b> Alice, <b>thinking</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>like</b> <b>having</b> <b>a</b> <b>game</b> <b>of</b> <b>play</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>cart</b>-<b>horse</b>, <b>and</b> <b>expecting</b> <b>every</b> <b>moment</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>trampled</b> <b>under</b> <b>its</b> <b>feet</b>, <b>ran</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> thistle <b>again</b>; <b>then</b> <b>the</b> puppy <b>began</b> <b>a</b> <b>series</b> <b>of</b> <b>short</b> charges <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>stick</b>, <b>running</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>little</b> <b>way</b> <b>forwards</b> <b>each</b> <b>time</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>way</b> <b>back</b>, <b>and</b> <b>barking</b> hoarsely <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>while</b>, <b>till</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>it</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>way</b> <b>off</b>, <b>panting</b>, <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>tongue</b> <b>hanging</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b>, <b>and</b> <b>its</b> <b>great</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>half</b> <b>shut</b>.<br>
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<b>This</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>for</b> <b>making</b> <b>her</b> <b>escape</b>; <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>set</b> <b>off</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>, <b>and</b> <b>ran</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>tired</b> <b>and</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>breath</b>, <b>and</b> <b>till</b> <b>the</b> puppy'<b>s</b> <b>bark</b> <b>sounded</b> <b>quite</b> <b>faint</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>yet</b> <b>what</b> <b>a</b> <b>dear</b> <b>little</b> puppy <b>it</b> <b>was</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> leant <b>against</b> <b>a</b> buttercup <b>to</b> <b>rest</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>fanned</b> <b>herself</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>leaves</b>: <20><b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>have</b> <b>liked</b> teaching <b>it</b> tricks <b>very</b> <b>much</b>, <b>if</b><EFBFBD><b>if</b> <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>only</b> <b>been</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>size</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>it</b>! <b>Oh</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>that</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>grow</b> <b>up</b> <b>again</b>! <b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>see</b><EFBFBD><b>how</b> <b>IS</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>managed</b>? <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> <b>I</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>eat</b> <b>or</b> <b>drink</b> <b>something</b> <b>or</b> <b>other</b>; <b>but</b> <b>the</b> <b>great</b> <b>question</b> <b>is</b>, <b>what</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>great</b> <b>question</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>was</b>, <b>what</b>? Alice <b>looked</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b> <b>her</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>flowers</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>blades</b> <b>of</b> <b>grass</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>see</b> <b>anything</b> <b>that</b> <b>looked</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>thing</b> <b>to</b> <b>eat</b> <b>or</b> <b>drink</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>circumstances</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> mushroom <b>growing</b> <b>near</b> <b>her</b>, <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>height</b> <b>as</b> <b>herself</b>; <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>looked</b> <b>under</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>on</b> <b>both</b> <b>sides</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>behind</b> <b>it</b>, <b>it</b> <b>occurred</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>might</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>look</b> <b>and</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>was</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<b>She</b> <b>stretched</b> <b>herself</b> <b>up</b> <b>on</b> tiptoe, <b>and</b> <b>peeped</b> <b>over</b> <b>the</b> <b>edge</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> mushroom, <b>and</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>immediately</b> <b>met</b> <b>those</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> caterpillar, <b>that</b> <b>was</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>arms</b> <b>folded</b>, <b>quietly</b> <b>smoking</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> hookah, <b>and</b> <b>taking</b> <b>not</b> <b>the</b> <b>smallest</b> <b>notice</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>or</b> <b>of</b> <b>anything</b> <b>else</b>.<br>
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<b>Chapter</b> <b>V</b><br>
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ADVICE FROM <b>A</b> CATERPILLAR<br>
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<b>The</b> Caterpillar <b>and</b> Alice <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>each</b> <b>other</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>in</b> <b>silence</b>: <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>took</b> <b>the</b> hookah <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b>, <b>and</b> <b>addressed</b> <b>her</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> languid, <b>sleepy</b> <b>voice</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Who</b> <b>are</b> YOU?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<b>This</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>an</b> <b>encouraging</b> <b>opening</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>conversation</b>. Alice <b>replied</b>, <b>rather</b> <b>shyly</b>, <20><b>I</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>know</b>, <b>sir</b>, <b>just</b> <b>at</b> <b>present</b><EFBFBD> <b>at</b> <b>least</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>who</b> <b>I</b> WAS <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>this</b> <b>morning</b>, <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>changed</b> <b>several</b> <b>times</b> <b>since</b> <b>then</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>mean</b> <b>by</b> <b>that</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>sternly</b>. <20>Explain <b>yourself</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>explain</b> MYSELF, <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b>, <b>sir</b><EFBFBD> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>because</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> <b>myself</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>see</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b> <b>more</b> <b>clearly</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b> <b>very</b> <b>politely</b>, <20><b>for</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>understand</b> <b>it</b> <b>myself</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>with</b>; <b>and</b> <b>being</b> <b>so</b> <b>many</b> <b>different</b> <b>sizes</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>day</b> <b>is</b> <b>very</b> confusing.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>perhaps</b> <b>you</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>found</b> <b>it</b> <b>so</b> <b>yet</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>but</b> <b>when</b> <b>you</b> <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>turn</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> chrysalis<69><b>you</b> <b>will</b> <b>some</b> <b>day</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>after</b> <b>that</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> butterfly, <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>feel</b> <b>it</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>queer</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>perhaps</b> <b>your</b> <b>feelings</b> <b>may</b> <b>be</b> <b>different</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>all</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>is</b>, <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>feel</b> <b>very</b> <b>queer</b> <b>to</b> ME.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar contemptuously. <20><b>Who</b> <b>are</b> YOU?<3F><br>
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<b>Which</b> <b>brought</b> <b>them</b> <b>back</b> <b>again</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>conversation</b>. Alice <b>felt</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> irritated <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar'<b>s</b> <b>making</b> <b>such</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>short</b> <b>remarks</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>drew</b> <b>herself</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>said</b>, <b>very</b> <b>gravely</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>think</b>, <b>you</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b> <b>who</b> YOU <b>are</b>, <b>first</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<b>Here</b> <b>was</b> <b>another</b> puzzling <b>question</b>; <b>and</b> <b>as</b> Alice <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>think</b> <b>of</b> <b>any</b> <b>good</b> <b>reason</b>, <b>and</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>unpleasant</b> state <b>of</b> <b>mind</b>, <b>she</b> <b>turned</b> <b>away</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b> <b>back</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>called</b> <b>after</b> <b>her</b>. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>something</b> <b>important</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b>!<21><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>sounded</b> <b>promising</b>, <b>certainly</b>: Alice <b>turned</b> <b>and</b> <b>came</b> <b>back</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Keep</b> <b>your</b> <b>temper</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Is</b> <b>that</b> <b>all</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, swallowing <b>down</b> <b>her</b> <b>anger</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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Alice <b>thought</b> <b>she</b> <b>might</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>wait</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>else</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>, <b>and</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>after</b> <b>all</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>tell</b> <b>her</b> <b>something</b> <b>worth</b> <b>hearing</b>. <b>For</b> <b>some</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>it</b> <b>puffed</b> <b>away</b> <b>without</b> <b>speaking</b>, <b>but</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>it</b> unfolded <b>its</b> <b>arms</b>, <b>took</b> <b>the</b> hookah <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>So</b> <b>you</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>changed</b>, <b>do</b> <b>you</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>I</b> <b>am</b>, <b>sir</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>remember</b> <b>things</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>used</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>keep</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>size</b> <b>for</b> <b>ten</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>together</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>remember</b> WHAT <b>things</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <20>HOW DOTH <b>THE</b> LITTLE BUSY BEE,<2C> <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>all</b> <b>came</b> <b>different</b>!<21> Alice <b>replied</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>voice</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Repeat, <20>YOU ARE <b>OLD</b>, FATHER WILLIAM,"<22> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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Alice <b>folded</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>old</b>, Father William,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>young</b> <b>man</b> <b>said</b>,<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>your</b> <b>hair</b> <b>has</b> <b>become</b> <b>very</b> <b>white</b>; <b>And</b> <b>yet</b> <b>you</b> incessantly <b>stand</b> <b>on</b> <b>your</b> <b>head</b><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>think</b>, <b>at</b> <b>your</b> <b>age</b>, <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>right</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>In</b> <b>my</b> <b>youth</b>,<2C> Father William <b>replied</b> <b>to</b> <b>his</b> <b>son</b>,<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>feared</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> injure <b>the</b> brain; <b>But</b>, <b>now</b> <b>that</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>perfectly</b> <b>sure</b> <b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>none</b>,<br>
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<b>Why</b>, <b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>it</b> <b>again</b> <b>and</b> <b>again</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>old</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>youth</b>, <20><b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>mentioned</b> <b>before</b>,<br>
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<b>And</b> <b>have</b> <b>grown</b> <b>most</b> uncommonly <b>fat</b>; <b>Yet</b> <b>you</b> <b>turned</b> <b>a</b> <b>back</b>-<b>somersault</b> <b>in</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>Pray</b>, <b>what</b> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>of</b> <b>that</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>In</b> <b>my</b> <b>youth</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> sage, <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>shook</b> <b>his</b> <b>grey</b> <b>locks</b>,<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>kept</b> <b>all</b> <b>my</b> <b>limbs</b> <b>very</b> <b>supple</b> <b>By</b> <b>the</b> <b>use</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>ointment</b><EFBFBD><b>one</b> shilling <b>the</b> <b>box</b><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>Allow</b> <b>me</b> <b>to</b> <b>sell</b> <b>you</b> <b>a</b> <b>couple</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>old</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>youth</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>your</b> <b>jaws</b> <b>are</b> <b>too</b> <b>weak</b><br>
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<b>For</b> <b>anything</b> <b>tougher</b> <b>than</b> suet; <b>Yet</b> <b>you</b> <b>finished</b> <b>the</b> goose, <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>bones</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>beak</b><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>Pray</b> <b>how</b> <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>manage</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>it</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>In</b> <b>my</b> <b>youth</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>his</b> <b>father</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>took</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>law</b>,<br>
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<b>And</b> <b>argued</b> <b>each</b> <b>case</b> <b>with</b> <b>my</b> <b>wife</b>; <b>And</b> <b>the</b> muscular <b>strength</b>, <b>which</b> <b>it</b> <b>gave</b> <b>to</b> <b>my</b> <b>jaw</b>,<br>
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<b>Has</b> <b>lasted</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>of</b> <b>my</b> <b>life</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>old</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>youth</b>, <20><b>one</b> <b>would</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>suppose</b><br>
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<b>That</b> <b>your</b> <b>eye</b> <b>was</b> <b>as</b> <b>steady</b> <b>as</b> <b>ever</b>; <b>Yet</b> <b>you</b> <b>balanced</b> <b>an</b> eel <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>your</b> <b>nose</b><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>What</b> <b>made</b> <b>you</b> <b>so</b> awfully <b>clever</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>answered</b> <b>three</b> <b>questions</b>, <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b> <b>enough</b>,<2C><br>
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<b>Said</b> <b>his</b> <b>father</b>; <20><b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>give</b> <b>yourself</b> <b>airs</b>! <b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>listen</b> <b>all</b> <b>day</b> <b>to</b> <b>such</b> <b>stuff</b>?<br>
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<b>Be</b> <b>off</b>, <b>or</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>kick</b> <b>you</b> <b>down</b> <b>stairs</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> <b>is</b> <b>not</b> <b>said</b> <b>right</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> QUITE <b>right</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, timidly; <b>some</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>have</b> <b>got</b> <b>altered</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>is</b> <b>wrong</b> <b>from</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>end</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar decidedly, <b>and</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>silence</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>minutes</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Caterpillar <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>size</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b>?<3F> <b>it</b> <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> <b>particular</b> <b>as</b> <b>to</b> <b>size</b>,<2C> Alice <b>hastily</b> <b>replied</b>; <20><b>only</b> <b>one</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>changing</b> <b>so</b> <b>often</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> DON'<b>T</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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Alice <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>: <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>been</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> contradicted <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>life</b> <b>before</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>losing</b> <b>her</b> <b>temper</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Are</b> <b>you</b> <b>content</b> <b>now</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> LITTLE <b>larger</b>, <b>sir</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>mind</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><b>three</b> inches <b>is</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>wretched</b> <b>height</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>is</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>good</b> <b>height</b> <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>angrily</b>, rearing <b>itself</b> <b>upright</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>spoke</b> (<b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>exactly</b> <b>three</b> inches <b>high</b>).<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b>!<21> pleaded <b>poor</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> piteous <b>tone</b>. <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>of</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>the</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>so</b> <b>easily</b> <b>offended</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>get</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>time</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar; <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>put</b> <b>the</b> hookah <b>into</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>smoking</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<b>This</b> <b>time</b> Alice <b>waited</b> <b>patiently</b> <b>until</b> <b>it</b> <b>chose</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b> <b>again</b>. <b>In</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar <b>took</b> <b>the</b> hookah <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>and</b> <b>yawned</b> <b>once</b> <b>or</b> <b>twice</b>, <b>and</b> <b>shook</b> <b>itself</b>. <b>Then</b> <b>it</b> <b>got</b> <b>down</b> <b>off</b> <b>the</b> mushroom, <b>and</b> <b>crawled</b> <b>away</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>grass</b>, <b>merely</b> remarking <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>went</b>, <20><b>One</b> <b>side</b> <b>will</b> <b>make</b> <b>you</b> <b>grow</b> <b>taller</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b> <b>will</b> <b>make</b> <b>you</b> <b>grow</b> <b>shorter</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>One</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> WHAT? <b>The</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> WHAT?<3F> <b>thought</b> Alice <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>the</b> mushroom,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar, <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>asked</b> <b>it</b> <b>aloud</b>; <b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>another</b> <b>moment</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>remained</b> <b>looking</b> <b>thoughtfully</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> mushroom <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b>, <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>which</b> <b>were</b> <b>the</b> <b>two</b> <b>sides</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>; <b>and</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>perfectly</b> <b>round</b>, <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>this</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>difficult</b> <b>question</b>. <b>However</b>, <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>she</b> <b>stretched</b> <b>her</b> <b>arms</b> <b>round</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>far</b> <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>would</b> <b>go</b>, <b>and</b> <b>broke</b> <b>off</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>edge</b> <b>with</b> <b>each</b> <b>hand</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>now</b> <b>which</b> <b>is</b> <b>which</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>nibbled</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b>-<b>hand</b> <b>bit</b> <b>to</b> <b>try</b> <b>the</b> <b>effect</b>: <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>moment</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>a</b> violent <b>blow</b> <b>underneath</b> <b>her</b> <b>chin</b>: <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>struck</b> <b>her</b> <b>foot</b>!<br>
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<b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>very</b> <b>sudden</b> <b>change</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>lost</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>shrinking</b> <b>rapidly</b>; <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>set</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>to</b> <b>eat</b> <b>some</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>bit</b>. <b>Her</b> <b>chin</b> <b>was</b> <b>pressed</b> <b>so</b> <b>closely</b> <b>against</b> <b>her</b> <b>foot</b>, <b>that</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>room</b> <b>to</b> <b>open</b> <b>her</b> <b>mouth</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>it</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>, <b>and</b> <b>managed</b> <b>to</b> swallow <b>a</b> morsel <b>of</b> <b>the</b> lefthand <b>bit</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>my</b> <b>head</b>'<b>s</b> <b>free</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>delight</b>, <b>which</b> <b>changed</b> <b>into</b> <b>alarm</b> <b>in</b> <b>another</b> <b>moment</b>, <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>that</b> <b>her</b> <b>shoulders</b> <b>were</b> <b>nowhere</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>found</b>: <b>all</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>see</b>, <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>down</b>, <b>was</b> <b>an</b> <b>immense</b> <b>length</b> <b>of</b> <b>neck</b>, <b>which</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>rise</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> stalk <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>sea</b> <b>of</b> <b>green</b> <b>leaves</b> <b>that</b> <b>lay</b> <b>far</b> <b>below</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> CAN <b>all</b> <b>that</b> <b>green</b> <b>stuff</b> <b>be</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>And</b> <b>where</b> HAVE <b>my</b> <b>shoulders</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b>? <b>And</b> oh, <b>my</b> <b>poor</b> <b>hands</b>, <b>how</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>see</b> <b>you</b>?<3F> <b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>moving</b> <b>them</b> <b>about</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b>, <b>but</b> <b>no</b> <b>result</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>follow</b>, <b>except</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>shaking</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>distant</b> <b>green</b> <b>leaves</b>.<br>
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<b>As</b> <b>there</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>chance</b> <b>of</b> <b>getting</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>, <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>down</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>delighted</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>that</b> <b>her</b> <b>neck</b> <b>would</b> <b>bend</b> <b>about</b> <b>easily</b> <b>in</b> <b>any</b> <b>direction</b>, <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>serpent</b>. <b>She</b> <b>had</b> <b>just</b> <b>succeeded</b> <b>in</b> <b>curving</b> <b>it</b> <b>down</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>graceful</b> zigzag, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>dive</b> <b>in</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>leaves</b>, <b>which</b> <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>but</b> <b>the</b> <b>tops</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b> <b>under</b> <b>which</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>wandering</b>, <b>when</b> <b>a</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>hiss</b> <b>made</b> <b>her</b> <b>draw</b> <b>back</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hurry</b>: <b>a</b> <b>large</b> pigeon <b>had</b> <b>flown</b> <b>into</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>beating</b> <b>her</b> <b>violently</b> <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>wings</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Serpent!<21> <b>screamed</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>NOT</b> <b>a</b> <b>serpent</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice indignantly. <20><b>Let</b> <b>me</b> <b>alone</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Serpent, <b>I</b> <b>say</b> <b>again</b>!<21> <b>repeated</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon, <b>but</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>more</b> subdued <b>tone</b>, <b>and</b> <b>added</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>kind</b> <b>of</b> sob, <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>tried</b> <b>every</b> <b>way</b>, <b>and</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>seems</b> <b>to</b> <b>suit</b> <b>them</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>the</b> <b>least</b> <b>idea</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>talking</b> <b>about</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>tried</b> <b>the</b> <b>roots</b> <b>of</b> <b>trees</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>tried</b> <b>banks</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>tried</b> <b>hedges</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Pigeon <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>without</b> attending <b>to</b> <b>her</b>; <20><b>but</b> <b>those</b> serpents! <b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> pleasing <b>them</b>!<21><br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>more</b> <b>and</b> <b>more</b> <b>puzzled</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>saying</b> <b>anything</b> <b>more</b> <b>till</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon <b>had</b> <b>finished</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>As</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>trouble</b> <b>enough</b> hatching <b>the</b> eggs,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon; <20><b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>look</b>-<b>out</b> <b>for</b> serpents <b>night</b> <b>and</b> <b>day</b>! <b>Why</b>, <b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>wink</b> <b>of</b> <b>sleep</b> <b>these</b> <b>three</b> <b>weeks</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>very</b> <b>sorry</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>been</b> <b>annoyed</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>its</b> <b>meaning</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>taken</b> <b>the</b> <b>highest</b> <b>tree</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b>,<2C> <b>continued</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon, <b>raising</b> <b>its</b> <b>voice</b> <b>to</b> <b>a</b> <b>shriek</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>be</b> <b>free</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>, <b>they</b> <b>must</b> <b>needs</b> <b>come</b> <b>wriggling</b> <b>down</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>sky</b>! Ugh, Serpent!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>NOT</b> <b>a</b> <b>serpent</b>, <b>I</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>! WHAT <b>are</b> <b>you</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon. <20><b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>see</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> invent <b>something</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> girl,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>rather</b> <b>doubtfully</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>remembered</b> <b>the</b> <b>number</b> <b>of</b> <b>changes</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>gone</b> <b>through</b> <b>that</b> <b>day</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> <b>likely</b> <b>story</b> <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> deepest <b>contempt</b>. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>seen</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>many</b> <b>little</b> girls <b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>time</b>, <b>but</b> <b>never</b> ONE <b>with</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>neck</b> <b>as</b> <b>that</b>! <b>No</b>, <b>no</b>! <b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>a</b> <b>serpent</b>; <b>and</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>denying</b> <b>it</b>. <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>telling</b> <b>me</b> <b>next</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>never</b> <b>tasted</b> <b>an</b> egg!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> HAVE <b>tasted</b> eggs, <b>certainly</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> truthful <b>child</b>; <20><b>but</b> <b>little</b> girls <b>eat</b> eggs <b>quite</b> <b>as</b> <b>much</b> <b>as</b> serpents <b>do</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>believe</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon; <20><b>but</b> <b>if</b> <b>they</b> <b>do</b>, <b>why</b> <b>then</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>a</b> <b>kind</b> <b>of</b> <b>serpent</b>, <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>say</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>was</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>new</b> <b>idea</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>silent</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>which</b> <b>gave</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon <b>the</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>of</b> <b>adding</b>, <20><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>looking</b> <b>for</b> eggs, <b>I</b> <b>know</b> THAT <b>well</b> <b>enough</b>; <b>and</b> <b>what</b> <b>does</b> <b>it</b> <b>matter</b> <b>to</b> <b>me</b> <b>whether</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> girl <b>or</b> <b>a</b> <b>serpent</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>matters</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>to</b> ME,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>hastily</b>; <20><b>but</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>not</b> <b>looking</b> <b>for</b> eggs, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>happens</b>; <b>and</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b>, <b>I</b> <b>shouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>want</b> YOURS: <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>them</b> <b>raw</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>be</b> <b>off</b>, <b>then</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Pigeon <b>in</b> <b>a</b> sulky <b>tone</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>settled</b> <b>down</b> <b>again</b> <b>into</b> <b>its</b> <b>nest</b>. Alice <b>crouched</b> <b>down</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <b>for</b> <b>her</b> <b>neck</b> <b>kept</b> <b>getting</b> <b>entangled</b> <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>branches</b>, <b>and</b> <b>every</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>stop</b> <b>and</b> untwist <b>it</b>. <b>After</b> <b>a</b> <b>while</b> <b>she</b> <b>remembered</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>still</b> <b>held</b> <b>the</b> <b>pieces</b> <b>of</b> mushroom <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>set</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>very</b> <b>carefully</b>, <b>nibbling</b> <b>first</b> <b>at</b> <b>one</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>, <b>and</b> <b>growing</b> <b>sometimes</b> <b>taller</b> <b>and</b> <b>sometimes</b> <b>shorter</b>, <b>until</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>succeeded</b> <b>in</b> <b>bringing</b> <b>herself</b> <b>down</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>usual</b> <b>height</b>.<br>
