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LICE IN WONDERL ND

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Alice in the Room of the Duchess

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THE $TQRYLAND' SERIES

ALICE S ADVENTURESN

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AM'L GA RIELSONS COMPANYNEW YORK

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Copyright, 1916, bySAM'L GABRIEL SONS COMPANY.

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ALICE SADVENTURES

INWONDERLAND

I DOWN THE R B B I T ~ H O L ELICE was beginning to get very tired ofting by her sister on the bank, and of h v ~ing nothing to do. Once or twice she hadpeeped into the book her sister was r e d ~ing, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, andwhat is the use of a book, thought Alice, withoutpictures or conversations'?So she was considering in her own mind (as well

s she could, for the day made her feel very sleepyand stupid) ,'whether the pleasure of making a d i s y ~chain would be worth the trouble of getting up andpicking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbitwith pink eyes ran close by her.There was nothing so very remarkable in that, nordid Alice think it so very much out of the way to3

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4 ALICE IN WONDERLANDhear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear Oh dearI shall be too late " But when the