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<b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>long</b> <b>since</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>anything</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>size</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>felt</b> <b>quite</b> <b>strange</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>talking</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>as</b> <b>usual</b>. <20><b>Come</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>half</b> <b>my</b> <b>plan</b> <b>done</b> <b>now</b>! <b>How</b> puzzling <b>all</b> <b>these</b> <b>changes</b> <b>are</b>! <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>never</b> <b>sure</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b>, <b>from</b> <b>one</b> <b>minute</b> <b>to</b> <b>another</b>! <b>However</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>my</b> <b>right</b> <b>size</b>: <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>thing</b> <b>is</b>, <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>into</b> <b>that</b> <b>beautiful</b> <b>garden</b><EFBFBD><b>how</b> <b>IS</b> <b>that</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>done</b>, <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b>?<3F> <b>As</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b>, <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>upon</b> <b>an</b> <b>open</b> <b>place</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>house</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b> <b>about</b> <b>four</b> <b>feet</b> <b>high</b>. <20><b>Whoever</b> <b>lives</b> <b>there</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>it</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>never</b> <b>do</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>upon</b> <b>them</b> THIS <b>size</b>: <b>why</b>, <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>frighten</b> <b>them</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>their</b> <b>wits</b>!<21> <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>nibbling</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> righthand <b>bit</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>venture</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>brought</b> <b>herself</b> <b>down</b> <b>to</b> <b>nine</b> inches <b>high</b>.<br>
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<b>For</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b> <b>she</b> <b>stood</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b>, <b>and</b> <b>wondering</b> <b>what</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>next</b>, <b>when</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>a</b> footman <b>in</b> livery <b>came</b> <b>running</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b><EFBFBD>(<b>she</b> <b>considered</b> <b>him</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> footman <b>because</b> <b>he</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> livery: <b>otherwise</b>, judging <b>by</b> <b>his</b> <b>face</b> <b>only</b>, <b>she</b> <b>would</b> <b>have</b> <b>called</b> <b>him</b> <b>a</b> <b>fish</b>)<29><b>and</b> rapped <b>loudly</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> knuckles. <b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>opened</b> <b>by</b> <b>another</b> footman <b>in</b> livery, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>round</b> <b>face</b>, <b>and</b> <b>large</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> frog; <b>and</b> <b>both</b> footmen, Alice <b>noticed</b>, <b>had</b> powdered <b>hair</b> <b>that</b> <b>curled</b> <b>all</b> <b>over</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b>. <b>She</b> <b>felt</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b> <b>to</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>all</b> <b>about</b>, <b>and</b> <b>crept</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>way</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b> <b>to</b> <b>listen</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Fish-Footman <b>began</b> <b>by</b> <b>producing</b> <b>from</b> <b>under</b> <b>his</b> <b>arm</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>letter</b>, <b>nearly</b> <b>as</b> <b>large</b> <b>as</b> <b>himself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>this</b> <b>he</b> <b>handed</b> <b>over</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>, <b>saying</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> solemn <b>tone</b>, <20><b>For</b> <b>the</b> Duchess. <b>An</b> <b>invitation</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>to</b> <b>play</b> croquet.<2E> <b>The</b> Frog-Footman <b>repeated</b>, <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> solemn <b>tone</b>, <b>only</b> <b>changing</b> <b>the</b> <b>order</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b>, <20><b>From</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>. <b>An</b> <b>invitation</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>to</b> <b>play</b> croquet.<2E><br>
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<b>Then</b> <b>they</b> <b>both</b> <b>bowed</b> <b>low</b>, <b>and</b> <b>their</b> <b>curls</b> <b>got</b> <b>entangled</b> <b>together</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>laughed</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b>, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>run</b> <b>back</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b> <b>for</b> <b>fear</b> <b>of</b> <b>their</b> <b>hearing</b> <b>her</b>; <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>next</b> <b>peeped</b> <b>out</b> <b>the</b> Fish-Footman <b>was</b> <b>gone</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>was</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>ground</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>staring</b> <b>stupidly</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>sky</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>went</b> timidly <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>, <b>and</b> <b>knocked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>knocking</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Footman, <20><b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>for</b> <b>two</b> <b>reasons</b>. <b>First</b>, <b>because</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>are</b>; secondly, <b>because</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>making</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>noise</b> <b>inside</b>, <b>no</b> <b>one</b> <b>could</b> <b>possibly</b> <b>hear</b> <b>you</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>most</b> extraordinary <b>noise</b> <b>going</b> <b>on</b> <b>within</b><EFBFBD><b>a</b> <b>constant</b> <b>howling</b> <b>and</b> sneezing, <b>and</b> <b>every</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>crash</b>, <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>a</b> <b>dish</b> <b>or</b> <b>kettle</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>broken</b> <b>to</b> <b>pieces</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Please</b>, <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>how</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>in</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b> <b>might</b> <b>be</b> <b>some</b> <b>sense</b> <b>in</b> <b>your</b> <b>knocking</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Footman <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>without</b> attending <b>to</b> <b>her</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>we</b> <b>had</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>between</b> <b>us</b>. <b>For</b> <b>instance</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> INSIDE, <b>you</b> <b>might</b> <b>knock</b>, <b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>let</b> <b>you</b> <b>out</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E> <b>He</b> <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>sky</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>he</b> <b>was</b> <b>speaking</b>, <b>and</b> <b>this</b> Alice <b>thought</b> decidedly uncivil. <20><b>But</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>he</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>help</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>; <20><b>his</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>are</b> <b>so</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b>. <b>But</b> <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b> <b>he</b> <b>might</b> <b>answer</b> <b>questions</b>.<2E><b>How</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>in</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>repeated</b>, <b>aloud</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>sit</b> <b>here</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Footman remarked, <20><b>till</b> <b>tomorrow</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>At</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>opened</b>, <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> plate <b>came</b> skimming <b>out</b>, <b>straight</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Footman'<b>s</b> <b>head</b>: <b>it</b> <b>just</b> grazed <b>his</b> <b>nose</b>, <b>and</b> <b>broke</b> <b>to</b> <b>pieces</b> <b>against</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b> <b>behind</b> <b>him</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>or</b> <b>next</b> <b>day</b>, <b>maybe</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Footman <b>continued</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>tone</b>, <b>exactly</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>had</b> <b>happened</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>in</b>?<3F> <b>asked</b> Alice <b>again</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>louder</b> <b>tone</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>ARE <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>in</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Footman. <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>question</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>It</b> <b>was</b>, <b>no</b> <b>doubt</b>: <b>only</b> Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>told</b> <b>so</b>. <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>really</b> <b>dreadful</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>muttered</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>argue</b>. <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>enough</b> <b>to</b> <b>drive</b> <b>one</b> crazy!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> Footman <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>this</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>for</b> <b>repeating</b> <b>his</b> <b>remark</b>, <b>with</b> <b>variations</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>sit</b> <b>here</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>on</b> <b>and</b> <b>off</b>, <b>for</b> <b>days</b> <b>and</b> <b>days</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>what</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Anything <b>you</b> <b>like</b><EFBFBD> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Footman, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>whistling</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>talking</b> <b>to</b> <b>him</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>desperately</b>: <20><b>he</b>'<b>s</b> <b>perfectly</b> idiotic!<21> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>opened</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>in</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>too</b> <b>much</b> pepper <b>in</b> <b>that</b> <b>soup</b>!<21> Alice <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>for</b> sneezing.<br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>too</b> <b>much</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>. <b>Even</b> <b>the</b> Duchess sneezed <b>occasionally</b>; <b>and</b> <b>as</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> baby, <b>it</b> <b>was</b> sneezing <b>and</b> <b>howling</b> alternately <b>without</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b>'<b>s</b> <b>pause</b>. <b>The</b> <b>only</b> <b>things</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>kitchen</b> <b>that</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> sneeze, <b>were</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b>, <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>cat</b> <b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>hearth</b> <b>and</b> <b>grinning</b> <b>from</b> <b>ear</b> <b>to</b> <b>ear</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Please</b> <b>would</b> <b>you</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>a</b> <b>little</b> timidly, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>quite</b> <b>sure</b> <b>whether</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>good</b> manners <b>for</b> <b>her</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b> <b>first</b>, <20><b>why</b> <b>your</b> <b>cat</b> <b>grins</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> Cheshire <b>cat</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <20><b>and</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>why</b>. Pig!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>last</b> <b>word</b> <b>with</b> <b>such</b> <b>sudden</b> violence <b>that</b> Alice <b>quite</b> <b>jumped</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>saw</b> <b>in</b> <b>another</b> <b>moment</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>addressed</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> baby, <b>and</b> <b>not</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>took</b> <b>courage</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>again</b>:<3A><br>
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<b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>that</b> Cheshire <b>cats</b> <b>always</b> <b>grinned</b>; <b>in</b> <b>fact</b>, <b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>that</b> <b>cats</b> COULD <b>grin</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>all</b> <b>can</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess; <20><b>and</b> <b>most</b> <b>of</b> '<b>em</b> <b>do</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>of</b> <b>any</b> <b>that</b> <b>do</b>,<2C> Alice <b>said</b> <b>very</b> <b>politely</b>, <b>feeling</b> <b>quite</b> <b>pleased</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>got</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>conversation</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>much</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess; <20><b>and</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>fact</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b> <b>remark</b>, <b>and</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>to</b> introduce <b>some</b> <b>other</b> <b>subject</b> <b>of</b> <b>conversation</b>. <b>While</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> fix <b>on</b> <b>one</b>, <b>the</b> <b>cook</b> <b>took</b> <b>the</b> cauldron <b>of</b> <b>soup</b> <b>off</b> <b>the</b> <b>fire</b>, <b>and</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>set</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>throwing</b> <b>everything</b> <b>within</b> <b>her</b> <b>reach</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>and</b> <b>the</b> baby- -<b>the</b> <b>fire</b>-irons <b>came</b> <b>first</b>; <b>then</b> <b>followed</b> <b>a</b> <b>shower</b> <b>of</b> saucepans, <b>plates</b>, <b>and</b> <b>dishes</b>. <b>The</b> Duchess <b>took</b> <b>no</b> <b>notice</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>even</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>hit</b> <b>her</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> baby <b>was</b> <b>howling</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>already</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>impossible</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>whether</b> <b>the</b> <b>blows</b> <b>hurt</b> <b>it</b> <b>or</b> <b>not</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, PLEASE <b>mind</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>doing</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice, <b>jumping</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>down</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> agony <b>of</b> <b>terror</b>. <20><b>Oh</b>, <b>there</b> <b>goes</b> <b>his</b> PRECIOUS <b>nose</b>'; <b>as</b> <b>an</b> <b>unusually</b> <b>large</b> saucepan <b>flew</b> <b>close</b> <b>by</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>very</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>carried</b> <b>it</b> <b>off</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>everybody</b> <b>minded</b> <b>their</b> <b>own</b> <b>business</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hoarse</b> growl, <20><b>the</b> <b>world</b> <b>would</b> <b>go</b> <b>round</b> <b>a</b> <b>deal</b> <b>faster</b> <b>than</b> <b>it</b> <b>does</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Which</b> <b>would</b> <b>NOT</b> <b>be</b> <b>an</b> <b>advantage</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>felt</b> <b>very</b> <b>glad</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>an</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>of</b> <b>showing</b> <b>off</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>knowledge</b>. <20><b>Just</b> <b>think</b> <b>of</b> <b>what</b> <b>work</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>make</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>day</b> <b>and</b> <b>night</b>! <b>You</b> <b>see</b> <b>the</b> <b>earth</b> <b>takes</b> <b>twenty</b>-<b>four</b> <b>hours</b> <b>to</b> <b>turn</b> <b>round</b> <b>on</b> <b>its</b> axis<69><73><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Talking</b> <b>of</b> axes,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <20>chop <b>off</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>!<21><br>
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Alice <b>glanced</b> <b>rather</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b>, <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>meant</b> <b>to</b> <b>take</b> <b>the</b> <b>hint</b>; <b>but</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b> <b>was</b> <b>busily</b> <b>stirring</b> <b>the</b> <b>soup</b>, <b>and</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>not</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>listening</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>again</b>: <20><b>Twenty</b>-<b>four</b> <b>hours</b>, <b>I</b> THINK; <b>or</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b> <b>twelve</b>? <b>I</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> bother ME,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess; <20><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>could</b> <b>abide</b> <b>figures</b>!<21> <b>And</b> <b>with</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> nursing <b>her</b> <b>child</b> <b>again</b>, <b>singing</b> <b>a</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> lullaby <b>to</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>so</b>, <b>and</b> <b>giving</b> <b>it</b> <b>a</b> violent <b>shake</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>every</b> <b>line</b>:<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Speak</b> <b>roughly</b> <b>to</b> <b>your</b> <b>little</b> boy,<br>
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<b>He</b> <b>only</b> <b>does</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> annoy,<br>
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<EFBFBD>Wow! wow! wow!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>speak</b> severely <b>to</b> <b>my</b> boy,<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Here</b>! <b>you</b> <b>may</b> nurse <b>it</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>said</b> <b>to</b> Alice, flinging <b>the</b> baby <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>go</b> <b>and</b> <b>get</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>play</b> croquet <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>room</b>. <b>The</b> <b>cook</b> <b>threw</b> <b>a</b> frying-<b>pan</b> <b>after</b> <b>her</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>out</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>just</b> <b>missed</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>caught</b> <b>the</b> baby <b>with</b> <b>some</b> <b>difficulty</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>queer</b>- <b>shaped</b> <b>little</b> <b>creature</b>, <b>and</b> <b>held</b> <b>out</b> <b>its</b> <b>arms</b> <b>and</b> <b>legs</b> <b>in</b> <b>all</b> <b>directions</b>, <20><b>just</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>star</b>-<b>fish</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice. <b>The</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b> <b>was</b> snorting <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>steam</b>-engine <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>caught</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>kept</b> doubling <b>itself</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>straightening</b> <b>itself</b> <b>out</b> <b>again</b>, <b>so</b> <b>that</b> <b>altogether</b>, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>as</b> <b>much</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>do</b> <b>to</b> <b>hold</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<b>As</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>made</b> <b>out</b> <b>the</b> <b>proper</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> nursing <b>it</b>, (<b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>to</b> twist <b>it</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>knot</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>keep</b> <b>tight</b> <b>hold</b> <b>of</b> <b>its</b> <b>right</b> <b>ear</b> <b>and</b> <b>left</b> <b>foot</b>, <b>so</b> <b>as</b> <b>to</b> <b>prevent</b> <b>its</b> <b>undoing</b> <b>itself</b>,) <b>she</b> <b>carried</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>open</b> <b>air</b>. <20>IF <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>take</b> <b>this</b> <b>child</b> <b>away</b> <b>with</b> <b>me</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>sure</b> <b>to</b> <b>kill</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>day</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>: <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>it</b> <b>be</b> <b>murder</b> <b>to</b> <b>leave</b> <b>it</b> <b>behind</b>?<3F> <b>She</b> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>last</b> <b>words</b> <b>out</b> <b>loud</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b> grunted <b>in</b> <b>reply</b> (<b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b> sneezing <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>). <20><b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> grunt,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>not</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>a</b> <b>proper</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> expressing <b>yourself</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> baby grunted <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>looked</b> <b>very</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>into</b> <b>its</b> <b>face</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>matter</b> <b>with</b> <b>it</b>. <b>There</b> <b>could</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>doubt</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>turn</b>-<b>up</b> <b>nose</b>, <b>much</b> <b>more</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>snout</b> <b>than</b> <b>a</b> <b>real</b> <b>nose</b>; <b>also</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>were</b> <b>getting</b> <b>extremely</b> <b>small</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> baby: <b>altogether</b> Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>look</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>thing</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>. <20><b>But</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>only</b> sobbing,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>into</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>again</b>, <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>if</b> <b>there</b> <b>were</b> <b>any</b> <b>tears</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>Now</b>, <b>what</b> <b>am</b> <b>I</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>with</b> <b>this</b> <b>creature</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>get</b> <b>it</b> <b>home</b>?<3F> <b>when</b> <b>it</b> grunted <b>again</b>, <b>so</b> <b>violently</b>, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>down</b> <b>into</b> <b>its</b> <b>face</b> <b>in</b> <b>some</b> <b>alarm</b>. <b>This</b> <b>time</b> <b>there</b> <b>could</b> <b>be</b> NO <b>mistake</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>: <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>neither</b> <b>more</b> <b>nor</b> <b>less</b> <b>than</b> <b>a</b> pig, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>quite</b> <b>absurd</b> <b>for</b> <b>her</b> <b>to</b> <b>carry</b> <b>it</b> <b>further</b>.<br>
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<b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>set</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>creature</b> <b>down</b>, <b>and</b> <b>felt</b> <b>quite</b> <b>relieved</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> <b>trot</b> <b>away</b> <b>quietly</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b>. <20><b>If</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>grown</b> <b>up</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>have</b> <b>made</b> <b>a</b> <b>dreadfully</b> <b>ugly</b> <b>child</b>: <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>makes</b> <b>rather</b> <b>a</b> <b>handsome</b> pig, <b>I</b> <b>think</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>over</b> <b>other</b> <b>children</b> <b>she</b> <b>knew</b>, <b>who</b> <b>might</b> <b>do</b> <b>very</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> pigs, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>just</b> <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>one</b> <b>only</b> <b>knew</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>way</b> <b>to</b> <b>change</b> <b>them</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>startled</b> <b>by</b> <b>seeing</b> <b>the</b> Cheshire Cat <b>sitting</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> <b>bough</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>tree</b> <b>a</b> <b>few</b> <b>yards</b> <b>off</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Cat <b>only</b> <b>grinned</b> <b>when</b> <b>it</b> <b>saw</b> Alice. <b>It</b> <b>looked</b> <b>good</b>- <b>natured</b>, <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>: <b>still</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>long</b> <b>claws</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>many</b> <b>teeth</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>treated</b> <b>with</b> <b>respect</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Cheshire Puss,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>began</b>, <b>rather</b> timidly, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>know</b> <b>whether</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>name</b>: <b>however</b>, <b>it</b> <b>only</b> <b>grinned</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>wider</b>. <20><b>Come</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>pleased</b> <b>so</b> <b>far</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>. <20><b>Would</b> <b>you</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b>, <b>please</b>, <b>which</b> <b>way</b> <b>I</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>from</b> <b>here</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> <b>depends</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>on</b> <b>where</b> <b>you</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>get</b> <b>to</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>much</b> <b>care</b> <b>where</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>matter</b> <b>which</b> <b>way</b> <b>you</b> <b>go</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat.<br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>so</b> <b>long</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>get</b> SOMEWHERE,<2C> Alice <b>added</b> <b>as</b> <b>an</b> <b>explanation</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>sure</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <20><b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>only</b> <b>walk</b> <b>long</b> <b>enough</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>felt</b> <b>that</b> <b>this</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>be</b> denied, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>tried</b> <b>another</b> <b>question</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>people</b> <b>live</b> <b>about</b> <b>here</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>In</b> THAT <b>direction</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Cat <b>said</b>, <b>waving</b> <b>its</b> <b>right</b> paw <b>round</b>, <20><b>lives</b> <b>a</b> Hatter: <b>and</b> <b>in</b> THAT <b>direction</b>,<2C> <b>waving</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> paw, <20><b>lives</b> <b>a</b> March Hare. Visit <b>either</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b>: <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>both</b> <b>mad</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>among</b> <b>mad</b> <b>people</b>,<2C> Alice remarked.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>you</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>help</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat: <20><b>we</b>'<b>re</b> <b>all</b> <b>mad</b> <b>here</b>. <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>mad</b>. <b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>mad</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>mad</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <20><b>or</b> <b>you</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>come</b> <b>here</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b> <b>that</b> <b>proved</b> <b>it</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>; <b>however</b>, <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <20><b>And</b> <b>how</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>mad</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>To</b> <b>begin</b> <b>with</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <20><b>a</b> <b>dog</b>'<b>s</b> <b>not</b> <b>mad</b>. <b>You</b> <b>grant</b> <b>that</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> <b>so</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Cat <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>a</b> <b>dog</b> growls <b>when</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>angry</b>, <b>and</b> wags <b>its</b> <b>tail</b> <b>when</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>pleased</b>. <b>Now</b> <b>I</b> growl <b>when</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>pleased</b>, <b>and</b> <b>wag</b> <b>my</b> <b>tail</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>angry</b>. <b>Therefore</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>mad</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>call</b> <b>it</b> <b>purring</b>, <b>not</b> <b>growling</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Call</b> <b>it</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat. <20><b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>play</b> croquet <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>to</b>-<b>day</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>like</b> <b>it</b> <b>very</b> <b>much</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>been</b> <b>invited</b> <b>yet</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>see</b> <b>me</b> <b>there</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <b>and</b> <b>vanished</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>much</b> <b>surprised</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b>, <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>getting</b> <b>so</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>queer</b> <b>things</b> <b>happening</b>. <b>While</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>place</b> <b>where</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b>, <b>it</b> <b>suddenly</b> <b>appeared</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>By</b>-<b>the</b>-<b>bye</b>, <b>what</b> <b>became</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> baby?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat. <20><b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>turned</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> pig,<2C> Alice <b>quietly</b> <b>said</b>, <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>come</b> <b>back</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>natural</b> <b>way</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <b>and</b> <b>vanished</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>waited</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b>, <b>half</b> <b>expecting</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> <b>again</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>appear</b>, <b>and</b> <b>after</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b> <b>she</b> <b>walked</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>direction</b> <b>in</b> <b>which</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>was</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>live</b>. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>seen</b> hatters <b>before</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>; <20><b>the</b> March Hare <b>will</b> <b>be</b> <b>much</b> <b>the</b> <b>most</b> <b>interesting</b>, <b>and</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>as</b> <b>this</b> <b>is</b> <b>May</b> <b>it</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> raving <b>mad</b><EFBFBD><b>at</b> <b>least</b> <b>not</b> <b>so</b> <b>mad</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> March.<2E> <b>As</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b>, <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>up</b>, <b>and</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> Cat <b>again</b>, <b>sitting</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> <b>branch</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>tree</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Did</b> <b>you</b> <b>say</b> pig, <b>or</b> fig?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>said</b> pig,<2C> <b>replied</b> Alice; <20><b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>you</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>keep</b> <b>appearing</b> <b>and</b> <b>vanishing</b> <b>so</b> <b>suddenly</b>: <b>you</b> <b>make</b> <b>on</b> <b>quite</b> giddy.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>All</b> <b>right</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat; <b>and</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>it</b> <b>vanished</b> <b>quite</b> <b>slowly</b>, <b>beginning</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>tail</b>, <b>and</b> <b>ending</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>grin</b>, <b>which</b> <b>remained</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>after</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>gone</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>! <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>often</b> <b>seen</b> <b>a</b> <b>cat</b> <b>without</b> <b>a</b> <b>grin</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice; <20><b>but</b> <b>a</b> <b>grin</b> <b>without</b> <b>a</b> <b>cat</b>! <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>most</b> <b>curious</b> <b>thing</b> <b>I</b> <b>ever</b> <b>say</b> <b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>life</b>!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>gone</b> <b>much</b> farther <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>in</b> <b>sight</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> March Hare: <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>house</b>, <b>because</b> <b>the</b> <b>chimneys</b> <b>were</b> <b>shaped</b> <b>like</b> <b>ears</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b> <b>was</b> <b>thatched</b> <b>with</b> <b>fur</b>. <b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>large</b> <b>a</b> <b>house</b>, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>nearer</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>nibbled</b> <b>some</b> <b>more</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> lefthand <b>bit</b> <b>of</b> mushroom, <b>and</b> <b>raised</b> <b>herself</b> <b>to</b> <b>about</b> <b>two</b> <b>feet</b> <b>high</b>: <b>even</b> <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>walked</b> <b>up</b> <b>towards</b> <b>it</b> <b>rather</b> timidly, <b>saying</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <20>Suppose <b>it</b> <b>should</b> <b>be</b> raving <b>mad</b> <b>after</b> <b>all</b>! <b>I</b> <b>almost</b> <b>wish</b> <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>gone</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>instead</b>!<21><br>
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<b>A</b> MAD TEA-<b>PARTY</b><br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>table</b> <b>set</b> <b>out</b> <b>under</b> <b>a</b> <b>tree</b> <b>in</b> <b>front</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>house</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>were</b> <b>having</b> <b>tea</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b>: <b>a</b> Dormouse <b>was</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>between</b> <b>them</b>, <b>fast</b> <b>asleep</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>two</b> <b>were</b> <b>using</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>a</b> cushion, <b>resting</b> <b>their</b> elbows <b>on</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>talking</b> <b>over</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b>. <20><b>Very</b> <b>uncomfortable</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice; <20><b>only</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>asleep</b>, <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> <b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>mind</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>table</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>one</b>, <b>but</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>crowded</b> <b>together</b> <b>at</b> <b>one</b> <b>corner</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>: <20><b>No</b> <b>room</b>! <b>No</b> <b>room</b>!<21> <b>they</b> <b>cried</b> <b>out</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>saw</b> Alice <b>coming</b>. <20><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> PLENTY <b>of</b> <b>room</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice indignantly, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>arm</b>-<b>chair</b> <b>at</b> <b>one</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Have</b> <b>some</b> <b>wine</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>encouraging</b> <b>tone</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>looked</b> <b>all</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>, <b>but</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b> <b>but</b> <b>tea</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>see</b> <b>any</b> <b>wine</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> remarked.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>any</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>it</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>very</b> civil <b>of</b> <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>offer</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>angrily</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>very</b> civil <b>of</b> <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>sit</b> <b>down</b> <b>without</b> <b>being</b> <b>invited</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> YOUR <b>table</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>laid</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>many</b> <b>more</b> <b>than</b> <b>three</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Your</b> <b>hair</b> <b>wants</b> <b>cutting</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <b>He</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> Alice <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>with</b> <b>great</b> <b>curiosity</b>, <b>and</b> <b>this</b> <b>was</b> <b>his</b> <b>first</b> <b>speech</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>should</b> <b>learn</b> <b>not</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>personal</b> <b>remarks</b>,<2C> Alice <b>said</b> <b>with</b> <b>some</b> severity; <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> rude.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> Hatter <b>opened</b> <b>his</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>very</b> <b>wide</b> <b>on</b> <b>hearing</b> <b>this</b>; <b>but</b> <b>all</b> <b>he</b> SAID <b>was</b>, <20><b>Why</b> <b>is</b> <b>a</b> raven <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>writing</b>-desk?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>we</b> <b>shall</b> <b>have</b> <b>some</b> <b>fun</b> <b>now</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>glad</b> <b>they</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>begun</b> <b>asking</b> <b>riddles</b>.<2E><b>I</b> <b>believe</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>guess</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>added</b> <b>aloud</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>mean</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b> <b>find</b> <b>out</b> <b>the</b> <b>answer</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Exactly</b> <b>so</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>you</b> <b>should</b> <b>say</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>mean</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>went</b> <b>on</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>do</b>,<2C> Alice <b>hastily</b> <b>replied</b>; <20><b>at</b> <b>least</b><EFBFBD><b>at</b> <b>least</b> <b>I</b> <b>mean</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>say</b><EFBFBD><b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <20><b>You</b> <b>might</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>say</b> <b>that</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>eat</b><EFBFBD> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b> <b>as</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>eat</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>see</b><EFBFBD>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>might</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>say</b>,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> March Hare, <20><b>that</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>like</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>get</b><EFBFBD> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b> <b>as</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>get</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>like</b><EFBFBD>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>might</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>say</b>,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>who</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>talking</b> <b>in</b> <b>his</b> <b>sleep</b>, <20><b>that</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>breathe</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>sleep</b><EFBFBD> <b>is</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b> <b>as</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>sleep</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>breathe</b><EFBFBD>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>IS</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b> <b>with</b> <b>you</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>and</b> <b>here</b> <b>the</b> <b>conversation</b> <b>dropped</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>party</b> <b>sat</b> <b>silent</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b>, <b>while</b> Alice <b>thought</b> <b>over</b> <b>all</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>remember</b> <b>about</b> ravens <b>and</b> <b>writing</b>-desks, <b>which</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>much</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Hatter <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>to</b> <b>break</b> <b>the</b> <b>silence</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>day</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>month</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>said</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice: <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>taken</b> <b>his</b> <b>watch</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> <b>pocket</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b> <b>uneasily</b>, <b>shaking</b> <b>it</b> <b>every</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b>, <b>and</b> <b>holding</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>his</b> <b>ear</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>considered</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>said</b> <20><b>The</b> <b>fourth</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Two</b> <b>days</b> <b>wrong</b>!<21> <b>sighed</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <20><b>I</b> <b>told</b> <b>you</b> <b>butter</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>suit</b> <b>the</b> <b>works</b>!<21> <b>he</b> <b>added</b> <b>looking</b> <b>angrily</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> BEST <b>butter</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare meekly <b>replied</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>but</b> <b>some</b> <b>crumbs</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>got</b> <b>in</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter grumbled: <20><b>you</b> <b>shouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>knife</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> March Hare <b>took</b> <b>the</b> <b>watch</b> <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b> <b>gloomily</b>: <b>then</b> <b>he</b> <b>dipped</b> <b>it</b> <b>into</b> <b>his</b> <b>cup</b> <b>of</b> <b>tea</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>it</b> <b>again</b>: <b>but</b> <b>he</b> <b>could</b> <b>think</b> <b>of</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>better</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>than</b> <b>his</b> <b>first</b> <b>remark</b>, <20><b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> BEST <b>butter</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>looking</b> <b>over</b> <b>his</b> <b>shoulder</b> <b>with</b> <b>some</b> <b>curiosity</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>funny</b> <b>watch</b>!<21> <b>she</b> remarked. <20><b>It</b> <b>tells</b> <b>the</b> <b>day</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>month</b>, <b>and</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>tell</b> <b>what</b> <b>o</b>'<b>clock</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b> <b>should</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>muttered</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <20>Does YOUR <b>watch</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>what</b> <b>year</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b> <b>very</b> readily: <20><b>but</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>because</b> <b>it</b> stays <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>year</b> <b>for</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>time</b> <b>together</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Which</b> <b>is</b> <b>just</b> <b>the</b> <b>case</b> <b>with</b> MINE,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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Alice <b>felt</b> <b>dreadfully</b> <b>puzzled</b>. <b>The</b> Hatter'<b>s</b> <b>remark</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>no</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>yet</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>certainly</b> English. <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>quite</b> <b>understand</b> <b>you</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <b>as</b> <b>politely</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> Dormouse <b>is</b> <b>asleep</b> <b>again</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>poured</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>hot</b> <b>tea</b> <b>upon</b> <b>its</b> <b>nose</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Dormouse <b>shook</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b> <b>impatiently</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b>, <b>without</b> <b>opening</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b>, <20><b>Of</b> <b>course</b>, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>; <b>just</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>remark</b> <b>myself</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Have</b> <b>you</b> <b>guessed</b> <b>the</b> <b>riddle</b> <b>yet</b>?<3F> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>said</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>I</b> <b>give</b> <b>it</b> <b>up</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b>: <20><b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>answer</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>the</b> slightest <b>idea</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nor</b> <b>I</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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Alice <b>sighed</b> <b>wearily</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b> <b>might</b> <b>do</b> <b>something</b> <b>better</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>than</b> <b>waste</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>asking</b> <b>riddles</b> <b>that</b> <b>have</b> <b>no</b> <b>answers</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>you</b> <b>knew</b> <b>Time</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>I</b> <b>do</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <20><b>you</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b> <b>about</b> wasting IT. <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> HIM.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>mean</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>said</b>, <b>tossing</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b> contemptuously. <20><b>I</b> <b>dare</b> <b>say</b> <b>you</b> <b>never</b> <b>even</b> <b>spoke</b> <b>to</b> <b>Time</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Perhaps</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> Alice <b>cautiously</b> <b>replied</b>: <20><b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b> <b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>beat</b> <b>time</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>learn</b> <b>music</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Ah</b>! <b>that</b> <b>accounts</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <20><b>He</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>stand</b> <b>beating</b>. <b>Now</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>only</b> <b>kept</b> <b>on</b> <b>good</b> <b>terms</b> <b>with</b> <b>him</b>, <b>he</b>'<b>d</b> <b>do</b> <b>almost</b> <b>anything</b> <b>you</b> <b>liked</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>clock</b>. <b>For</b> <b>instance</b>, <b>suppose</b> <b>it</b> <b>were</b> <b>nine</b> <b>o</b>'<b>clock</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>morning</b>, <b>just</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>lessons</b>: <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>only</b> <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>whisper</b> <b>a</b> <b>hint</b> <b>to</b> <b>Time</b>, <b>and</b> <b>round</b> <b>goes</b> <b>the</b> <b>clock</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>twinkling</b>! <b>Half</b>-<b>past</b> <b>one</b>, <b>time</b> <b>for</b> <b>dinner</b>!<21><br>
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(`<b>I</b> <b>only</b> <b>wish</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>itself</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>whisper</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> grand, <b>certainly</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>thoughtfully</b>: <20><b>but</b> <b>then</b><EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>shouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>hungry</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b>, <b>perhaps</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter: <20><b>but</b> <b>you</b> <b>could</b> <b>keep</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>half</b>-<b>past</b> <b>one</b> <b>as</b> <b>long</b> <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>liked</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Is</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> YOU <b>manage</b>?<3F> Alice <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Hatter <b>shook</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b> <b>mournfully</b>. <20><b>Not</b> <b>I</b>!<21> <b>he</b> <b>replied</b>. <20><b>We</b> quarrelled <b>last</b> March<63><b>just</b> <b>before</b> HE <b>went</b> <b>mad</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (<b>pointing</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>tea</b> <b>spoon</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> March Hare,) <20><><b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>great</b> concert <b>given</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>of</b> Hearts, <b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>sing</b><br>
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<EFBFBD>Twinkle, <b>twinkle</b>, <b>little</b> bat!<br>
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<b>How</b> <b>I</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>at</b>!<21><br>
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<b>You</b> <b>know</b> <b>the</b> <b>song</b>, <b>perhaps</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>heard</b> <b>something</b> <b>like</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>goes</b> <b>on</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>continued</b>, <20><b>in</b> <b>this</b> <b>way</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Up</b> <b>above</b> <b>the</b> <b>world</b> <b>you</b> <b>fly</b>,<br>
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<b>Like</b> <b>a</b> <b>tea</b>-<b>tray</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sky</b>.<br>
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Twinkle, <b>twinkle</b><EFBFBD>"<22><br>
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<b>Here</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>shook</b> <b>itself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>singing</b> <b>in</b> <b>its</b> <b>sleep</b> <20>Twinkle, <b>twinkle</b>, <b>twinkle</b>, <b>twinkle</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>so</b> <b>long</b> <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>pinch</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>it</b> <b>stop</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>finished</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>verse</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <20><b>when</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>jumped</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> bawled <b>out</b>, <20><b>He</b>'<b>s</b> murdering <b>the</b> <b>time</b>! <b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b>!"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>dreadfully</b> savage!<21> <b>exclaimed</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>ever</b> <b>since</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>mournful</b> <b>tone</b>, <20><b>he</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>do</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b> <b>I</b> <b>ask</b>! <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>always</b> <b>six</b> <b>o</b>'<b>clock</b> <b>now</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>A</b> <b>bright</b> <b>idea</b> <b>came</b> <b>into</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>head</b>. <20><b>Is</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>so</b> <b>many</b> <b>tea</b>-<b>things</b> <b>are</b> <b>put</b> <b>out</b> <b>here</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>sigh</b>: <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>always</b> <b>tea</b>-<b>time</b>, <b>and</b> <b>we</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>no</b> <b>time</b> <b>to</b> <b>wash</b> <b>the</b> <b>things</b> <b>between</b> <b>whiles</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>you</b> <b>keep</b> <b>moving</b> <b>round</b>, <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Exactly</b> <b>so</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter: <20><b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>things</b> <b>get</b> <b>used</b> <b>up</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>what</b> <b>happens</b> <b>when</b> <b>you</b> <b>come</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>again</b>?<3F> Alice ventured <b>to</b> <b>ask</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Suppose <b>we</b> <b>change</b> <b>the</b> <b>subject</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>interrupted</b>, <b>yawning</b>. <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>getting</b> <b>tired</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b>. <b>I</b> <b>vote</b> <b>the</b> <b>young</b> <b>lady</b> <b>tells</b> <b>us</b> <b>a</b> <b>story</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>one</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>rather</b> <b>alarmed</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>proposal</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>shall</b>!<21> <b>they</b> <b>both</b> <b>cried</b>. <20><b>Wake</b> <b>up</b>, Dormouse!<21> <b>And</b> <b>they</b> pinched <b>it</b> <b>on</b> <b>both</b> <b>sides</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Dormouse <b>slowly</b> <b>opened</b> <b>his</b> <b>eyes</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>asleep</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hoarse</b>, feeble <b>voice</b>: <20><b>I</b> <b>heard</b> <b>every</b> <b>word</b> <b>you</b> <b>fellows</b> <b>were</b> <b>saying</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Tell</b> <b>us</b> <b>a</b> <b>story</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>please</b> <b>do</b>!<21> pleaded Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>be</b> <b>quick</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <20><b>or</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>asleep</b> <b>again</b> <b>before</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>done</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Once</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> <b>time</b> <b>there</b> <b>were</b> <b>three</b> <b>little</b> sisters,<2C> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>began</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>hurry</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>their</b> <b>names</b> <b>were</b> Elsie, Lacie, <b>and</b> Tillie; <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>lived</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottom</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>well</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>did</b> <b>they</b> <b>live</b> <b>on</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>always</b> <b>took</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>interest</b> <b>in</b> <b>questions</b> <b>of</b> <b>eating</b> <b>and</b> <b>drinking</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>lived</b> <b>on</b> treacle,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>after</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>done</b> <b>that</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> Alice <b>gently</b> remarked; <20><b>they</b>'<b>d</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>ill</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse; <20><b>VERY</b> <b>ill</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>fancy</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <b>what</b> <b>such</b> <b>an</b> extraordinary <b>ways</b> <b>of</b> <b>living</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>like</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>puzzled</b> <b>her</b> <b>too</b> <b>much</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>: <20><b>But</b> <b>why</b> <b>did</b> <b>they</b> <b>live</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottom</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>well</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Take</b> <b>some</b> <b>more</b> <b>tea</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>said</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>very</b> <b>earnestly</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>had</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>yet</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>offended</b> <b>tone</b>, <20><b>so</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>take</b> <b>more</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>mean</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>take</b> LESS,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter: <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>easy</b> <b>to</b> <b>take</b> MORE <b>than</b> <b>nothing</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>Nobody <b>asked</b> YOUR <b>opinion</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Who</b>'<b>s</b> <b>making</b> <b>personal</b> <b>remarks</b> <b>now</b>?<3F> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>asked</b> triumphantly.<br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>quite</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>to</b> <b>this</b>: <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>helped</b> <b>herself</b> <b>to</b> <b>some</b> <b>tea</b> <b>and</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>and</b>-<b>butter</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>turned</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>and</b> <b>repeated</b> <b>her</b> <b>question</b>. <20><b>Why</b> <b>did</b> <b>they</b> <b>live</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottom</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>well</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> Dormouse <b>again</b> <b>took</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> treacle-<b>well</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>such</b> <b>thing</b>!<21> Alice <b>was</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>very</b> <b>angrily</b>, <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>and</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>went</b> <20>Sh! <b>sh</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse sulkily remarked, <20><b>If</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> civil, <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>better</b> <b>finish</b> <b>the</b> <b>story</b> <b>for</b> <b>yourself</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>please</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b>!<21> Alice <b>said</b> <b>very</b> humbly; <20><b>I</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>interrupt</b> <b>again</b>. <b>I</b> <b>dare</b> <b>say</b> <b>there</b> <b>may</b> <b>be</b> ONE.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>One</b>, <b>indeed</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse indignantly. <b>However</b>, <b>he</b> consented <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b>. <20><b>And</b> <b>so</b> <b>these</b> <b>three</b> <b>little</b> sisters<72><b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>learning</b> <b>to</b> <b>draw</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>did</b> <b>they</b> <b>draw</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>quite</b> <b>forgetting</b> <b>her</b> <b>promise</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Treacle,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>without</b> <b>considering</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>want</b> <b>a</b> <b>clean</b> <b>cup</b>,<2C> <b>interrupted</b> <b>the</b> Hatter: <20><b>let</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>move</b> <b>one</b> <b>place</b> <b>on</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>He</b> <b>moved</b> <b>on</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>followed</b> <b>him</b>: <b>the</b> March Hare <b>moved</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse'<b>s</b> <b>place</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>rather</b> unwillingly <b>took</b> <b>the</b> <b>place</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> March Hare. <b>The</b> Hatter <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>only</b> <b>one</b> <b>who</b> <b>got</b> <b>any</b> <b>advantage</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>change</b>: <b>and</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>worse</b> <b>off</b> <b>than</b> <b>before</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>had</b> <b>just</b> <b>upset</b> <b>the</b> <b>milk</b>-<b>jug</b> <b>into</b> <b>his</b> plate.<br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>wish</b> <b>to</b> offend <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>again</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>very</b> <b>cautiously</b>: <20><b>But</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>understand</b>. <b>Where</b> <b>did</b> <b>they</b> <b>draw</b> <b>the</b> treacle <b>from</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>can</b> <b>draw</b> <b>water</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>water</b>-<b>well</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter; <20><b>so</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b> <b>could</b> <b>draw</b> treacle <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> treacle-<b>well</b><EFBFBD><b>eh</b>, <b>stupid</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>IN</b> <b>the</b> <b>well</b>,<2C> Alice <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>not</b> <b>choosing</b> <b>to</b> <b>notice</b> <b>this</b> <b>last</b> <b>remark</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b>', <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse; <20><><b>well</b> <b>in</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>answer</b> <b>so</b> <b>confused</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>let</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>go</b> <b>on</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>without</b> <b>interrupting</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>were</b> <b>learning</b> <b>to</b> <b>draw</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>yawning</b> <b>and</b> <b>rubbing</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b>, <b>for</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>getting</b> <b>very</b> <b>sleepy</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>drew</b> <b>all</b> <b>manner</b> <b>of</b> <b>things</b><EFBFBD><b>everything</b> <b>that</b> <b>begins</b> <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>M</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b> <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>M</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b> <b>not</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>silent</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Dormouse <b>had</b> <b>closed</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>off</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> doze; <b>but</b>, <b>on</b> <b>being</b> pinched <b>by</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>it</b> <b>woke</b> <b>up</b> <b>again</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>shriek</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>: <20><><b>that</b> <b>begins</b> <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>M</b>, <b>such</b> <b>as</b> mouse-<b>traps</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>moon</b>, <b>and</b> <b>memory</b>, <b>and</b> muchness<73> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>you</b> <b>say</b> <b>things</b> <b>are</b> <20><b>much</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> muchness"<22><b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>ever</b> <b>see</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b> <b>as</b> <b>a</b> <b>drawing</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> muchness?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Really</b>, <b>now</b> <b>you</b> <b>ask</b> <b>me</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>confused</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>you</b> <b>shouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<b>This</b> <b>piece</b> <b>of</b> rudeness <b>was</b> <b>more</b> <b>than</b> Alice <b>could</b> <b>bear</b>: <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>great</b> <b>disgust</b>, <b>and</b> <b>walked</b> <b>off</b>; <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>fell</b> <b>asleep</b> <b>instantly</b>, <b>and</b> <b>neither</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>others</b> <b>took</b> <b>the</b> <b>least</b> <b>notice</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>going</b>, <b>though</b> <b>she</b> <b>looked</b> <b>back</b> <b>once</b> <b>or</b> <b>twice</b>, <b>half</b> <b>hoping</b> <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>would</b> <b>call</b> <b>after</b> <b>her</b>: <b>the</b> <b>last</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>saw</b> <b>them</b>, <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>trying</b> <b>to</b> <b>put</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>into</b> <b>the</b> teapot.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>At</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>never</b> <b>go</b> THERE <b>again</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>picked</b> <b>her</b> <b>way</b> <b>through</b> <b>the</b> <b>wood</b>. <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> stupidest <b>tea</b>-<b>party</b> <b>I</b> <b>ever</b> <b>was</b> <b>at</b> <b>in</b> <b>all</b> <b>my</b> <b>life</b>!<21><br>
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<b>Just</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b>, <b>she</b> <b>noticed</b> <b>that</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>door</b> <b>leading</b> <b>right</b> <b>into</b> <b>it</b>. <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b>!<21> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>. <20><b>But</b> <b>everything</b>'<b>s</b> <b>curious</b> <b>today</b>. <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>may</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>go</b> <b>in</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>in</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b>.<br>
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<b>Once</b> <b>more</b> <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>long</b> <b>hall</b>, <b>and</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>glass</b> <b>table</b>. <20><b>Now</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>manage</b> <b>better</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>by</b> <b>taking</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>golden</b> <b>key</b>, <b>and</b> unlocking <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>that</b> <b>led</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>. <b>Then</b> <b>she</b> <b>wet</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>nibbling</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> mushroom (<b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>kept</b> <b>a</b> <b>piece</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>pocked</b>) <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>about</b> <b>a</b> <b>foot</b> <b>high</b>: <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>walked</b> <b>down</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> <b>passage</b>: <b>and</b> THEN<45><b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>beautiful</b> <b>garden</b>, <b>among</b> <b>the</b> <b>bright</b> <b>flower</b>-<b>beds</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>cool</b> <b>fountains</b>.<br>
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<b>THE</b> QUEEN'<b>S</b> CROQUET-GROUND<br>
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<b>A</b> <b>large</b> <b>rose</b>-<b>tree</b> <b>stood</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>entrance</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>: <b>the</b> roses <b>growing</b> <b>on</b> <b>it</b> <b>were</b> <b>white</b>, <b>but</b> <b>there</b> <b>were</b> <b>three</b> gardeners <b>at</b> <b>it</b>, <b>busily</b> painting <b>them</b> <b>red</b>. Alice <b>thought</b> <b>this</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b> <b>thing</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>nearer</b> <b>to</b> <b>watch</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>say</b>, <20><b>Look</b> <b>out</b> <b>now</b>, <b>Five</b>! <b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>go</b> <b>splashing</b> paint <b>over</b> <b>me</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>help</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>Five</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> sulky <b>tone</b>; <20><b>Seven</b> <b>jogged</b> <b>my</b> elbow.<2E><br>
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<b>On</b> <b>which</b> <b>Seven</b> <b>looked</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>right</b>, <b>Five</b>! <b>Always</b> <b>lay</b> <b>the</b> <b>blame</b> <b>on</b> <b>others</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>YOU'<b>D</b> <b>better</b> <b>not</b> <b>talk</b>!'<b>said</b> <b>Five</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>heard</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>say</b> <b>only</b> <b>yesterday</b> <b>you</b> deserved <b>to</b> <b>be</b> beheaded!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>for</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>one</b> <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>spoken</b> <b>first</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>none</b> <b>of</b> YOUR <b>business</b>, <b>Two</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>Seven</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>it</b> <b>IS</b> <b>his</b> <b>business</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>Five</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>tell</b> <b>him</b><EFBFBD><b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>for</b> <b>bringing</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b> tulip-<b>roots</b> <b>instead</b> <b>of</b> onions.<2E><br>
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<b>Seven</b> <b>flung</b> <b>down</b> <b>his</b> <b>brush</b>, <b>and</b> <b>had</b> <b>just</b> <b>begun</b> <20><b>Well</b>, <b>of</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> unjust <b>things</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>when</b> <b>his</b> <b>eye</b> <b>chanced</b> <b>to</b> <b>fall</b> <b>upon</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>stood</b> <b>watching</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>checked</b> <b>himself</b> <b>suddenly</b>: <b>the</b> <b>others</b> <b>looked</b> <b>round</b> <b>also</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>bowed</b> <b>low</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Would</b> <b>you</b> <b>tell</b> <b>me</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>a</b> <b>little</b> timidly, <20><b>why</b> <b>you</b> <b>are</b> painting <b>those</b> roses?<3F><br>
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<b>Five</b> <b>and</b> <b>Seven</b> <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>, <b>but</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>Two</b>. <b>Two</b> <b>began</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>Why</b> <b>the</b> <b>fact</b> <b>is</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>Miss</b>, <b>this</b> <b>here</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>a</b> RED <b>rose</b>-<b>tree</b>, <b>and</b> <b>we</b> <b>put</b> <b>a</b> <b>white</b> <b>one</b> <b>in</b> <b>by</b> <b>mistake</b>; <b>and</b> <b>if</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>was</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b>, <b>we</b> <b>should</b> <b>all</b> <b>have</b> <b>our</b> <b>heads</b> <b>cut</b> <b>off</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>So</b> <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>Miss</b>, <b>we</b>'<b>re</b> <b>doing</b> <b>our</b> <b>best</b>, afore <b>she</b> <b>comes</b>, <b>to</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>At</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b> <b>Five</b>, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>looking</b> <b>across</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>, <b>called</b> <b>out</b> <20><b>The</b> <b>Queen</b>! <b>The</b> <b>Queen</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> gardeners <b>instantly</b> <b>threw</b> <b>themselves</b> <b>flat</b> <b>upon</b> <b>their</b> <b>faces</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>sound</b> <b>of</b> <b>many</b> <b>footsteps</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>looked</b> <b>round</b>, <b>eager</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<b>First</b> <b>came</b> <b>ten</b> soldiers <b>carrying</b> clubs; <b>these</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>shaped</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> gardeners, <b>oblong</b> <b>and</b> <b>flat</b>, <b>with</b> <b>their</b> <b>hands</b> <b>and</b> <b>feet</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>corners</b>: <b>next</b> <b>the</b> <b>ten</b> courtiers; <b>these</b> <b>were</b> ornamented <b>all</b> <b>over</b> <b>with</b> <b>diamonds</b>, <b>and</b> <b>walked</b> <b>two</b> <b>and</b> <b>two</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> soldiers <b>did</b>. <b>After</b> <b>these</b> <b>came</b> <b>the</b> royal <b>children</b>; <b>there</b> <b>were</b> <b>ten</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>little</b> dears <b>came</b> <b>jumping</b> <b>merrily</b> <b>along</b> <b>hand</b> <b>in</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>in</b> couples: <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> ornamented <b>with</b> <b>hearts</b>. <b>Next</b> <b>came</b> <b>the</b> <b>guests</b>, <b>mostly</b> <b>Kings</b> <b>and</b> Queens, <b>and</b> <b>among</b> <b>them</b> Alice recognised <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit: <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>talking</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hurried</b> nervous <b>manner</b>, <b>smiling</b> <b>at</b> <b>everything</b> <b>that</b> <b>was</b> <b>said</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>by</b> <b>without</b> <b>noticing</b> <b>her</b>. <b>Then</b> <b>followed</b> <b>the</b> Knave <b>of</b> Hearts, <b>carrying</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>'<b>s</b> <b>crown</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> crimson velvet cushion; <b>and</b>, <b>last</b> <b>of</b> <b>all</b> <b>this</b> grand procession, <b>came</b> <b>THE</b> KING AND QUEEN <b>OF</b> HEARTS.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>rather</b> <b>doubtful</b> <b>whether</b> <b>she</b> <b>ought</b> <b>not</b> <b>to</b> <b>lie</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> gardeners, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>remember</b> <b>every</b> <b>having</b> <b>heard</b> <b>of</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>rule</b> <b>at</b> processions; <20><b>and</b> <b>besides</b>, <b>what</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>the</b> <b>use</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> procession,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>she</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>people</b> <b>had</b> <b>all</b> <b>to</b> <b>lie</b> <b>down</b> <b>upon</b> <b>their</b> <b>faces</b>, <b>so</b> <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>stood</b> <b>still</b> <b>where</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b>, <b>and</b> <b>waited</b>.<br>
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<b>When</b> <b>the</b> procession <b>came</b> <b>opposite</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>stopped</b> <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>said</b> severely <20><b>Who</b> <b>is</b> <b>this</b>?<3F> <b>She</b> <b>said</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Knave <b>of</b> Hearts, <b>who</b> <b>only</b> <b>bowed</b> <b>and</b> <b>smiled</b> <b>in</b> <b>reply</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Idiot!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>tossing</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>impatiently</b>; <b>and</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>What</b>'<b>s</b> <b>your</b> <b>name</b>, <b>child</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>My</b> <b>name</b> <b>is</b> Alice, <b>so</b> <b>please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>very</b> <b>politely</b>; <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>added</b>, <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>Why</b>, <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>only</b> <b>a</b> <b>pack</b> <b>of</b> cards, <b>after</b> <b>all</b>. <b>I</b> <b>needn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>who</b> <b>are</b> THESE?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>pointing</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> gardeners <b>who</b> <b>were</b> <b>lying</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> rosetree; <b>for</b>, <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>lying</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> <b>faces</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>pattern</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> <b>backs</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>pack</b>, <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>tell</b> <b>whether</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> gardeners, <b>or</b> soldiers, <b>or</b> courtiers, <b>or</b> <b>three</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>own</b> <b>children</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>should</b> <b>I</b> <b>know</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>surprised</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>own</b> <b>courage</b>. <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>business</b> <b>of</b> MINE.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>turned</b> crimson <b>with</b> <b>fury</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>after</b> glaring <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>wild</b> <b>beast</b>, <b>screamed</b> <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>! <b>Off</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nonsense</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>very</b> <b>loudly</b> <b>and</b> decidedly, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>was</b> <b>silent</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>King</b> <b>laid</b> <b>his</b> <b>hand</b> <b>upon</b> <b>her</b> <b>arm</b>, <b>and</b> timidly <b>said</b> <20><b>Consider</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>: <b>she</b> <b>is</b> <b>only</b> <b>a</b> <b>child</b>!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>turned</b> <b>angrily</b> <b>away</b> <b>from</b> <b>him</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Knave <20><b>Turn</b> <b>them</b> <b>over</b>!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> Knave <b>did</b> <b>so</b>, <b>very</b> <b>carefully</b>, <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>foot</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Get</b> <b>up</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>shrill</b>, <b>loud</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>three</b> gardeners <b>instantly</b> <b>jumped</b> <b>up</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>bowing</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>the</b> royal <b>children</b>, <b>and</b> <b>everybody</b> <b>else</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Leave</b> <b>off</b> <b>that</b>!<21> <b>screamed</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>. <20><b>You</b> <b>make</b> <b>me</b> giddy.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>then</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>rose</b>-<b>tree</b>, <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>What</b> HAVE <b>you</b> <b>been</b> <b>doing</b> <b>here</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>May</b> <b>it</b> <b>please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>Two</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> humble <b>tone</b>, <b>going</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>one</b> knee <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>, <20><b>we</b> <b>were</b> <b>trying</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>see</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>meanwhile</b> <b>been</b> examining <b>the</b> roses. <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> procession <b>moved</b> <b>on</b>, <b>three</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> soldiers <b>remaining</b> <b>behind</b> <b>to</b> execute <b>the</b> <b>unfortunate</b> gardeners, <b>who</b> <b>ran</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>for</b> <b>protection</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>shan</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> beheaded!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>put</b> <b>them</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>flower</b>-<b>pot</b> <b>that</b> <b>stood</b> <b>near</b>. <b>The</b> <b>three</b> soldiers <b>wandered</b> <b>about</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>looking</b> <b>for</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>quietly</b> <b>marched</b> <b>off</b> <b>after</b> <b>the</b> <b>others</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Are</b> <b>their</b> <b>heads</b> <b>off</b>?<3F> <b>shouted</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Their</b> <b>heads</b> <b>are</b> <b>gone</b>, <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty!<21> <b>the</b> soldiers <b>shouted</b> <b>in</b> <b>reply</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>right</b>!<21> <b>shouted</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>. <20><b>Can</b> <b>you</b> <b>play</b> croquet?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> soldiers <b>were</b> <b>silent</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>question</b> <b>was</b> <b>evidently</b> <b>meant</b> <b>for</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>!<21> <b>shouted</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b> <b>on</b>, <b>then</b>!<21> <b>roared</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>joined</b> <b>the</b> procession, <b>wondering</b> <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>what</b> <b>would</b> <b>happen</b> <b>next</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b><EFBFBD><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>fine</b> <b>day</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>a</b> <b>timid</b> <b>voice</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>side</b>. <b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>walking</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>peeping</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>into</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Very</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><><b>where</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> Duchess?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Hush</b>! <b>Hush</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b>, <b>hurried</b> <b>tone</b>. <b>He</b> <b>looked</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>over</b> <b>his</b> <b>shoulder</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>raised</b> <b>himself</b> <b>upon</b> tiptoe, <b>put</b> <b>his</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>ear</b>, <b>and</b> <b>whispered</b> <20><b>She</b>'<b>s</b> <b>under</b> sentence <b>of</b> execution.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>for</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Did</b> <b>you</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>pity</b>!<21>?<3F> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>a</b> <b>pity</b>. <b>I</b> <b>said</b> <20><b>What</b> <b>for</b>?"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>She</b> boxed <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> <b>ears</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>began</b>. Alice <b>gave</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>scream</b> <b>of</b> <b>laughter</b>. <20><b>Oh</b>, <b>hush</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>whispered</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>tone</b>. <20><b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>will</b> <b>hear</b> <b>you</b>! <b>You</b> <b>see</b>, <b>she</b> <b>came</b> <b>rather</b> <b>late</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>said</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Get</b> <b>to</b> <b>your</b> <b>places</b>!<21> <b>shouted</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>voice</b> <b>of</b> <b>thunder</b>, <b>and</b> <b>people</b> <b>began</b> <b>running</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>all</b> <b>directions</b>, <b>tumbling</b> <b>up</b> <b>against</b> <b>each</b> <b>other</b>; <b>however</b>, <b>they</b> <b>got</b> <b>settled</b> <b>down</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b> <b>began</b>. Alice <b>thought</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>seen</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> croquet-<b>ground</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>life</b>; <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>all</b> <b>ridges</b> <b>and</b> furrows; <b>the</b> <b>balls</b> <b>were</b> <b>live</b> hedgehogs, <b>the</b> mallets <b>live</b> flamingoes, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> soldiers <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>double</b> <b>themselves</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>to</b> <b>stand</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> <b>hands</b> <b>and</b> <b>feet</b>, <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>the</b> <b>arches</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>chief</b> <b>difficulty</b> Alice <b>found</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> managing <b>her</b> flamingo: <b>she</b> <b>succeeded</b> <b>in</b> <b>getting</b> <b>its</b> <b>body</b> <b>tucked</b> <b>away</b>, <b>comfortably</b> <b>enough</b>, <b>under</b> <b>her</b> <b>arm</b>, <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>legs</b> <b>hanging</b> <b>down</b>, <b>but</b> <b>generally</b>, <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>got</b> <b>its</b> <b>neck</b> nicely <b>straightened</b> <b>out</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>give</b> <b>the</b> hedgehog <b>a</b> <b>blow</b> <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b>, <b>it</b> WOULD twist <b>itself</b> <b>round</b> <b>and</b> <b>look</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b>, <b>with</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>puzzled</b> <b>expression</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>help</b> bursting <b>out</b> <b>laughing</b>: <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>got</b> <b>its</b> <b>head</b> <b>down</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>again</b>, <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>very</b> provoking <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> hedgehog <b>had</b> unrolled <b>itself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> act <b>of</b> <b>crawling</b> <b>away</b>: <b>besides</b> <b>all</b> <b>this</b>, <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>generally</b> <b>a</b> <b>ridge</b> <b>or</b> furrow <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>wherever</b> <b>she</b> <b>wanted</b> <b>to</b> <b>send</b> <b>the</b> hedgehog <b>to</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>doubled</b>-<b>up</b> soldiers <b>were</b> <b>always</b> <b>getting</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>walking</b> <b>off</b> <b>to</b> <b>other</b> <b>parts</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>ground</b>, Alice <b>soon</b> <b>came</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>conclusion</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>difficult</b> <b>game</b> <b>indeed</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> players <b>all</b> <b>played</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>without</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>for</b> <b>turns</b>, <b>quarrelling</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>while</b>, <b>and</b> <b>fighting</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> hedgehogs; <b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>short</b> <b>time</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> furious <b>passion</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>stamping</b> <b>about</b>, <b>and</b> <b>shouting</b> <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>or</b> <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>about</b> <b>once</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>feel</b> <b>very</b> <b>uneasy</b>: <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>sure</b>, <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>as</b> <b>yet</b> <b>had</b> <b>any</b> dispute <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>knew</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>happen</b> <b>any</b> <b>minute</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> <b>she</b>, <20><b>what</b> <b>would</b> <b>become</b> <b>of</b> <b>me</b>? <b>They</b>'<b>re</b> <b>dreadfully</b> <b>fond</b> <b>of</b> beheading <b>people</b> <b>here</b>; <b>the</b> <b>great</b> <b>wonder</b> <b>is</b>, <b>that</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>any</b> <b>one</b> <b>left</b> <b>alive</b>!<21><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>looking</b> <b>about</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> <b>escape</b>, <b>and</b> <b>wondering</b> <b>whether</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>get</b> <b>away</b> <b>without</b> <b>being</b> <b>seen</b>, <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>noticed</b> <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> <b>appearance</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>: <b>it</b> <b>puzzled</b> <b>her</b> <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b>, <b>but</b>, <b>after</b> <b>watching</b> <b>it</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b>, <b>she</b> <b>made</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>grin</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> Cheshire Cat: <b>now</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>have</b> <b>somebody</b> <b>to</b> <b>talk</b> <b>to</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>are</b> <b>you</b> <b>getting</b> <b>on</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat, <b>as</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>enough</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b> <b>with</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>waited</b> <b>till</b> <b>the</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>appeared</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>nodded</b>. <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>speaking</b> <b>to</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>, <20><b>till</b> <b>its</b> <b>ears</b> <b>have</b> <b>come</b>, <b>or</b> <b>at</b> <b>least</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>.<2E> <b>In</b> <b>another</b> <b>minute</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>head</b> <b>appeared</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> Alice <b>put</b> <b>down</b> <b>her</b> flamingo, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>an</b> <b>account</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b>, <b>feeling</b> <b>very</b> <b>glad</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>someone</b> <b>to</b> <b>listen</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>. <b>The</b> Cat <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b> <b>that</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>enough</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>now</b> <b>in</b> <b>sight</b>, <b>and</b> <b>no</b> <b>more</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>appeared</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b> <b>they</b> <b>play</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>fairly</b>,<2C> Alice <b>began</b>, <b>in</b> <b>rather</b> <b>a</b> complaining <b>tone</b>,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>quarrel</b> <b>so</b> <b>dreadfully</b> <b>one</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>hear</b> oneself <b>speak</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>any</b> <b>rules</b> <b>in</b> <b>particular</b>; <b>at</b> <b>least</b>, <b>if</b> <b>there</b> <b>are</b>, <b>nobody</b> attends <b>to</b> <b>them</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>no</b> <b>idea</b> <b>how</b> confusing <b>it</b> <b>is</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>things</b> <b>being</b> <b>alive</b>; <b>for</b> <b>instance</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>arch</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>through</b> <b>next</b> <b>walking</b> <b>about</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>ground</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>have</b> croqueted <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> hedgehog <b>just</b> <b>now</b>, <b>only</b> <b>it</b> <b>ran</b> <b>away</b> <b>when</b> <b>it</b> <b>saw</b> <b>mine</b> <b>coming</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Cat <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>voice</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><b>she</b>'<b>s</b> <b>so</b> <b>extremely</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>Just</b> <b>then</b> <b>she</b> <b>noticed</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>was</b> <b>close</b> <b>behind</b> <b>her</b>, <b>listening</b>: <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><><b>likely</b> <b>to</b> <b>win</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>worth</b> <b>while</b> <b>finishing</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>smiled</b> <b>and</b> <b>passed</b> <b>on</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Who</b> ARE <b>you</b> <b>talking</b> <b>to</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>going</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Cat'<b>s</b> <b>head</b> <b>with</b> <b>great</b> <b>curiosity</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>friend</b> <b>of</b> <b>mine</b><EFBFBD><b>a</b> Cheshire Cat,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><b>allow</b> <b>me</b> <b>to</b> introduce <b>it</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>look</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>: <20><b>however</b>, <b>it</b> <b>may</b> kiss <b>my</b> <b>hand</b> <b>if</b> <b>it</b> <b>likes</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>rather</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Cat remarked.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> impertinent,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>me</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>!<21> <b>He</b> <b>got</b> <b>behind</b> Alice <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> <b>cat</b> <b>may</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>a</b> <b>king</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>read</b> <b>that</b> <b>in</b> <b>some</b> <b>book</b>, <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>remember</b> <b>where</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>it</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>removed</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>very</b> decidedly, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>called</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>passing</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>moment</b>, <20><b>My</b> <b>dear</b>! <b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>you</b> <b>would</b> <b>have</b> <b>this</b> <b>cat</b> <b>removed</b>!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>had</b> <b>only</b> <b>one</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> <b>settling</b> <b>all</b> <b>difficulties</b>, <b>great</b> <b>or</b> <b>small</b>. <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <b>without</b> <b>even</b> <b>looking</b> <b>round</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>fetch</b> <b>the</b> executioner <b>myself</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>eagerly</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>off</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>thought</b> <b>she</b> <b>might</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>go</b> <b>back</b>, <b>and</b> <b>see</b> <b>how</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>on</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> <b>voice</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>, <b>screaming</b> <b>with</b> <b>passion</b>. <b>She</b> <b>had</b> <b>already</b> <b>heard</b> <b>her</b> sentence <b>three</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> players <b>to</b> <b>be</b> executed <b>for</b> <b>having</b> <b>missed</b> <b>their</b> <b>turns</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>look</b> <b>of</b> <b>things</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>, <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b> <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>such</b> <b>confusion</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>never</b> <b>knew</b> <b>whether</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>her</b> <b>turn</b> <b>or</b> <b>not</b>. <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>in</b> <b>search</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> hedgehog.<br>
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<b>The</b> hedgehog <b>was</b> engaged <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>fight</b> <b>with</b> <b>another</b> hedgehog, <b>which</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> Alice <b>an</b> <b>excellent</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>for</b> croqueting <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>: <b>the</b> <b>only</b> <b>difficulty</b> <b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>her</b> flamingo <b>was</b> <b>gone</b> <b>across</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>garden</b>, <b>where</b> Alice <b>could</b> <b>see</b> <b>it</b> <b>trying</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>helpless</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>way</b> <b>to</b> <b>fly</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>tree</b>.<br>
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<b>By</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>caught</b> <b>the</b> flamingo <b>and</b> <b>brought</b> <b>it</b> <b>back</b>, <b>the</b> <b>fight</b> <b>was</b> <b>over</b>, <b>and</b> <b>both</b> <b>the</b> hedgehogs <b>were</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>: <20><b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>matter</b> <b>much</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>as</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>arches</b> <b>are</b> <b>gone</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>ground</b>.<2E> <b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>tucked</b> <b>it</b> <b>away</b> <b>under</b> <b>her</b> <b>arm</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>not</b> <b>escape</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>back</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>more</b> <b>conversation</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>friend</b>.<br>
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<b>When</b> <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Cheshire Cat, <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>surprised</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>crowd</b> <b>collected</b> <b>round</b> <b>it</b>: <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> dispute <b>going</b> <b>on</b> <b>between</b> <b>the</b> executioner, <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>who</b> <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>talking</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>, <b>while</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>were</b> <b>quite</b> <b>silent</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>very</b> <b>uncomfortable</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>moment</b> Alice <b>appeared</b>, <b>she</b> <b>was</b> appealed <b>to</b> <b>by</b> <b>all</b> <b>three</b> <b>to</b> <b>settle</b> <b>the</b> <b>question</b>, <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>repeated</b> <b>their</b> arguments <b>to</b> <b>her</b>, <b>though</b>, <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>all</b> <b>spoke</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>, <b>she</b> <b>found</b> <b>it</b> <b>very</b> <b>hard</b> <b>indeed</b> <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>exactly</b> <b>what</b> <b>they</b> <b>said</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> executioner'<b>s</b> <b>argument</b> <b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>cut</b> <b>off</b> <b>a</b> <b>head</b> <b>unless</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>body</b> <b>to</b> <b>cut</b> <b>it</b> <b>off</b> <b>from</b>: <b>that</b> <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>thing</b> <b>before</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>going</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>at</b> HIS <b>time</b> <b>of</b> <b>life</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>King</b>'<b>s</b> <b>argument</b> <b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>anything</b> <b>that</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>head</b> <b>could</b> <b>be</b> beheaded, <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>weren</b>'<b>t</b> <b>to</b> <b>talk</b> <b>nonsense</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> <b>argument</b> <b>was</b>, <b>that</b> <b>if</b> <b>something</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>done</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>less</b> <b>than</b> <b>no</b> <b>time</b> <b>she</b>'<b>d</b> <b>have</b> <b>everybody</b> executed, <b>all</b> <b>round</b>. (<b>It</b> <b>was</b> <b>this</b> <b>last</b> <b>remark</b> <b>that</b> <b>had</b> <b>made</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>party</b> <b>look</b> <b>so</b> <b>grave</b> <b>and</b> <b>anxious</b>.)<br>
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Alice <b>could</b> <b>think</b> <b>of</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>else</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>but</b> <20><b>It</b> <b>belongs</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Duchess: <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>better</b> <b>ask</b> HER <b>about</b> <b>it</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>She</b>'<b>s</b> <b>in</b> <b>prison</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> executioner: <20><b>fetch</b> <b>her</b> <b>here</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>the</b> executioner <b>went</b> <b>off</b> <b>like</b> <b>an</b> <b>arrow</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Cat'<b>s</b> <b>head</b> <b>began</b> <b>fading</b> <b>away</b> <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>he</b> <b>was</b> <b>gone</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>disappeared</b>; <b>so</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> executioner <b>ran</b> <b>wildly</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>down</b> <b>looking</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b>, <b>while</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>party</b> <b>went</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b>.<br>
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<b>THE</b> MOCK TURTLE'<b>S</b> STORY<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b> <b>glad</b> <b>I</b> <b>am</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>you</b> <b>again</b>, <b>you</b> <b>dear</b> <b>old</b> <b>thing</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>tucked</b> <b>her</b> <b>arm</b> affectionately <b>into</b> Alice'<b>s</b>, <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>walked</b> <b>off</b> <b>together</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>glad</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>her</b> <b>in</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>pleasant</b> <b>temper</b>, <b>and</b> <b>thought</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b> <b>that</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>only</b> <b>the</b> pepper <b>that</b> <b>had</b> <b>made</b> <b>her</b> <b>so</b> savage <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>met</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>kitchen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>When</b> <b>I</b>'<b>M</b> <b>a</b> Duchess,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, (<b>not</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>hopeful</b> <b>tone</b> <b>though</b>), <20><b>I</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>any</b> pepper <b>in</b> <b>my</b> <b>kitchen</b> <b>AT</b> ALL. Soup <b>does</b> <b>very</b> <b>well</b> <b>without</b><EFBFBD><b>Maybe</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>always</b> pepper <b>that</b> <b>makes</b> <b>people</b> <b>hot</b>-<b>tempered</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>pleased</b> <b>at</b> <b>having</b> <b>found</b> <b>out</b> <b>a</b> <b>new</b> <b>kind</b> <b>of</b> <b>rule</b>, <20><b>and</b> vinegar <b>that</b> <b>makes</b> <b>them</b> <b>sour</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> camomile <b>that</b> <b>makes</b> <b>them</b> <b>bitter</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> barley-sugar <b>and</b> <b>such</b> <b>things</b> <b>that</b> <b>make</b> <b>children</b> <b>sweet</b>-<b>tempered</b>. <b>I</b> <b>only</b> <b>wish</b> <b>people</b> <b>knew</b> <b>that</b>: <b>then</b> <b>they</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>so</b> stingy <b>about</b> <b>it</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>She</b> <b>had</b> <b>quite</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>startled</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>heard</b> <b>her</b> <b>voice</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>ear</b>. <20><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>about</b> <b>something</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>, <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>makes</b> <b>you</b> <b>forget</b> <b>to</b> <b>talk</b>. <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>just</b> <b>now</b> <b>what</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b>, <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>shall</b> <b>remember</b> <b>it</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Perhaps</b> <b>it</b> <b>hasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>one</b>,<2C> Alice ventured <b>to</b> <b>remark</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Tut, tut, <b>child</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess. <20><b>Everything</b>'<b>s</b> <b>got</b> <b>a</b> moral, <b>if</b> <b>only</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b> <b>find</b> <b>it</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>she</b> <b>squeezed</b> <b>herself</b> <b>up</b> <b>closer</b> <b>to</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>side</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>much</b> <b>like</b> <b>keeping</b> <b>so</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>: <b>first</b>, <b>because</b> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>was</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>ugly</b>; <b>and</b> secondly, <b>because</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>exactly</b> <b>the</b> <b>right</b> <b>height</b> <b>to</b> <b>rest</b> <b>her</b> <b>chin</b> <b>upon</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>shoulder</b>, <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>an</b> <b>uncomfortably</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>chin</b>. <b>However</b>, <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> rude, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>bore</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>game</b>'<b>s</b> <b>going</b> <b>on</b> <b>rather</b> <b>better</b> <b>now</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b>, <b>by</b> <b>way</b> <b>of</b> <b>keeping</b> <b>up</b> <b>the</b> <b>conversation</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>'Tis <b>so</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess: <20><b>and</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD>"<b>Oh</b>, '<b>tis</b> <b>love</b>, '<b>tis</b> <b>love</b>, <b>that</b> <b>makes</b> <b>the</b> <b>world</b> <b>go</b> <b>round</b>!"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD>Somebody <b>said</b>,<2C> Alice <b>whispered</b>, <20><b>that</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>done</b> <b>by</b> <b>everybody</b> <b>minding</b> <b>their</b> <b>own</b> <b>business</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Ah</b>, <b>well</b>! <b>It</b> <b>means</b> <b>much</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>thing</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <b>digging</b> <b>her</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>little</b> <b>chin</b> <b>into</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>shoulder</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>added</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> THAT <b>is</b><EFBFBD>"<b>Take</b> <b>care</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>sense</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>sounds</b> <b>will</b> <b>take</b> <b>care</b> <b>of</b> <b>themselves</b>."<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>fond</b> <b>she</b> <b>is</b> <b>of</b> <b>finding</b> morals <b>in</b> <b>things</b>!<21> Alice <b>thought</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>dare</b> <b>say</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>wondering</b> <b>why</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>put</b> <b>my</b> <b>arm</b> <b>round</b> <b>your</b> <b>waist</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>said</b> <b>after</b> <b>a</b> <b>pause</b>: <20><b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>is</b>, <b>that</b> <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>doubtful</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>temper</b> <b>of</b> <b>your</b> flamingo. <b>Shall</b> <b>I</b> <b>try</b> <b>the</b> experiment?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD>HE <b>might</b> <b>bite</b>,<2C> Alice <b>cautiously</b> <b>replied</b>, <b>not</b> <b>feeling</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>anxious</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>the</b> experiment <b>tried</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Very</b> <b>true</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess: <20>flamingoes <b>and</b> mustard <b>both</b> <b>bite</b>. <b>And</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD>"<b>Birds</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>feather</b> <b>flock</b> <b>together</b>."<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Only</b> mustard <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>a</b> <b>bird</b>,<2C> Alice remarked.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Right</b>, <b>as</b> <b>usual</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess: <20><b>what</b> <b>a</b> <b>clear</b> <b>way</b> <b>you</b> <b>have</b> <b>of</b> <b>putting</b> <b>things</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> mineral, <b>I</b> THINK,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <b>who</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>agree</b> <b>to</b> <b>everything</b> <b>that</b> Alice <b>said</b>; <20><b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> mustard-<b>mine</b> <b>near</b> <b>here</b>. <b>And</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD>"<b>The</b> <b>more</b> <b>there</b> <b>is</b> <b>of</b> <b>mine</b>, <b>the</b> <b>less</b> <b>there</b> <b>is</b> <b>of</b> <b>yours</b>."<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b> <b>know</b>!<21> <b>exclaimed</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> attended <b>to</b> <b>this</b> <b>last</b> <b>remark</b>, <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> vegetable. <b>It</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>look</b> <b>like</b> <b>one</b>, <b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>quite</b> <b>agree</b> <b>with</b> <b>you</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess; <20><b>and</b> <b>the</b> moral <b>of</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD>"<b>Be</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>would</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b>"<22><b>or</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>like</b> <b>it</b> <b>put</b> <b>more</b> <b>simply</b><EFBFBD>"<b>Never</b> <b>imagine</b> <b>yourself</b> <b>not</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>otherwise</b> <b>than</b> <b>what</b> <b>it</b> <b>might</b> <b>appear</b> <b>to</b> <b>others</b> <b>that</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> <b>or</b> <b>might</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>was</b> <b>not</b> <b>otherwise</b> <b>than</b> <b>what</b> <b>you</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>would</b> <b>have</b> <b>appeared</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>otherwise</b>."<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>understand</b> <b>that</b> <b>better</b>,<2C> Alice <b>said</b> <b>very</b> <b>politely</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>had</b> <b>it</b> <b>written</b> <b>down</b>: <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>quite</b> <b>follow</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>say</b> <b>it</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>to</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>say</b> <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>chose</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>replied</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>pleased</b> <b>tone</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Pray</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>trouble</b> <b>yourself</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>it</b> <b>any</b> <b>longer</b> <b>than</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b> <b>about</b> <b>trouble</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess. <20><b>I</b> <b>make</b> <b>you</b> <b>a</b> <b>present</b> <b>of</b> <b>everything</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>said</b> <b>as</b> <b>yet</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> cheap <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>present</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>glad</b> <b>they</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>give</b> <b>birthday</b> <b>presents</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b>!<21> <b>But</b> <b>she</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>venture</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b> <b>loud</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Thinking <b>again</b>?<3F> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>asked</b>, <b>with</b> <b>another</b> <b>dig</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>sharp</b> <b>little</b> <b>chin</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>a</b> <b>right</b> <b>to</b> <b>think</b><EFBFBD> <b>said</b> Alice <b>sharply</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>feel</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>worried</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Just</b> <b>about</b> <b>as</b> <b>much</b> <b>right</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Duchess, <20><b>as</b> pigs <b>have</b> <b>to</b> <b>fly</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>m</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<b>But</b> <b>here</b>, <b>to</b> Alice'<b>s</b> <b>great</b> <b>surprise</b>, <b>the</b> Duchess'<b>s</b> <b>voice</b> <b>died</b> <b>away</b>, <b>even</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>middle</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>favourite</b> <b>word</b> <20>moral,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>arm</b> <b>that</b> <b>was</b> linked <b>into</b> <b>hers</b> <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>tremble</b>. Alice <b>looked</b> <b>up</b>, <b>and</b> <b>there</b> <b>stood</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>in</b> <b>front</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b>, <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>arms</b> <b>folded</b>, <b>frowning</b> <b>like</b> <b>a</b> <b>thunderstorm</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>A</b> <b>fine</b> <b>day</b>, <b>your</b> Majesty!<21> <b>the</b> Duchess <b>began</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b>, <b>weak</b> <b>voice</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Now</b>, <b>I</b> <b>give</b> <b>you</b> <b>fair</b> <b>warning</b>,<2C> <b>shouted</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>stamping</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>ground</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b>; <20><b>either</b> <b>you</b> <b>or</b> <b>your</b> <b>head</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>off</b>, <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>in</b> <b>about</b> <b>half</b> <b>no</b> <b>time</b>! <b>Take</b> <b>your</b> <b>choice</b>!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> Duchess <b>took</b> <b>her</b> <b>choice</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>gone</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Let</b>'<b>s</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> Alice; <b>and</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>too</b> <b>much</b> <b>frightened</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>a</b> <b>word</b>, <b>but</b> <b>slowly</b> <b>followed</b> <b>her</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> croquet-<b>ground</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>other</b> <b>guests</b> <b>had</b> <b>taken</b> <b>advantage</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> <b>absence</b>, <b>and</b> <b>were</b> <b>resting</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>shade</b>: <b>however</b>, <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>they</b> <b>saw</b> <b>her</b>, <b>they</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>game</b>, <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>merely</b> remarking <b>that</b> <b>a</b> <b>moment</b>'<b>s</b> <b>delay</b> <b>would</b> <b>cost</b> <b>them</b> <b>their</b> <b>lives</b>.<br>
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<b>All</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>playing</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>never</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b> <b>quarrelling</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> players, <b>and</b> <b>shouting</b> <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>or</b> <20><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>Those</b> <b>whom</b> <b>she</b> sentenced <b>were</b> <b>taken</b> <b>into</b> custody <b>by</b> <b>the</b> soldiers, <b>who</b> <b>of</b> <b>course</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>leave</b> <b>off</b> <b>being</b> <b>arches</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>this</b>, <b>so</b> <b>that</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>half</b> <b>an</b> <b>hour</b> <b>or</b> <b>so</b> <b>there</b> <b>were</b> <b>no</b> <b>arches</b> <b>left</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> players, <b>except</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>and</b> Alice, <b>were</b> <b>in</b> custody <b>and</b> <b>under</b> sentence <b>of</b> execution.<br>
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<b>Then</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b>, <b>quite</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>breath</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <20><b>Have</b> <b>you</b> <b>seen</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>yet</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>even</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>a</b> Mock Turtle <b>is</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>thing</b> Mock Turtle Soup <b>is</b> <b>made</b> <b>from</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>saw</b> <b>one</b>, <b>or</b> <b>heard</b> <b>of</b> <b>one</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b> <b>on</b>, <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>shall</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>his</b> <b>history</b>,<2C><br>
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<b>As</b> <b>they</b> <b>walked</b> <b>off</b> <b>together</b>, Alice <b>heard</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>say</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>company</b> <b>generally</b>, <20><b>You</b> <b>are</b> <b>all</b> pardoned.<2E> <20><b>Come</b>, THAT'<b>S</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>thing</b>!<21> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>felt</b> <b>quite</b> <b>unhappy</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>number</b> <b>of</b> executions <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>had</b> <b>ordered</b>.<br>
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<b>They</b> <b>very</b> <b>soon</b> <b>came</b> <b>upon</b> <b>a</b> Gryphon, <b>lying</b> <b>fast</b> <b>asleep</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sun</b>. (IF <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>a</b> Gryphon <b>is</b>, <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>picture</b>.) <20><b>Up</b>, lazy <b>thing</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>take</b> <b>this</b> <b>young</b> <b>lady</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <b>and</b> <b>to</b> <b>hear</b> <b>his</b> <b>history</b>. <b>I</b> <b>must</b> <b>go</b> <b>back</b> <b>and</b> <b>see</b> <b>after</b> <b>some</b> executions <b>I</b> <b>have</b> <b>ordered</b>'; <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>walked</b> <b>off</b>, <b>leaving</b> Alice <b>alone</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>quite</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> <b>look</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>creature</b>, <b>but</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>quite</b> <b>as</b> <b>safe</b> <b>to</b> <b>stay</b> <b>with</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>to</b> <b>go</b> <b>after</b> <b>that</b> savage <b>Queen</b>: <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>waited</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> Gryphon <b>sat</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>rubbed</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyes</b>: <b>then</b> <b>it</b> <b>watched</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>: <b>then</b> <b>it</b> <b>chuckled</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>fun</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>half</b> <b>to</b> <b>itself</b>, <b>half</b> <b>to</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>IS</b> <b>the</b> <b>fun</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>, SHE,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>her</b> <b>fancy</b>, <b>that</b>: <b>they</b> <b>never</b> executes <b>nobody</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Come</b> <b>on</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Everybody <b>says</b> <20><b>come</b> <b>on</b>!<21> <b>here</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>slowly</b> <b>after</b> <b>it</b>: <20><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>ordered</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>all</b> <b>my</b> <b>life</b>, <b>never</b>!<21><br>
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<b>They</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>gone</b> <b>far</b> <b>before</b> <b>they</b> <b>saw</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>, <b>sitting</b> <b>sad</b> <b>and</b> <b>lonely</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> ledge <b>of</b> <b>rock</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>as</b> <b>they</b> <b>came</b> <b>nearer</b>, Alice <b>could</b> <b>hear</b> <b>him</b> <b>sighing</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>his</b> <b>heart</b> <b>would</b> <b>break</b>. <b>She</b> pitied <b>him</b> <b>deeply</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>is</b> <b>his</b> <b>sorrow</b>?<3F> <b>she</b> <b>asked</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>answered</b>, <b>very</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>same</b> <b>words</b> <b>as</b> <b>before</b>, <20><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>his</b> <b>fancy</b>, <b>that</b>: <b>he</b> <b>hasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>got</b> <b>no</b> <b>sorrow</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Come</b> <b>on</b>!<21><br>
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<b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>went</b> <b>up</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <b>who</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>them</b> <b>with</b> <b>large</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>full</b> <b>of</b> <b>tears</b>, <b>but</b> <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>This</b> <b>here</b> <b>young</b> <b>lady</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <20><b>she</b> <b>wants</b> <b>for</b> <b>to</b> <b>know</b> <b>your</b> <b>history</b>, <b>she</b> <b>do</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>tell</b> <b>it</b> <b>her</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>deep</b>, <b>hollow</b> <b>tone</b>: <20><b>sit</b> <b>down</b>, <b>both</b> <b>of</b> <b>you</b>, <b>and</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>speak</b> <b>a</b> <b>word</b> <b>till</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>finished</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b>, <b>and</b> <b>nobody</b> <b>spoke</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>minutes</b>. Alice <b>thought</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>see</b> <b>how</b> <b>he</b> <b>can</b> EVEN <b>finish</b>, <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>begin</b>.<2E> <b>But</b> <b>she</b> <b>waited</b> <b>patiently</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Once</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>at</b> <b>last</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>deep</b> <b>sigh</b>, <20><b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>real</b> Turtle.<2E><br>
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<b>These</b> <b>words</b> <b>were</b> <b>followed</b> <b>by</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>long</b> <b>silence</b>, <b>broken</b> <b>only</b> <b>by</b> <b>an</b> <b>occasional</b> <b>exclamation</b> <b>of</b> <20>Hjckrrh!<21> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>constant</b> <b>heavy</b> sobbing <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle. Alice <b>was</b> <b>very</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>getting</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>saying</b>, <20><b>Thank</b> <b>you</b>, <b>sir</b>, <b>for</b> <b>your</b> <b>interesting</b> <b>story</b>,<2C> <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>help</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>there</b> MUST <b>be</b> <b>more</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>sat</b> <b>still</b> <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>When</b> <b>we</b> <b>were</b> <b>little</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>, <b>more</b> <b>calmly</b>, <b>though</b> <b>still</b> sobbing <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b>, <20><b>we</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>school</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>. <b>The</b> <b>master</b> <b>was</b> <b>an</b> <b>old</b> Turtle<6C><b>we</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>call</b> <b>him</b> Tortoise<73><65><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b> <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>call</b> <b>him</b> Tortoise, <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>one</b>?<3F> Alice <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>We</b> <b>called</b> <b>him</b> Tortoise <b>because</b> <b>he</b> <b>taught</b> <b>us</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>angrily</b>: <20><b>really</b> <b>you</b> <b>are</b> <b>very</b> <b>dull</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> ashamed <b>of</b> <b>yourself</b> <b>for</b> <b>asking</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>simple</b> <b>question</b>,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon; <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>they</b> <b>both</b> <b>sat</b> <b>silent</b> <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>poor</b> Alice, <b>who</b> <b>felt</b> <b>ready</b> <b>to</b> <b>sink</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>earth</b>. <b>At</b> <b>last</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <20>Drive <b>on</b>, <b>old</b> <b>fellow</b>! <b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>all</b> <b>day</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>these</b> <b>words</b>:<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>we</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>school</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>, <b>though</b> <b>you</b> mayn'<b>t</b> <b>believe</b> <b>it</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>said</b> <b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b>!<21> <b>interrupted</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>did</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Hold</b> <b>your</b> <b>tongue</b>!<21> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>before</b> Alice <b>could</b> <b>speak</b> <b>again</b>. <b>The</b> Mock Turtle <b>went</b> <b>on</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>We</b> <b>had</b> <b>the</b> <b>best</b> <b>of</b> educations<6E><b>in</b> <b>fact</b>, <b>we</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>school</b> <b>every</b> <b>day</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'VE <b>been</b> <b>to</b> <b>a</b> <b>day</b>-<b>school</b>, <b>too</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>you</b> <b>needn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> <b>so</b> <b>proud</b> <b>as</b> <b>all</b> <b>that</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>With</b> extras?<3F> <b>asked</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>anxiously</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>we</b> <b>learned</b> French <b>and</b> <b>music</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>washing</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Certainly</b> <b>not</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice indignantly.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Ah</b>! <b>then</b> <b>yours</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>a</b> <b>really</b> <b>good</b> <b>school</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>great</b> <b>relief</b>. <20><b>Now</b> <b>at</b> OURS <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> bill, <20>French, <b>music</b>, AND WASHING<4E><b>extra</b>."<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>wanted</b> <b>it</b> <b>much</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice; <20><b>living</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>bottom</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>afford</b> <b>to</b> <b>learn</b> <b>it</b>.<2E> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>sigh</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>only</b> <b>took</b> <b>the</b> <b>regular</b> <b>course</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>was</b> <b>that</b>?<3F> inquired Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Reeling <b>and</b> Writhing, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>, <b>to</b> <b>begin</b> <b>with</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>replied</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>the</b> <b>different</b> <b>branches</b> <b>of</b> Arithmetic<69> Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, <b>and</b> Derision.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>heard</b> <b>of</b> <20>Uglification,<2C> Alice ventured <b>to</b> <b>say</b>. <20><b>What</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> Gryphon <b>lifted</b> <b>up</b> <b>both</b> <b>its</b> paws <b>in</b> <b>surprise</b>. <20><b>What</b>! <b>Never</b> <b>heard</b> <b>of</b> uglifying!<21> <b>it</b> <b>exclaimed</b>. <20><b>You</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>to</b> beautify <b>is</b>, <b>I</b> <b>suppose</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>doubtfully</b>: <20><b>it</b> <b>means</b><EFBFBD><b>to</b><EFBFBD><b>make</b><EFBFBD><b>anything</b><EFBFBD> prettier.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>then</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>to</b> uglify <b>is</b>, <b>you</b> ARE <b>a</b> simpleton.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>feel</b> <b>encouraged</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b> <b>any</b> <b>more</b> <b>questions</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>turned</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <20><b>What</b> <b>else</b> <b>had</b> <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>learn</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>there</b> <b>was</b> Mystery,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>replied</b>, <b>counting</b> <b>off</b> <b>the</b> <b>subjects</b> <b>on</b> <b>his</b> flappers, <20><>Mystery, <b>ancient</b> <b>and</b> modern, <b>with</b> Seaography: <b>then</b> Drawling<6E><b>the</b> Drawling-<b>master</b> <b>was</b> <b>an</b> <b>old</b> conger-eel, <b>that</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>once</b> <b>a</b> <b>week</b>: HE <b>taught</b> <b>us</b> Drawling, Stretching, <b>and</b> Fainting <b>in</b> Coils.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>was</b> THAT <b>like</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>show</b> <b>it</b> <b>you</b> <b>myself</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>said</b>: <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>too</b> <b>stiff</b>. <b>And</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>never</b> learnt <b>it</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>time</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon: <20><b>I</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Classics <b>master</b>, <b>though</b>. <b>He</b> <b>was</b> <b>an</b> <b>old</b> crab, HE <b>was</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>went</b> <b>to</b> <b>him</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>said</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>sigh</b>: <20><b>he</b> <b>taught</b> Laughing <b>and</b> <b>Grief</b>, <b>they</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>So</b> <b>he</b> <b>did</b>, <b>so</b> <b>he</b> <b>did</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>sighing</b> <b>in</b> <b>his</b> <b>turn</b>; <b>and</b> <b>both</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>hid</b> <b>their</b> <b>faces</b> <b>in</b> <b>their</b> paws.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>how</b> <b>many</b> <b>hours</b> <b>a</b> <b>day</b> <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>do</b> <b>lessons</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hurry</b> <b>to</b> <b>change</b> <b>the</b> <b>subject</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> <b>plan</b>!<21> <b>exclaimed</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>called</b> <b>lessons</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon remarked: <20><b>because</b> <b>they</b> <b>lessen</b> <b>from</b> <b>day</b> <b>to</b> <b>day</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>a</b> <b>new</b> <b>idea</b> <b>to</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>over</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>made</b> <b>her</b> <b>next</b> <b>remark</b>. <20><b>Then</b> <b>the</b> <b>eleventh</b> <b>day</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>a</b> <b>holiday</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>how</b> <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>manage</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>twelfth</b>?<3F> Alice <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>eagerly</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>enough</b> <b>about</b> <b>lessons</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>interrupted</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>decided</b> <b>tone</b>: <20><b>tell</b> <b>her</b> <b>something</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>games</b> <b>now</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>THE</b> LOBSTER QUADRILLE<br>
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<b>The</b> Mock Turtle <b>sighed</b> <b>deeply</b>, <b>and</b> <b>drew</b> <b>the</b> <b>back</b> <b>of</b> <b>one</b> flapper <b>across</b> <b>his</b> <b>eyes</b>. <b>He</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>speak</b>, <b>but</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> <b>minute</b> <b>or</b> <b>two</b> sobs <b>choked</b> <b>his</b> <b>voice</b>. <20>Same <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>bone</b> <b>in</b> <b>his</b> <b>throat</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon: <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>set</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>shaking</b> <b>him</b> <b>and</b> punching <b>him</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>back</b>. <b>At</b> <b>last</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>recovered</b> <b>his</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>with</b> <b>tears</b> <b>running</b> <b>down</b> <b>his</b> <b>cheeks</b>, <b>he</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>again</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>may</b> <b>not</b> <b>have</b> <b>lived</b> <b>much</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> (<b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice)<29>`<b>and</b> <b>perhaps</b> <b>you</b> <b>were</b> <b>never</b> <b>even</b> <b>introduced</b> <b>to</b> <b>a</b> lobster- -<2D> (Alice <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>once</b> <b>tasted</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>but</b> <b>checked</b> <b>herself</b> <b>hastily</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <20><b>No</b>, <b>never</b>') <20><><b>so</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b> <b>have</b> <b>no</b> <b>idea</b> <b>what</b> <b>a</b> <b>delightful</b> <b>thing</b> <b>a</b> Lobster Quadrille <b>is</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>indeed</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>What</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> <b>dance</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <20><b>you</b> <b>first</b> <b>form</b> <b>into</b> <b>a</b> <b>line</b> <b>along</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>-<b>shore</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Two</b> <b>lines</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle. <20>Seals, turtles, salmon, <b>and</b> <b>so</b> <b>on</b>; <b>then</b>, <b>when</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>cleared</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> jelly-<b>fish</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD>THAT <b>generally</b> <b>takes</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b>,<2C> <b>interrupted</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>you</b> advance <b>twice</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Each</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> lobster <b>as</b> <b>a</b> partner!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>said</b>: <20>advance <b>twice</b>, <b>set</b> <b>to</b> partners<72><73><br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>change</b> lobsters, <b>and</b> retire <b>in</b> <b>same</b> <b>order</b>,<2C> <b>continued</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>you</b> <b>throw</b> <b>the</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> lobsters!<21> <b>shouted</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>bound</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>as</b> <b>far</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>sea</b> <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>can</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD>Swim <b>after</b> <b>them</b>!<21> <b>screamed</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Back</b> <b>to</b> <b>land</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>figure</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <b>suddenly</b> <b>dropping</b> <b>his</b> <b>voice</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>two</b> <b>creatures</b>, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>jumping</b> <b>about</b> <b>like</b> <b>mad</b> <b>things</b> <b>all</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>, <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>again</b> <b>very</b> <b>sadly</b> <b>and</b> <b>quietly</b>, <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>pretty</b> <b>dance</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice timidly.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Would</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Very</b> <b>much</b> <b>indeed</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>let</b>'<b>s</b> <b>try</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>figure</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>We</b> <b>can</b> <b>do</b> <b>without</b> lobsters, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>. <b>Which</b> <b>shall</b> <b>sing</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, YOU <b>sing</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>forgotten</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>began</b> <b>solemnly</b> <b>dancing</b> <b>round</b> <b>and</b> <b>round</b> Alice, <b>every</b> <b>now</b> <b>and</b> <b>then</b> treading <b>on</b> <b>her</b> <b>toes</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>passed</b> <b>too</b> <b>close</b>, <b>and</b> <b>waving</b> <b>their</b> forepaws <b>to</b> <b>mark</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b>, <b>while</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>sang</b> <b>this</b>, <b>very</b> <b>slowly</b> <b>and</b> <b>sadly</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD>"<b>Will</b> <b>you</b> <b>walk</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>faster</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>a</b> whiting <b>to</b> <b>a</b> <b>snail</b>. <20><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> porpoise <b>close</b> <b>behind</b> <b>us</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b>'<b>s</b> treading <b>on</b> <b>my</b> <b>tail</b>. <b>See</b> <b>how</b> <b>eagerly</b> <b>the</b> lobsters <b>and</b> <b>the</b> turtles <b>all</b> advance! <b>They</b> <b>are</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>shingle</b><EFBFBD><b>will</b> <b>you</b> <b>come</b> <b>and</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>?<br>
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<b>Will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>? <b>Will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>?<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>can</b> <b>really</b> <b>have</b> <b>no</b> <b>notion</b> <b>how</b> <b>delightful</b> <b>it</b> <b>will</b> <b>be</b> <b>When</b> <b>they</b> <b>take</b> <b>us</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>throw</b> <b>us</b>, <b>with</b> <b>the</b> lobsters, <b>out</b> <b>to</b><br>
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<b>sea</b>!<21> <b>But</b> <b>the</b> <b>snail</b> <b>replied</b> <20><b>Too</b> <b>far</b>, <b>too</b> <b>far</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>gave</b> <b>a</b> <b>look</b><br>
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askance<EFBFBD> <b>Said</b> <b>he</b> <b>thanked</b> <b>the</b> whiting <b>kindly</b>, <b>but</b> <b>he</b> <b>would</b> <b>not</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>. <b>Would</b> <b>not</b>, <b>could</b> <b>not</b>, <b>would</b> <b>not</b>, <b>could</b> <b>not</b>, <b>would</b> <b>not</b> <b>join</b><br>
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<b>the</b> <b>dance</b>. <b>Would</b> <b>not</b>, <b>could</b> <b>not</b>, <b>would</b> <b>not</b>, <b>could</b> <b>not</b>, <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>join</b><br>
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<b>the</b> <b>dance</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>"<b>What</b> <b>matters</b> <b>it</b> <b>how</b> <b>far</b> <b>we</b> <b>go</b>?<3F> <b>his</b> scaly <b>friend</b> <b>replied</b>. <20><b>There</b> <b>is</b> <b>another</b> <b>shore</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>, <b>upon</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b>. <b>The</b> <b>further</b> <b>off</b> <b>from</b> <b>England</b> <b>the</b> <b>nearer</b> <b>is</b> <b>to</b> France<63> <b>Then</b> <b>turn</b> <b>not</b> <b>pale</b>, <b>beloved</b> <b>snail</b>, <b>but</b> <b>come</b> <b>and</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>.<br>
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<b>Will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b><br>
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<b>dance</b>? <b>Will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b>, <b>won</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b> <b>join</b> <b>the</b><br>
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<b>dance</b>?"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Thank</b> <b>you</b>, <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>interesting</b> <b>dance</b> <b>to</b> <b>watch</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>feeling</b> <b>very</b> <b>glad</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>over</b> <b>at</b> <b>last</b>: <20><b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>do</b> <b>so</b> <b>like</b> <b>that</b> <b>curious</b> <b>song</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> whiting!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>as</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> whiting,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <20><b>they</b><EFBFBD><b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>seen</b> <b>them</b>, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>often</b> <b>seen</b> <b>them</b> <b>at</b> dinn<6E><6E> <b>she</b> <b>checked</b> <b>herself</b> <b>hastily</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>where</b> Dinn <b>may</b> <b>be</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle, <20><b>but</b> <b>if</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>seen</b> <b>them</b> <b>so</b> <b>often</b>, <b>of</b> <b>course</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>like</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>believe</b> <b>so</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b> <b>thoughtfully</b>. <20><b>They</b> <b>have</b> <b>their</b> tails <b>in</b> <b>their</b> <b>mouths</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>all</b> <b>over</b> <b>crumbs</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>wrong</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>crumbs</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle: <20><b>crumbs</b> <b>would</b> <b>all</b> <b>wash</b> <b>off</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>. <b>But</b> <b>they</b> HAVE <b>their</b> tails <b>in</b> <b>their</b> <b>mouths</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>is</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>here</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>yawned</b> <b>and</b> <b>shut</b> <b>his</b> <b>eyes</b>.<2E>`<b>Tell</b> <b>her</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>reason</b> <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>reason</b> <b>is</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <20><b>that</b> <b>they</b> WOULD <b>go</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> lobsters <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>dance</b>. <b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>got</b> <b>thrown</b> <b>out</b> <b>to</b> <b>sea</b>. <b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>fall</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>way</b>. <b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>got</b> <b>their</b> tails <b>fast</b> <b>in</b> <b>their</b> <b>mouths</b>. <b>So</b> <b>they</b> <b>couldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>get</b> <b>them</b> <b>out</b> <b>again</b>. <b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Thank</b> <b>you</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <20><b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>interesting</b>. <b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>knew</b> <b>so</b> <b>much</b> <b>about</b> <b>a</b> whiting <b>before</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>more</b> <b>than</b> <b>that</b>, <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>why</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>called</b> <b>a</b> whiting?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>thought</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>Why</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD>IT DOES <b>THE</b> BOOTS AND SHOES.<2E> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>replied</b> <b>very</b> <b>solemnly</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>was</b> <b>thoroughly</b> <b>puzzled</b>. <20>Does <b>the</b> <b>boots</b> <b>and</b> <b>shoes</b>!<21> <b>she</b> <b>repeated</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>wondering</b> <b>tone</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>, <b>what</b> <b>are</b> YOUR <b>shoes</b> <b>done</b> <b>with</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>I</b> <b>mean</b>, <b>what</b> <b>makes</b> <b>them</b> <b>so</b> <b>shiny</b>?<3F><br>
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Alice <b>looked</b> <b>down</b> <b>at</b> <b>them</b>, <b>and</b> <b>considered</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>gave</b> <b>her</b> <b>answer</b>. <20><b>They</b>'<b>re</b> <b>done</b> <b>with</b> blacking, <b>I</b> <b>believe</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>Boots <b>and</b> <b>shoes</b> <b>under</b> <b>the</b> <b>sea</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>deep</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>are</b> <b>done</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> whiting. <b>Now</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>what</b> <b>are</b> <b>they</b> <b>made</b> <b>of</b>?<3F> Alice <b>asked</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>great</b> <b>curiosity</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Soles <b>and</b> eels, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>replied</b> <b>rather</b> <b>impatiently</b>: <20><b>any</b> shrimp <b>could</b> <b>have</b> <b>told</b> <b>you</b> <b>that</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>been</b> <b>the</b> whiting,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>whose</b> <b>thoughts</b> <b>were</b> <b>still</b> <b>running</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>song</b>, <20><b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>have</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> porpoise, <20><b>Keep</b> <b>back</b>, <b>please</b>: <b>we</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>want</b> YOU <b>with</b> <b>us</b>!"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>were</b> <b>obliged</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>him</b> <b>with</b> <b>them</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>said</b>: <20><b>no</b> <b>wise</b> <b>fish</b> <b>would</b> <b>go</b> <b>anywhere</b> <b>without</b> <b>a</b> porpoise.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>it</b> <b>really</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>great</b> <b>surprise</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle: <20><b>why</b>, <b>if</b> <b>a</b> <b>fish</b> <b>came</b> <b>to</b> ME, <b>and</b> <b>told</b> <b>me</b> <b>he</b> <b>was</b> <b>going</b> <b>a</b> <b>journey</b>, <b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>With</b> <b>what</b> porpoise?"<22><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>you</b> <b>mean</b> <20><b>purpose</b><EFBFBD>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>mean</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>say</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>replied</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>offended</b> <b>tone</b>. <b>And</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>added</b> <20><b>Come</b>, <b>let</b>'<b>s</b> <b>hear</b> <b>some</b> <b>of</b> YOUR <b>adventures</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>tell</b> <b>you</b> <b>my</b> <b>adventures</b><EFBFBD><b>beginning</b> <b>from</b> <b>this</b> <b>morning</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>a</b> <b>little</b> timidly: <20><b>but</b> <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>use</b> <b>going</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>yesterday</b>, <b>because</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>different</b> <b>person</b> <b>then</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>Explain <b>all</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>no</b>! <b>The</b> <b>adventures</b> <b>first</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>impatient</b> <b>tone</b>: <20>explanations <b>take</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>dreadful</b> <b>time</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>So</b> Alice <b>began</b> <b>telling</b> <b>them</b> <b>her</b> <b>adventures</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>first</b> <b>saw</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit. <b>She</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> nervous <b>about</b> <b>it</b> <b>just</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b>, <b>the</b> <b>two</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>got</b> <b>so</b> <b>close</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>, <b>one</b> <b>on</b> <b>each</b> <b>side</b>, <b>and</b> <b>opened</b> <b>their</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>and</b> <b>mouths</b> <b>so</b> <b>VERY</b> <b>wide</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>gained</b> <b>courage</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>. <b>Her</b> <b>listeners</b> <b>were</b> <b>perfectly</b> <b>quiet</b> <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>part</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b> <b>repeating</b> <20>YOU ARE <b>OLD</b>, FATHER WILLIAM,<2C> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Caterpillar, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>all</b> <b>coming</b> <b>different</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>drew</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>breath</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b> <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>about</b> <b>as</b> <b>curious</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>can</b> <b>be</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>all</b> <b>came</b> <b>different</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>repeated</b> <b>thoughtfully</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>hear</b> <b>her</b> <b>try</b> <b>and</b> <b>repeat</b> <b>something</b> <b>now</b>. <b>Tell</b> <b>her</b> <b>to</b> <b>begin</b>.<2E> <b>He</b> <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>thought</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>some</b> <b>kind</b> <b>of</b> <b>authority</b> <b>over</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Stand</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>repeat</b> <20>'TIS <b>THE</b> VOICE <b>OF</b> <b>THE</b> SLUGGARD,"<22> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>How</b> <b>the</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>order</b> <b>one</b> <b>about</b>, <b>and</b> <b>make</b> <b>one</b> <b>repeat</b> <b>lessons</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice; <20><b>I</b> <b>might</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>be</b> <b>at</b> <b>school</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>.<2E> <b>However</b>, <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>to</b> <b>repeat</b> <b>it</b>, <b>but</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>was</b> <b>so</b> <b>full</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Lobster Quadrille, <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>knew</b> <b>what</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>saying</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>came</b> <b>very</b> <b>queer</b> <b>indeed</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD>'Tis <b>the</b> <b>voice</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Lobster; <b>I</b> <b>heard</b> <b>him</b> declare, <20><b>You</b> <b>have</b> <b>baked</b> <b>me</b> <b>too</b> <b>brown</b>, <b>I</b> <b>must</b> sugar <b>my</b> <b>hair</b>.<2E> <b>As</b> <b>a</b> <b>duck</b> <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>eyelids</b>, <b>so</b> <b>he</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>nose</b> Trims <b>his</b> <b>belt</b> <b>and</b> <b>his</b> <b>buttons</b>, <b>and</b> <b>turns</b> <b>out</b> <b>his</b> <b>toes</b>.<2E><br>
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[<b>later</b> editions <b>continued</b> <b>as</b> <b>follows</b> <b>When</b> <b>the</b> sands <b>are</b> <b>all</b> <b>dry</b>, <b>he</b> <b>is</b> <b>gay</b> <b>as</b> <b>a</b> <b>lark</b>, <b>And</b> <b>will</b> <b>talk</b> <b>in</b> contemptuous <b>tones</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Shark, <b>But</b>, <b>when</b> <b>the</b> <b>tide</b> <b>rises</b> <b>and</b> sharks <b>are</b> <b>around</b>, <b>His</b> <b>voice</b> <b>has</b> <b>a</b> <b>timid</b> <b>and</b> tremulous <b>sound</b>.]<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>different</b> <b>from</b> <b>what</b> <b>I</b> <b>used</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>child</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>heard</b> <b>it</b> <b>before</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle; <20><b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>sounds</b> uncommon <b>nonsense</b>.<2E><br>
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Alice <b>said</b> <b>nothing</b>; <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>sat</b> <b>down</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>hands</b>, <b>wondering</b> <b>if</b> <b>anything</b> <b>would</b> EVER <b>happen</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>natural</b> <b>way</b> <b>again</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>like</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>it</b> explained,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>She</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>explain</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>hastily</b>. <20><b>Go</b> <b>on</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>verse</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>about</b> <b>his</b> <b>toes</b>?<3F> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>persisted</b>. <20><b>How</b> COULD <b>he</b> <b>turn</b> <b>them</b> <b>out</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> <b>nose</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>position</b> <b>in</b> <b>dancing</b>.<2E> Alice <b>said</b>; <b>but</b> <b>was</b> <b>dreadfully</b> <b>puzzled</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>thing</b>, <b>and</b> <b>longed</b> <b>to</b> <b>change</b> <b>the</b> <b>subject</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Go</b> <b>on</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> <b>verse</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>repeated</b> <b>impatiently</b>: <20><b>it</b> <b>begins</b> <20><b>I</b> <b>passed</b> <b>by</b> <b>his</b> <b>garden</b>."<22><br>
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Alice <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>dare</b> <b>to</b> disobey, <b>though</b> <b>she</b> <b>felt</b> <b>sure</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>all</b> <b>come</b> <b>wrong</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>trembling</b> <b>voice</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>passed</b> <b>by</b> <b>his</b> <b>garden</b>, <b>and</b> <b>marked</b>, <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>eye</b>, <b>How</b> <b>the</b> Owl <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Panther <b>were</b> <b>sharing</b> <b>a</b> pie<69><65><br>
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[<b>later</b> editions <b>continued</b> <b>as</b> <b>follows</b> <b>The</b> Panther <b>took</b> pie-crust, <b>and</b> gravy, <b>and</b> <b>meat</b>, <b>While</b> <b>the</b> Owl <b>had</b> <b>the</b> <b>dish</b> <b>as</b> <b>its</b> <b>share</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>treat</b>. <b>When</b> <b>the</b> pie <b>was</b> <b>all</b> <b>finished</b>, <b>the</b> Owl, <b>as</b> <b>a</b> <b>boon</b>, <b>Was</b> <b>kindly</b> <b>permitted</b> <b>to</b> <b>pocket</b> <b>the</b> <b>spoon</b>: <b>While</b> <b>the</b> Panther <b>received</b> <b>knife</b> <b>and</b> fork <b>with</b> <b>a</b> growl, <b>And</b> concluded <b>the</b> <b>banquet</b><EFBFBD>]<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>IS</b> <b>the</b> <b>use</b> <b>of</b> <b>repeating</b> <b>all</b> <b>that</b> <b>stuff</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>interrupted</b>, <20><b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>explain</b> <b>it</b> <b>as</b> <b>you</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b>? <b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>by</b> <b>far</b> <b>the</b> <b>most</b> confusing <b>thing</b> <b>I</b> <b>ever</b> <b>heard</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>better</b> <b>leave</b> <b>off</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon: <b>and</b> Alice <b>was</b> <b>only</b> <b>too</b> <b>glad</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>so</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Shall</b> <b>we</b> <b>try</b> <b>another</b> <b>figure</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Lobster Quadrille?<3F> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>went</b> <b>on</b>. <20><b>Or</b> <b>would</b> <b>you</b> <b>like</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>to</b> <b>sing</b> <b>you</b> <b>a</b> <b>song</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>a</b> <b>song</b>, <b>please</b>, <b>if</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>so</b> <b>kind</b>,<2C> Alice <b>replied</b>, <b>so</b> <b>eagerly</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>said</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>rather</b> <b>offended</b> <b>toe</b>, <20>Hm! <b>No</b> <b>accounting</b> <b>for</b> <b>tastes</b>! <b>Sing</b> <b>her</b> <20>Turtle Soup,<2C> <b>will</b> <b>you</b>, <b>old</b> <b>fellow</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> Mock Turtle <b>sighed</b> <b>deeply</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>voice</b> <b>sometimes</b> <b>choked</b> <b>with</b> sobs, <b>to</b> <b>sing</b> <b>this</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD>Beautiful Soup, <b>so</b> <b>rich</b> <b>and</b> <b>green</b>,<br>
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<b>Waiting</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>hot</b> tureen!<br>
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<b>Who</b> <b>for</b> <b>such</b> <b>dainties</b> <b>would</b> <b>not</b> stoop?<br>
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Soup <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>evening</b>, <b>beautiful</b> Soup!<br>
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Soup <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>evening</b>, <b>beautiful</b> Soup!<br>
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Beau<EFBFBD>ootiful Soo<6F>oop!<br>
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Beau<EFBFBD>ootiful Soo<6F>oop!<br>
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Soo<EFBFBD>oop <b>of</b> <b>the</b> e<>e<EFBFBD><b>evening</b>,<br>
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Beautiful, <b>beautiful</b> Soup!<br>
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<EFBFBD>Beautiful Soup! <b>Who</b> <b>cares</b> <b>for</b> <b>fish</b>,<br>
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<b>Game</b>, <b>or</b> <b>any</b> <b>other</b> <b>dish</b>?<br>
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<b>Who</b> <b>would</b> <b>not</b> <b>give</b> <b>all</b> <b>else</b> <b>for</b> <b>two</b> <b>penny</b><br>
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<b>worth</b> <b>only</b> <b>of</b> <b>beautiful</b> Soup?<br>
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Pennyworth <b>only</b> <b>of</b> <b>beautiful</b> Soup?<br>
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Beau<EFBFBD>ootiful Soo<6F>oop! Soo<6F>oop <b>of</b> <b>the</b> e<>e<EFBFBD><b>evening</b>,<br>
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Beautiful, beauti<74>FUL SOUP!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Chorus <b>again</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle <b>had</b> <b>just</b> <b>begun</b> <b>to</b> <b>repeat</b> <b>it</b>, <b>when</b> <b>a</b> <b>cry</b> <b>of</b> <20><b>The</b> <b>trial</b>'<b>s</b> <b>beginning</b>!<21> <b>was</b> <b>heard</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b> <b>on</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>and</b>, <b>taking</b> Alice <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>it</b> <b>hurried</b> <b>off</b>, <b>without</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>song</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>trial</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> Alice <b>panted</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b>; <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>only</b> <b>answered</b> <20><b>Come</b> <b>on</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>ran</b> <b>the</b> <b>faster</b>, <b>while</b> <b>more</b> <b>and</b> <b>more</b> <b>faintly</b> <b>came</b>, <b>carried</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>breeze</b> <b>that</b> <b>followed</b> <b>them</b>, <b>the</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>words</b>:<3A><br>
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<b>Chapter</b> XI<br>
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WHO STOLE <b>THE</b> TARTS?<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>King</b> <b>and</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>of</b> Hearts <b>were</b> <b>seated</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> <b>throne</b> <b>when</b> <b>they</b> <b>arrived</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>crowd</b> <b>assembled</b> <b>about</b> <b>them</b><EFBFBD><b>all</b> <b>sorts</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> <b>birds</b> <b>and</b> <b>beasts</b>, <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>pack</b> <b>of</b> cards: <b>the</b> Knave <b>was</b> <b>standing</b> <b>before</b> <b>them</b>, <b>in</b> <b>chains</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> soldier <b>on</b> <b>each</b> <b>side</b> <b>to</b> <b>guard</b> <b>him</b>; <b>and</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>trumpet</b> <b>in</b> <b>one</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>scroll</b> <b>of</b> parchment <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>. <b>In</b> <b>the</b> <b>very</b> <b>middle</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>table</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>dish</b> <b>of</b> tarts <b>upon</b> <b>it</b>: <b>they</b> <b>looked</b> <b>so</b> <b>good</b>, <b>that</b> <b>it</b> <b>made</b> Alice <b>quite</b> <b>hungry</b> <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>them</b><EFBFBD>`<b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>they</b>'<b>d</b> <b>get</b> <b>the</b> <b>trial</b> <b>done</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>hand</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> refreshments!<21> <b>But</b> <b>there</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>no</b> <b>chance</b> <b>of</b> <b>this</b>, <b>so</b> <b>she</b> <b>began</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>everything</b> <b>about</b> <b>her</b>, <b>to</b> <b>pass</b> <b>away</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>been</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> court <b>of</b> <b>justice</b> <b>before</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>read</b> <b>about</b> <b>them</b> <b>in</b> <b>books</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>quite</b> <b>pleased</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>knew</b> <b>the</b> <b>name</b> <b>of</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>everything</b> <b>there</b>. <20><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>judge</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <20><b>because</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> <b>great</b> wig.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>judge</b>, <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b>, <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>; <b>and</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>wore</b> <b>his</b> <b>crown</b> <b>over</b> <b>the</b> wig, (<b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> frontispiece <b>if</b> <b>you</b> <b>want</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>how</b> <b>he</b> <b>did</b> <b>it</b>,) <b>he</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>comfortable</b>, <b>and</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>not</b> <b>becoming</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>And</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> jury-<b>box</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice, <20><b>and</b> <b>those</b> <b>twelve</b> <b>creatures</b>,<2C> (<b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>obliged</b> <b>to</b> <b>say</b> <20><b>creatures</b>,<2C> <b>you</b> <b>see</b>, <b>because</b> <b>some</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>were</b> <b>animals</b>, <b>and</b> <b>some</b> <b>were</b> <b>birds</b>,) <20><b>I</b> <b>suppose</b> <b>they</b> <b>are</b> <b>the</b> jurors.<2E> <b>She</b> <b>said</b> <b>this</b> <b>last</b> <b>word</b> <b>two</b> <b>or</b> <b>three</b> <b>times</b> <b>over</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>, <b>being</b> <b>rather</b> <b>proud</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>: <b>for</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b>, <b>and</b> <b>rightly</b> <b>too</b>, <b>that</b> <b>very</b> <b>few</b> <b>little</b> girls <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>age</b> <b>knew</b> <b>the</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>. <b>However</b>, <20>jury-<b>men</b><EFBFBD> <b>would</b> <b>have</b> <b>done</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>well</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>twelve</b> jurors <b>were</b> <b>all</b> <b>writing</b> <b>very</b> <b>busily</b> <b>on</b> slates. <20><b>What</b> <b>are</b> <b>they</b> <b>doing</b>?<3F> Alice <b>whispered</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon. <20><b>They</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>have</b> <b>anything</b> <b>to</b> <b>put</b> <b>down</b> <b>yet</b>, <b>before</b> <b>the</b> <b>trial</b>'<b>s</b> <b>begun</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b>'<b>re</b> <b>putting</b> <b>down</b> <b>their</b> <b>names</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Gryphon <b>whispered</b> <b>in</b> <b>reply</b>, <20><b>for</b> <b>fear</b> <b>they</b> <b>should</b> <b>forget</b> <b>them</b> <b>before</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>trial</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>Stupid <b>things</b>!<21> Alice <b>began</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>loud</b>, <b>indignant</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>but</b> <b>she</b> <b>stopped</b> <b>hastily</b>, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>cried</b> <b>out</b>, <20><b>Silence</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> court!<21> <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>put</b> <b>on</b> <b>his</b> spectacles <b>and</b> <b>looked</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>round</b>, <b>to</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>talking</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>could</b> <b>see</b>, <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>she</b> <b>were</b> <b>looking</b> <b>over</b> <b>their</b> <b>shoulders</b>, <b>that</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> jurors <b>were</b> <b>writing</b> <b>down</b> <20><b>stupid</b> <b>things</b>!<21> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> slates, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>even</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>that</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b> <b>how</b> <b>to</b> <b>spell</b> <20><b>stupid</b>,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>that</b> <b>he</b> <b>had</b> <b>to</b> <b>ask</b> <b>his</b> <b>neighbour</b> <b>to</b> <b>tell</b> <b>him</b>. <20><b>A</b> <b>nice</b> muddle <b>their</b> slates'<b>ll</b> <b>be</b> <b>in</b> <b>before</b> <b>the</b> <b>trial</b>'<b>s</b> <b>over</b>!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice.<br>
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<b>One</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> jurors <b>had</b> <b>a</b> pencil <b>that</b> <b>squeaked</b>. <b>This</b> <b>of</b> <b>course</b>, Alice <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>stand</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>went</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> court <b>and</b> <b>got</b> <b>behind</b> <b>him</b>, <b>and</b> <b>very</b> <b>soon</b> <b>found</b> <b>an</b> <b>opportunity</b> <b>of</b> <b>taking</b> <b>it</b> <b>away</b>. <b>She</b> <b>did</b> <b>it</b> <b>so</b> <b>quickly</b> <b>that</b> <b>the</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> juror (<b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>Bill</b>, <b>the</b> Lizard) <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>make</b> <b>out</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b> <b>what</b> <b>had</b> <b>become</b> <b>of</b> <b>it</b>; <b>so</b>, <b>after</b> <b>hunting</b> <b>all</b> <b>about</b> <b>for</b> <b>it</b>, <b>he</b> <b>was</b> <b>obliged</b> <b>to</b> <b>write</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>finger</b> <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>day</b>; <b>and</b> <b>this</b> <b>was</b> <b>of</b> <b>very</b> <b>little</b> <b>use</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>left</b> <b>no</b> <b>mark</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> slate.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Herald, <b>read</b> <b>the</b> accusation!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<b>On</b> <b>this</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>blew</b> <b>three</b> <b>blasts</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>trumpet</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> unrolled <b>the</b> parchment <b>scroll</b>, <b>and</b> <b>read</b> <b>as</b> <b>follows</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>of</b> Hearts, <b>she</b> <b>made</b> <b>some</b> tarts,<br>
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<b>All</b> <b>on</b> <b>a</b> <b>summer</b> <b>day</b>:<br>
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<b>The</b> Knave <b>of</b> Hearts, <b>he</b> <b>stole</b> <b>those</b> tarts,<br>
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<b>And</b> <b>took</b> <b>them</b> <b>quite</b> <b>away</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Consider</b> <b>your</b> verdict,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> jury.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Not</b> <b>yet</b>, <b>not</b> <b>yet</b>!<21> <b>the</b> Rabbit <b>hastily</b> <b>interrupted</b>. <20><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>deal</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>before</b> <b>that</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Call</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> witness,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>; <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>blew</b> <b>three</b> <b>blasts</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>trumpet</b>, <b>and</b> <b>called</b> <b>out</b>, <20><b>First</b> witness!<21><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>first</b> witness <b>was</b> <b>the</b> Hatter. <b>He</b> <b>came</b> <b>in</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> teacup <b>in</b> <b>one</b> <b>hand</b> <b>and</b> <b>a</b> <b>piece</b> <b>of</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>and</b>-<b>butter</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>beg</b> <b>pardon</b>, <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>began</b>, <20><b>for</b> <b>bringing</b> <b>these</b> <b>in</b>: <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>quite</b> <b>finished</b> <b>my</b> <b>tea</b> <b>when</b> <b>I</b> <b>was</b> <b>sent</b> <b>for</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>have</b> <b>finished</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>. <20><b>When</b> <b>did</b> <b>you</b> <b>begin</b>?<3F><br>
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<b>The</b> Hatter <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> March Hare, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>followed</b> <b>him</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> court, <b>arm</b>-<b>in</b>-<b>arm</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse. <20>Fourteenth <b>of</b> March, <b>I</b> <b>think</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Fifteenth,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> March Hare.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Sixteenth,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Write <b>that</b> <b>down</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> jury, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> jury <b>eagerly</b> <b>wrote</b> <b>down</b> <b>all</b> <b>three</b> <b>dates</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> slates, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>added</b> <b>them</b> <b>up</b>, <b>and</b> <b>reduced</b> <b>the</b> <b>answer</b> <b>to</b> shillings <b>and</b> <b>pence</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Take</b> <b>off</b> <b>your</b> <b>hat</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>mine</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Stolen!<21> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>exclaimed</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> jury, <b>who</b> <b>instantly</b> <b>made</b> <b>a</b> memorandum <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>fact</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>keep</b> <b>them</b> <b>to</b> <b>sell</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>added</b> <b>as</b> <b>an</b> <b>explanation</b>; <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>none</b> <b>of</b> <b>my</b> <b>own</b>. <b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> hatter.<2E><br>
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<b>Here</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>put</b> <b>on</b> <b>her</b> spectacles, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>staring</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>who</b> <b>turned</b> <b>pale</b> <b>and</b> <b>fidgeted</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Give</b> <b>your</b> <b>evidence</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>; <20><b>and</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>be</b> nervous, <b>or</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>have</b> <b>you</b> executed <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>spot</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>This</b> <b>did</b> <b>not</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>encourage</b> <b>the</b> witness <b>at</b> <b>all</b>: <b>he</b> <b>kept</b> <b>shifting</b> <b>form</b> <b>one</b> <b>foot</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>, <b>looking</b> <b>uneasily</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>and</b> <b>in</b> <b>his</b> <b>confusion</b> <b>he</b> <b>bit</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> <b>piece</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> teacup <b>instead</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>and</b>-<b>butter</b>.<br>
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<b>Just</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b> Alice <b>felt</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b> sensation, <b>which</b> <b>puzzled</b> <b>her</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>deal</b> <b>until</b> <b>she</b> <b>made</b> <b>out</b> <b>what</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>: <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>grow</b> <b>larger</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>at</b> <b>first</b> <b>she</b> <b>would</b> <b>get</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>leave</b> <b>the</b> court; <b>but</b> <b>on</b> <b>second</b> <b>thoughts</b> <b>she</b> <b>decided</b> <b>to</b> <b>remain</b> <b>where</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>as</b> <b>long</b> <b>as</b> <b>there</b> <b>was</b> <b>room</b> <b>for</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>wish</b> <b>you</b> <b>wouldn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>squeeze</b> <b>so</b>.<2E> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>sitting</b> <b>next</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>. <20><b>I</b> <b>can</b> <b>hardly</b> <b>breathe</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>help</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>very</b> meekly: <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>growing</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>no</b> <b>right</b> <b>to</b> <b>grow</b> <b>here</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>talk</b> <b>nonsense</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice <b>more</b> <b>boldly</b>: <20><b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> <b>growing</b> <b>too</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Yes</b>, <b>but</b> <b>I</b> <b>grow</b> <b>at</b> <b>a</b> reasonable <b>pace</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse: <20><b>not</b> <b>in</b> <b>that</b> <b>ridiculous</b> <b>fashion</b>.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>he</b> <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>very</b> sulkily <b>and</b> <b>crossed</b> <b>over</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> <b>side</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court.<br>
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<b>All</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>had</b> <b>never</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b> <b>staring</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>and</b>, <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>crossed</b> <b>the</b> court, <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> officers <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court, <20><b>Bring</b> <b>me</b> <b>the</b> <b>list</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> singers <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>last</b> concert!<21> <b>on</b> <b>which</b> <b>the</b> <b>wretched</b> Hatter <b>trembled</b> <b>so</b>, <b>that</b> <b>he</b> <b>shook</b> <b>both</b> <b>his</b> <b>shoes</b> <b>off</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Give</b> <b>your</b> <b>evidence</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>repeated</b> <b>angrily</b>, <20><b>or</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>have</b> <b>you</b> executed, <b>whether</b> <b>you</b>'<b>re</b> nervous <b>or</b> <b>not</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> <b>poor</b> <b>man</b>, <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>began</b>, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>trembling</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><><b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>hadn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>begun</b> <b>my</b> <b>tea</b><EFBFBD><b>not</b> <b>above</b> <b>a</b> <b>week</b> <b>or</b> <b>so</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>what</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>and</b>-<b>butter</b> <b>getting</b> <b>so</b> <b>thin</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>twinkling</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>tea</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>twinkling</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>what</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>began</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>tea</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>replied</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Of</b> <b>course</b> <b>twinkling</b> <b>begins</b> <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>T</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>sharply</b>. <20><b>Do</b> <b>you</b> <b>take</b> <b>me</b> <b>for</b> <b>a</b> dunce? <b>Go</b> <b>on</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> <b>poor</b> <b>man</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>most</b> <b>things</b> <b>twinkled</b> <b>after</b> <b>that</b><EFBFBD><b>only</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>said</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>deny</b> <b>it</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>: <20><b>leave</b> <b>out</b> <b>that</b> <b>part</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b>, <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>said</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>looking</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>round</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>would</b> <b>deny</b> <b>it</b> <b>too</b>: <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse denied <b>nothing</b>, <b>being</b> <b>fast</b> <b>asleep</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>After</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>continued</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <20><b>I</b> <b>cut</b> <b>some</b> <b>more</b> <b>bread</b>- <b>and</b>-<b>butter</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b> <b>what</b> <b>did</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>say</b>?<3F> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> jury <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> <b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>remember</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> MUST <b>remember</b>,<2C> remarked <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <20><b>or</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>have</b> <b>you</b> executed.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> <b>miserable</b> Hatter <b>dropped</b> <b>his</b> teacup <b>and</b> <b>bread</b>-<b>and</b>-<b>butter</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>one</b> knee. <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>a</b> <b>poor</b> <b>man</b>, <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>began</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>poor</b> speaker,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<b>Here</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> guinea-pigs <b>cheered</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>immediately</b> <b>suppressed</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> officers <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court. (<b>As</b> <b>that</b> <b>is</b> <b>rather</b> <b>a</b> <b>hard</b> <b>word</b>, <b>I</b> <b>will</b> <b>just</b> <b>explain</b> <b>to</b> <b>you</b> <b>how</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>done</b>. <b>They</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>large</b> canvas <b>bag</b>, <b>which</b> <b>tied</b> <b>up</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>with</b> <b>strings</b>: <b>into</b> <b>this</b> <b>they</b> <b>slipped</b> <b>the</b> guinea-pig, <b>head</b> <b>first</b>, <b>and</b> <b>then</b> <b>sat</b> <b>upon</b> <b>it</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>glad</b> <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>seen</b> <b>that</b> <b>done</b>,<2C> <b>thought</b> Alice. <20><b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>so</b> <b>often</b> <b>read</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> newspapers, <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b> <b>of</b> <b>trials</b>, <20><b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>some</b> <b>attempts</b> <b>at</b> <b>applause</b>, <b>which</b> <b>was</b> <b>immediately</b> <b>suppressed</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> officers <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>I</b> <b>never</b> <b>understood</b> <b>what</b> <b>it</b> <b>meant</b> <b>till</b> <b>now</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>all</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>, <b>you</b> <b>may</b> <b>stand</b> <b>down</b>,<2C> <b>continued</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>go</b> <b>no</b> <b>lower</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter: <20><b>I</b>'<b>m</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>floor</b>, <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>is</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>you</b> <b>may</b> SIT <b>down</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>replied</b>.<br>
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<b>Here</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b> guinea-pig <b>cheered</b>, <b>and</b> <b>was</b> <b>suppressed</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Come</b>, <b>that</b> <b>finished</b> <b>the</b> guinea-pigs!<21> <b>thought</b> Alice. <20><b>Now</b> <b>we</b> <b>shall</b> <b>get</b> <b>on</b> <b>better</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>d</b> <b>rather</b> <b>finish</b> <b>my</b> <b>tea</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Hatter, <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>anxious</b> <b>look</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>reading</b> <b>the</b> <b>list</b> <b>of</b> singers.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>may</b> <b>go</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> Hatter hurriedly <b>left</b> <b>the</b> court, <b>without</b> <b>even</b> <b>waiting</b> <b>to</b> <b>put</b> <b>his</b> <b>shoes</b> <b>on</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>just</b> <b>take</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b> <b>off</b> <b>outside</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>added</b> <b>to</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> officers: <b>but</b> <b>the</b> Hatter <b>was</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b> <b>before</b> <b>the</b> officer <b>could</b> <b>get</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Call</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> witness!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>next</b> witness <b>was</b> <b>the</b> Duchess'<b>s</b> <b>cook</b>. <b>She</b> <b>carried</b> <b>the</b> pepper-<b>box</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>and</b> Alice <b>guessed</b> <b>who</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b>, <b>even</b> <b>before</b> <b>she</b> <b>got</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> court, <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>way</b> <b>the</b> <b>people</b> <b>near</b> <b>the</b> <b>door</b> <b>began</b> sneezing <b>all</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Give</b> <b>your</b> <b>evidence</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Shan'<b>t</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>King</b> <b>looked</b> <b>anxiously</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <b>who</b> <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>Your</b> Majesty <b>must</b> <b>cross</b>-<b>examine</b> THIS witness.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>if</b> <b>I</b> <b>must</b>, <b>I</b> <b>must</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b>, <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>air</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>after</b> folding <b>his</b> <b>arms</b> <b>and</b> <b>frowning</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b> <b>till</b> <b>his</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>were</b> <b>nearly</b> <b>out</b> <b>of</b> <b>sight</b>, <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>deep</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>What</b> <b>are</b> tarts <b>made</b> <b>of</b>?<3F><br>
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<EFBFBD>Pepper, <b>mostly</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>cook</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Treacle,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>a</b> <b>sleepy</b> <b>voice</b> <b>behind</b> <b>her</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Collar <b>that</b> Dormouse,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> shrieked <b>out</b>. <20>Behead <b>that</b> Dormouse! <b>Turn</b> <b>that</b> Dormouse <b>out</b> <b>of</b> court! Suppress <b>him</b>! Pinch <b>him</b>! <b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>his</b> whiskers!<21><br>
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<b>For</b> <b>some</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> court <b>was</b> <b>in</b> <b>confusion</b>, <b>getting</b> <b>the</b> Dormouse <b>turned</b> <b>out</b>, <b>and</b>, <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>time</b> <b>they</b> <b>had</b> <b>settled</b> <b>down</b> <b>again</b>, <b>the</b> <b>cook</b> <b>had</b> <b>disappeared</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Never</b> <b>mind</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>with</b> <b>an</b> <b>air</b> <b>of</b> <b>great</b> <b>relief</b>. <20><b>Call</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> witness.<2E> <b>And</b> <b>he</b> <b>added</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> undertone <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <20><b>Really</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>, YOU <b>must</b> <b>cross</b>-<b>examine</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> witness. <b>It</b> <b>quite</b> <b>makes</b> <b>my</b> <b>forehead</b> <b>ache</b>!<21><br>
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Alice <b>watched</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>fumbled</b> <b>over</b> <b>the</b> <b>list</b>, <b>feeling</b> <b>very</b> <b>curious</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>what</b> <b>the</b> <b>next</b> witness <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>like</b>, <20><><b>for</b> <b>they</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>got</b> <b>much</b> <b>evidence</b> YET,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>. <b>Imagine</b> <b>her</b> <b>surprise</b>, <b>when</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>read</b> <b>out</b>, <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>his</b> <b>shrill</b> <b>little</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>the</b> <b>name</b> <20>Alice!<21><br>
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ALICE'<b>S</b> EVIDENCE<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Here</b>!<21> <b>cried</b> Alice, <b>quite</b> <b>forgetting</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>flurry</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>moment</b> <b>how</b> <b>large</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>grown</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>last</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>jumped</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>hurry</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>tipped</b> <b>over</b> <b>the</b> jury-<b>box</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>edge</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> skirt, upsetting <b>all</b> <b>the</b> jurymen <b>on</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>heads</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>crowd</b> <b>below</b>, <b>and</b> <b>there</b> <b>they</b> <b>lay</b> <b>sprawling</b> <b>about</b>, reminding <b>her</b> <b>very</b> <b>much</b> <b>of</b> <b>a</b> globe <b>of</b> goldfish <b>she</b> <b>had</b> accidentally <b>upset</b> <b>the</b> <b>week</b> <b>before</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b> BEG <b>your</b> <b>pardon</b>!<21> <b>she</b> <b>exclaimed</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>tone</b> <b>of</b> <b>great</b> <b>dismay</b>, <b>and</b> <b>began</b> <b>picking</b> <b>them</b> <b>up</b> <b>again</b> <b>as</b> <b>quickly</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b>, <b>for</b> <b>the</b> <b>accident</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> goldfish <b>kept</b> <b>running</b> <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>vague</b> <b>sort</b> <b>of</b> <b>idea</b> <b>that</b> <b>they</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>collected</b> <b>at</b> <b>once</b> <b>and</b> <b>put</b> <b>back</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> jury-<b>box</b>, <b>or</b> <b>they</b> <b>would</b> <b>die</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>The</b> <b>trial</b> <b>cannot</b> proceed,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> <b>grave</b> <b>voice</b>, <20><b>until</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> jurymen <b>are</b> <b>back</b> <b>in</b> <b>their</b> <b>proper</b> <b>places</b><EFBFBD> ALL,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>repeated</b> <b>with</b> <b>great</b> emphasis, <b>looking</b> <b>hard</b> <b>at</b> Alice <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>do</b>.<br>
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Alice <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> jury-<b>box</b>, <b>and</b> <b>saw</b> <b>that</b>, <b>in</b> <b>her</b> <b>haste</b>, <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>put</b> <b>the</b> Lizard <b>in</b> <b>head</b> <b>downwards</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>poor</b> <b>little</b> <b>thing</b> <b>was</b> <b>waving</b> <b>its</b> <b>tail</b> <b>about</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>melancholy</b> <b>way</b>, <b>being</b> <b>quite</b> <b>unable</b> <b>to</b> <b>move</b>. <b>She</b> <b>soon</b> <b>got</b> <b>it</b> <b>out</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>put</b> <b>it</b> <b>right</b>; <20><b>not</b> <b>that</b> <b>it</b> signifies <b>much</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>; <20><b>I</b> <b>should</b> <b>think</b> <b>it</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> QUITE <b>as</b> <b>much</b> <b>use</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>trial</b> <b>one</b> <b>way</b> <b>up</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>other</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>As</b> <b>soon</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> jury <b>had</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>recovered</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>shock</b> <b>of</b> <b>being</b> <b>upset</b>, <b>and</b> <b>their</b> slates <b>and</b> pencils <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>found</b> <b>and</b> <b>handed</b> <b>back</b> <b>to</b> <b>them</b>, <b>they</b> <b>set</b> <b>to</b> <b>work</b> <b>very</b> diligently <b>to</b> <b>write</b> <b>out</b> <b>a</b> <b>history</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>accident</b>, <b>all</b> <b>except</b> <b>the</b> Lizard, <b>who</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>too</b> <b>much</b> <b>overcome</b> <b>to</b> <b>do</b> <b>anything</b> <b>but</b> <b>sit</b> <b>with</b> <b>its</b> <b>mouth</b> <b>open</b>, <b>gazing</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>roof</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> court.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b> <b>do</b> <b>you</b> <b>know</b> <b>about</b> <b>this</b> <b>business</b>?<3F> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nothing</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nothing</b> WHATEVER?<3F> <b>persisted</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nothing</b> <b>whatever</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>very</b> <b>important</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> jury. <b>They</b> <b>were</b> <b>just</b> <b>beginning</b> <b>to</b> <b>write</b> <b>this</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> slates, <b>when</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>interrupted</b>: <20>UNimportant, <b>your</b> Majesty <b>means</b>, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>very</b> respectful <b>tone</b>, <b>but</b> <b>frowning</b> <b>and</b> <b>making</b> <b>faces</b> <b>at</b> <b>him</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>UNimportant, <b>of</b> <b>course</b>, <b>I</b> <b>meant</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>hastily</b> <b>said</b>, <b>and</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>to</b> <b>himself</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> undertone, <20><b>important</b><EFBFBD><b>unimportant</b><EFBFBD> <b>unimportant</b><EFBFBD><b>important</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <b>as</b> <b>if</b> <b>he</b> <b>were</b> <b>trying</b> <b>which</b> <b>word</b> <b>sounded</b> <b>best</b>.<br>
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<b>Some</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> jury <b>wrote</b> <b>it</b> <b>down</b> <20><b>important</b>,<2C> <b>and</b> <b>some</b> <20><b>unimportant</b>.<2E> Alice <b>could</b> <b>see</b> <b>this</b>, <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>was</b> <b>near</b> <b>enough</b> <b>to</b> <b>look</b> <b>over</b> <b>their</b> slates; <20><b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>matter</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b>,<2C> <b>she</b> <b>thought</b> <b>to</b> <b>herself</b>.<br>
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<b>At</b> <b>this</b> <b>moment</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>who</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>for</b> <b>some</b> <b>time</b> <b>busily</b> <b>writing</b> <b>in</b> <b>his</b> <b>note</b>-<b>book</b>, cackled <b>out</b> <20><b>Silence</b>!<21> <b>and</b> <b>read</b> <b>out</b> <b>from</b> <b>his</b> <b>book</b>, <20><b>Rule</b> <b>Forty</b>-<b>two</b>. ALL PERSONS MORE THAN <b>A</b> MILE HIGH <b>TO</b> LEAVE <b>THE</b> COURT.<2E><br>
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Everybody <b>looked</b> <b>at</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b>'<b>M</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>mile</b> <b>high</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>You</b> <b>are</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Nearly</b> <b>two</b> <b>miles</b> <b>high</b>,<2C> <b>added</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Well</b>, <b>I</b> <b>shan</b>'<b>t</b> <b>go</b>, <b>at</b> <b>any</b> <b>rate</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice: <20><b>besides</b>, <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>not</b> <b>a</b> <b>regular</b> <b>rule</b>: <b>you</b> <b>invented</b> <b>it</b> <b>just</b> <b>now</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>oldest</b> <b>rule</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>book</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>it</b> <b>ought</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>Number</b> <b>One</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>King</b> <b>turned</b> <b>pale</b>, <b>and</b> <b>shut</b> <b>his</b> <b>note</b>-<b>book</b> <b>hastily</b>. <20><b>Consider</b> <b>your</b> verdict,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> jury, <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>low</b>, <b>trembling</b> <b>voice</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>There</b>'<b>s</b> <b>more</b> <b>evidence</b> <b>to</b> <b>come</b> <b>yet</b>, <b>please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <b>jumping</b> <b>up</b> <b>in</b> <b>a</b> <b>great</b> <b>hurry</b>; <20><b>this</b> <b>paper</b> <b>has</b> <b>just</b> <b>been</b> <b>picked</b> <b>up</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>What</b>'<b>s</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>haven</b>'<b>t</b> <b>opened</b> <b>it</b> <b>yet</b>, <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <20><b>but</b> <b>it</b> <b>seems</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>a</b> <b>letter</b>, <b>written</b> <b>by</b> <b>the</b> <b>prisoner</b> <b>to</b><EFBFBD><b>to</b> <b>somebody</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>been</b> <b>that</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <20><b>unless</b> <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>written</b> <b>to</b> <b>nobody</b>, <b>which</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>usual</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Who</b> <b>is</b> <b>it</b> <b>directed</b> <b>to</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> jurymen.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>directed</b> <b>at</b> <b>all</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit; <20><b>in</b> <b>fact</b>, <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>written</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> OUTSIDE.<2E> <b>He</b> unfolded <b>the</b> <b>paper</b> <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>spoke</b>, <b>and</b> <b>added</b> <20><b>It</b> <b>isn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>a</b> <b>letter</b>, <b>after</b> <b>all</b>: <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> <b>set</b> <b>of</b> <b>verses</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Are</b> <b>they</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>prisoner</b>'<b>s</b> handwriting?<3F> <b>asked</b> <b>another</b> <b>of</b> <b>they</b> jurymen.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>not</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit, <20><b>and</b> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>queerest</b> <b>thing</b> <b>about</b> <b>it</b>.<2E> (<b>The</b> jury <b>all</b> <b>looked</b> <b>puzzled</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>He</b> <b>must</b> <b>have</b> <b>imitated</b> <b>somebody</b> <b>else</b>'<b>s</b> <b>hand</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>. (<b>The</b> jury <b>all</b> <b>brightened</b> <b>up</b> <b>again</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> Knave, <20><b>I</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>write</b> <b>it</b>, <b>and</b> <b>they</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>prove</b> <b>I</b> <b>did</b>: <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>name</b> signed <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>you</b> <b>didn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>sign</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <20><b>that</b> <b>only</b> <b>makes</b> <b>the</b> <b>matter</b> <b>worse</b>. <b>You</b> MUST <b>have</b> <b>meant</b> <b>some</b> <b>mischief</b>, <b>or</b> <b>else</b> <b>you</b>'<b>d</b> <b>have</b> signed <b>your</b> <b>name</b> <b>like</b> <b>an</b> <b>honest</b> <b>man</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>general</b> <b>clapping</b> <b>of</b> <b>hands</b> <b>at</b> <b>this</b>: <b>it</b> <b>was</b> <b>the</b> <b>first</b> <b>really</b> <b>clever</b> <b>thing</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>had</b> <b>said</b> <b>that</b> <b>day</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b> PROVES <b>his</b> guilt,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b> proves <b>nothing</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>sort</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice. <20><b>Why</b>, <b>you</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>even</b> <b>know</b> <b>what</b> <b>they</b>'<b>re</b> <b>about</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD>Read <b>them</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>put</b> <b>on</b> <b>his</b> spectacles. <20><b>Where</b> <b>shall</b> <b>I</b> <b>begin</b>, <b>please</b> <b>your</b> Majesty?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>asked</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD>Begin <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>beginning</b>,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b> <b>gravely</b>, <20><b>and</b> <b>go</b> <b>on</b> <b>till</b> <b>you</b> <b>come</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>end</b>: <b>then</b> <b>stop</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>These</b> <b>were</b> <b>the</b> <b>verses</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>read</b>:<3A><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>They</b> <b>told</b> <b>me</b> <b>you</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b>,<br>
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<b>And</b> <b>mentioned</b> <b>me</b> <b>to</b> <b>him</b>:<br>
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<b>She</b> <b>gave</b> <b>me</b> <b>a</b> <b>good</b> <b>character</b>,<br>
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<b>But</b> <b>said</b> <b>I</b> <b>could</b> <b>not</b> <b>swim</b>.<br>
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<b>He</b> <b>sent</b> <b>them</b> <b>word</b> <b>I</b> <b>had</b> <b>not</b> <b>gone</b><br>
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(<b>We</b> <b>know</b> <b>it</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b> <b>true</b>):<br>
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<b>If</b> <b>she</b> <b>should</b> push <b>the</b> <b>matter</b> <b>on</b>,<br>
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<b>What</b> <b>would</b> <b>become</b> <b>of</b> <b>you</b>?<br>
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<b>I</b> <b>gave</b> <b>her</b> <b>one</b>, <b>they</b> <b>gave</b> <b>him</b> <b>two</b>,<br>
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<b>You</b> <b>gave</b> <b>us</b> <b>three</b> <b>or</b> <b>more</b>;<br>
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<b>They</b> <b>all</b> <b>returned</b> <b>from</b> <b>him</b> <b>to</b> <b>you</b>,<br>
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<b>Though</b> <b>they</b> <b>were</b> <b>mine</b> <b>before</b>.<br>
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<b>If</b> <b>I</b> <b>or</b> <b>she</b> <b>should</b> <b>chance</b> <b>to</b> <b>be</b><br>
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<b>He</b> trusts <b>to</b> <b>you</b> <b>to</b> <b>set</b> <b>them</b> <b>free</b>,<br>
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<b>Exactly</b> <b>as</b> <b>we</b> <b>were</b>.<br>
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<b>My</b> <b>notion</b> <b>was</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b><br>
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(<b>Before</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>this</b> <b>fit</b>)<br>
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<b>An</b> obstacle <b>that</b> <b>came</b> <b>between</b><br>
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<b>Him</b>, <b>and</b> <b>ourselves</b>, <b>and</b> <b>it</b>.<br>
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<b>Don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>let</b> <b>him</b> <b>know</b> <b>she</b> <b>liked</b> <b>them</b> <b>best</b>,<br>
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<b>For</b> <b>this</b> <b>must</b> <b>ever</b> <b>be</b><br>
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<b>A</b> <b>secret</b>, <b>kept</b> <b>from</b> <b>all</b> <b>the</b> <b>rest</b>,<br>
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<b>Between</b> <b>yourself</b> <b>and</b> <b>me</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>That</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> <b>most</b> <b>important</b> <b>piece</b> <b>of</b> <b>evidence</b> <b>we</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>heard</b> <b>yet</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>rubbing</b> <b>his</b> <b>hands</b>; <20><b>so</b> <b>now</b> <b>let</b> <b>the</b> jury<72><79><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>any</b> <b>one</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>can</b> <b>explain</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> Alice, (<b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>grown</b> <b>so</b> <b>large</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>last</b> <b>few</b> <b>minutes</b> <b>that</b> <b>she</b> <b>wasn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>a</b> <b>bit</b> <b>afraid</b> <b>of</b> <b>interrupting</b> <b>him</b>,) <20><b>I</b>'<b>ll</b> <b>give</b> <b>him</b> sixpence. _<b>I</b>_ <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>believe</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>an</b> atom <b>of</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b>.<2E><br>
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<b>The</b> jury <b>all</b> <b>wrote</b> <b>down</b> <b>on</b> <b>their</b> slates, <20>SHE <b>doesn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>believe</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>an</b> atom <b>of</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>but</b> <b>none</b> <b>of</b> <b>them</b> <b>attempted</b> <b>to</b> <b>explain</b> <b>the</b> <b>paper</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>If</b> <b>there</b>'<b>s</b> <b>no</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>in</b> <b>it</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <20><b>that</b> saves <b>a</b> <b>world</b> <b>of</b> <b>trouble</b>, <b>you</b> <b>know</b>, <b>as</b> <b>we</b> <b>needn</b>'<b>t</b> <b>try</b> <b>to</b> <b>find</b> <b>any</b>. <b>And</b> <b>yet</b> <b>I</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> <b>know</b>,<2C> <b>he</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b>, <b>spreading</b> <b>out</b> <b>the</b> <b>verses</b> <b>on</b> <b>his</b> knee, <b>and</b> <b>looking</b> <b>at</b> <b>them</b> <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>eye</b>; <20><b>I</b> <b>seem</b> <b>to</b> <b>see</b> <b>some</b> <b>meaning</b> <b>in</b> <b>them</b>, <b>after</b> <b>all</b>. <20><>SAID <b>I</b> COULD <b>NOT</b> SWIM<49><4D> <b>you</b> <b>can</b>'<b>t</b> <b>swim</b>, <b>can</b> <b>you</b>?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>added</b>, <b>turning</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> Knave.<br>
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<b>The</b> Knave <b>shook</b> <b>his</b> <b>head</b> <b>sadly</b>. <20><b>Do</b> <b>I</b> <b>look</b> <b>like</b> <b>it</b>?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>said</b>. (<b>Which</b> <b>he</b> <b>certainly</b> <b>did</b> <b>NOT</b>, <b>being</b> <b>made</b> <b>entirely</b> <b>of</b> cardboard.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>All</b> <b>right</b>, <b>so</b> <b>far</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>and</b> <b>he</b> <b>went</b> <b>on</b> <b>muttering</b> <b>over</b> <b>the</b> <b>verses</b> <b>to</b> <b>himself</b>: <20>"WE KNOW IT <b>TO</b> BE TRUE<55><45> <b>that</b>'<b>s</b> <b>the</b> jury, <b>of</b> <b>course</b><EFBFBD> <20><b>I</b> GAVE HER ONE, THEY GAVE HIM TWO<57><4F> <b>why</b>, <b>that</b> <b>must</b> <b>be</b> <b>what</b> <b>he</b> <b>did</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> tarts, <b>you</b> <b>know</b><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>But</b>, <b>it</b> <b>goes</b> <b>on</b> <20>THEY ALL RETURNED FROM HIM <b>TO</b> YOU,"<22> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Why</b>, <b>there</b> <b>they</b> <b>are</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> triumphantly, <b>pointing</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> tarts <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>table</b>. <20><b>Nothing</b> <b>can</b> <b>be</b> <b>clearer</b> <b>than</b> THAT. <b>Then</b> <b>again</b><EFBFBD>"BEFORE SHE HAD THIS FIT<49><54> <b>you</b> <b>never</b> <b>had</b> <b>fits</b>, <b>my</b> <b>dear</b>, <b>I</b> <b>think</b>?<3F> <b>he</b> <b>said</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Never</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> furiously, <b>throwing</b> <b>an</b> inkstand <b>at</b> <b>the</b> Lizard <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>spoke</b>. (<b>The</b> <b>unfortunate</b> <b>little</b> <b>Bill</b> <b>had</b> <b>left</b> <b>off</b> <b>writing</b> <b>on</b> <b>his</b> slate <b>with</b> <b>one</b> <b>finger</b>, <b>as</b> <b>he</b> <b>found</b> <b>it</b> <b>made</b> <b>no</b> <b>mark</b>; <b>but</b> <b>he</b> <b>now</b> <b>hastily</b> <b>began</b> <b>again</b>, <b>using</b> <b>the</b> <b>ink</b>, <b>that</b> <b>was</b> <b>trickling</b> <b>down</b> <b>his</b> <b>face</b>, <b>as</b> <b>long</b> <b>as</b> <b>it</b> <b>lasted</b>.)<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Then</b> <b>the</b> <b>words</b> <b>don</b>'<b>t</b> FIT <b>you</b>,<2C> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>King</b>, <b>looking</b> <b>round</b> <b>the</b> court <b>with</b> <b>a</b> <b>smile</b>. <b>There</b> <b>was</b> <b>a</b> <b>dead</b> <b>silence</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>It</b>'<b>s</b> <b>a</b> pun!<21> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>added</b> <b>in</b> <b>an</b> <b>offended</b> <b>tone</b>, <b>and</b> <b>everybody</b> <b>laughed</b>, <20><b>Let</b> <b>the</b> jury <b>consider</b> <b>their</b> verdict,<2C> <b>the</b> <b>King</b> <b>said</b>, <b>for</b> <b>about</b> <b>the</b> <b>twentieth</b> <b>time</b> <b>that</b> <b>day</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>No</b>, <b>no</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>. <20>Sentence <b>first</b><EFBFBD>verdict <b>afterwards</b>.<2E><br>
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<EFBFBD>Stuff <b>and</b> <b>nonsense</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice <b>loudly</b>. <20><b>The</b> <b>idea</b> <b>of</b> <b>having</b> <b>the</b> sentence <b>first</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Hold</b> <b>your</b> <b>tongue</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>, <b>turning</b> purple.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>I</b> <b>won</b>'<b>t</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Off</b> <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b>!<21> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> <b>shouted</b> <b>at</b> <b>the</b> <b>top</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>voice</b>. Nobody <b>moved</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Who</b> <b>cares</b> <b>for</b> <b>you</b>?<3F> <b>said</b> Alice, (<b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>grown</b> <b>to</b> <b>her</b> <b>full</b> <b>size</b> <b>by</b> <b>this</b> <b>time</b>.) <20><b>You</b>'<b>re</b> <b>nothing</b> <b>but</b> <b>a</b> <b>pack</b> <b>of</b> cards!<21><br>
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<b>At</b> <b>this</b> <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>pack</b> <b>rose</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>, <b>and</b> <b>came</b> <b>flying</b> <b>down</b> <b>upon</b> <b>her</b>: <b>she</b> <b>gave</b> <b>a</b> <b>little</b> <b>scream</b>, <b>half</b> <b>of</b> <b>fright</b> <b>and</b> <b>half</b> <b>of</b> <b>anger</b>, <b>and</b> <b>tried</b> <b>to</b> <b>beat</b> <b>them</b> <b>off</b>, <b>and</b> <b>found</b> <b>herself</b> <b>lying</b> <b>on</b> <b>the</b> <b>bank</b>, <b>with</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>lap</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b>, <b>who</b> <b>was</b> <b>gently</b> <b>brushing</b> <b>away</b> <b>some</b> <b>dead</b> <b>leaves</b> <b>that</b> <b>had</b> fluttered <b>down</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>trees</b> <b>upon</b> <b>her</b> <b>face</b>.<br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Wake</b> <b>up</b>, Alice <b>dear</b>!<21> <b>said</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b>; <20><b>Why</b>, <b>what</b> <b>a</b> <b>long</b> <b>sleep</b> <b>you</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>had</b>!<21><br>
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<EFBFBD><b>Oh</b>, <b>I</b>'<b>ve</b> <b>had</b> <b>such</b> <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> <b>dream</b>!<21> <b>said</b> Alice, <b>and</b> <b>she</b> <b>told</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b>, <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>remember</b> <b>them</b>, <b>all</b> <b>these</b> <b>strange</b> Adventures <b>of</b> <b>hers</b> <b>that</b> <b>you</b> <b>have</b> <b>just</b> <b>been</b> <b>reading</b> <b>about</b>; <b>and</b> <b>when</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>finished</b>, <b>her</b> <b>sister</b> kissed <b>her</b>, <b>and</b> <b>said</b>, <20><b>It</b> WAS <b>a</b> <b>curious</b> <b>dream</b>, <b>dear</b>, <b>certainly</b>: <b>but</b> <b>now</b> <b>run</b> <b>in</b> <b>to</b> <b>your</b> <b>tea</b>; <b>it</b>'<b>s</b> <b>getting</b> <b>late</b>.<2E> <b>So</b> Alice <b>got</b> <b>up</b> <b>and</b> <b>ran</b> <b>off</b>, <b>thinking</b> <b>while</b> <b>she</b> <b>ran</b>, <b>as</b> <b>well</b> <b>she</b> <b>might</b>, <b>what</b> <b>a</b> <b>wonderful</b> <b>dream</b> <b>it</b> <b>had</b> <b>been</b>.<br>
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<b>But</b> <b>her</b> <b>sister</b> <b>sat</b> <b>still</b> <b>just</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>left</b> <b>her</b>, <b>leaning</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>on</b> <b>her</b> <b>hand</b>, <b>watching</b> <b>the</b> <b>setting</b> <b>sun</b>, <b>and</b> <b>thinking</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> Alice <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>her</b> <b>wonderful</b> Adventures, <b>till</b> <b>she</b> <b>too</b> <b>began</b> <b>dreaming</b> <b>after</b> <b>a</b> <b>fashion</b>, <b>and</b> <b>this</b> <b>was</b> <b>her</b> <b>dream</b>:<3A><br>
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<b>First</b>, <b>she</b> <b>dreamed</b> <b>of</b> <b>little</b> Alice <b>herself</b>, <b>and</b> <b>once</b> <b>again</b> <b>the</b> <b>tiny</b> <b>hands</b> <b>were</b> <b>clasped</b> <b>upon</b> <b>her</b> knee, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>bright</b> <b>eager</b> <b>eyes</b> <b>were</b> <b>looking</b> <b>up</b> <b>into</b> <b>hers</b><EFBFBD><b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>hear</b> <b>the</b> <b>very</b> <b>tones</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>voice</b>, <b>and</b> <b>see</b> <b>that</b> <b>queer</b> <b>little</b> toss <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>head</b> <b>to</b> <b>keep</b> <b>back</b> <b>the</b> <b>wandering</b> <b>hair</b> <b>that</b> WOULD <b>always</b> <b>get</b> <b>into</b> <b>her</b> <b>eyes</b><EFBFBD><b>and</b> <b>still</b> <b>as</b> <b>she</b> <b>listened</b>, <b>or</b> <b>seemed</b> <b>to</b> <b>listen</b>, <b>the</b> <b>whole</b> <b>place</b> <b>around</b> <b>her</b> <b>became</b> <b>alive</b> <b>the</b> <b>strange</b> <b>creatures</b> <b>of</b> <b>her</b> <b>little</b> <b>sister</b>'<b>s</b> <b>dream</b>.<br>
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<b>The</b> <b>long</b> <b>grass</b> <b>rustled</b> <b>at</b> <b>her</b> <b>feet</b> <b>as</b> <b>the</b> <b>White</b> Rabbit <b>hurried</b> <b>by</b><EFBFBD><b>the</b> <b>frightened</b> Mouse splashed <b>his</b> <b>way</b> <b>through</b> <b>the</b> neighbouring <b>pool</b><EFBFBD><b>she</b> <b>could</b> <b>hear</b> <b>the</b> rattle <b>of</b> <b>the</b> teacups <b>as</b> <b>the</b> March Hare <b>and</b> <b>his</b> <b>friends</b> shared <b>their</b> <b>never</b>-<b>ending</b> <b>meal</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>shrill</b> <b>voice</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b> ordering <b>off</b> <b>her</b> <b>unfortunate</b> <b>guests</b> <b>to</b> execution<6F><b>once</b> <b>more</b> <b>the</b> pig-baby <b>was</b> sneezing <b>on</b> <b>the</b> Duchess'<b>s</b> knee, <b>while</b> <b>plates</b> <b>and</b> <b>dishes</b> <b>crashed</b> <b>around</b> <b>it</b><EFBFBD><b>once</b> <b>more</b> <b>the</b> <b>shriek</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>the</b> <b>squeaking</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Lizard'<b>s</b> slate-pencil, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>choking</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>suppressed</b> guinea-pigs, <b>filled</b> <b>the</b> <b>air</b>, <b>mixed</b> <b>up</b> <b>with</b> <b>the</b> <b>distant</b> sobs <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>miserable</b> Mock Turtle.<br>
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<b>So</b> <b>she</b> <b>sat</b> <b>on</b>, <b>with</b> <b>closed</b> <b>eyes</b>, <b>and</b> <b>half</b> <b>believed</b> <b>herself</b> <b>in</b> Wonderland, <b>though</b> <b>she</b> <b>knew</b> <b>she</b> <b>had</b> <b>but</b> <b>to</b> <b>open</b> <b>them</b> <b>again</b>, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>would</b> <b>change</b> <b>to</b> <b>dull</b> reality<74><b>the</b> <b>grass</b> <b>would</b> <b>be</b> <b>only</b> <b>rustling</b> <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>wind</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>pool</b> <b>rippling</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>waving</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>reeds</b><EFBFBD><b>the</b> <b>rattling</b> teacups <b>would</b> <b>change</b> <b>to</b> <b>tinkling</b> <b>sheep</b>- <b>bells</b>, <b>and</b> <b>the</b> <b>Queen</b>'<b>s</b> <b>shrill</b> <b>cries</b> <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>voice</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> shepherd boy<6F><b>and</b> <b>the</b> sneeze <b>of</b> <b>the</b> baby, <b>the</b> <b>shriek</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Gryphon, <b>and</b> <b>all</b> <b>thy</b> <b>other</b> <b>queer</b> <b>noises</b>, <b>would</b> <b>change</b> (<b>she</b> <b>knew</b>) <b>to</b> <b>the</b> <b>confused</b> <b>clamour</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> <b>busy</b> <b>farm</b>-<b>yard</b><EFBFBD><b>while</b> <b>the</b> lowing <b>of</b> <b>the</b> cattle <b>in</b> <b>the</b> <b>distance</b> <b>would</b> <b>take</b> <b>the</b> <b>place</b> <b>of</b> <b>the</b> Mock Turtle'<b>s</b> <b>heavy</b> sobs.<br>
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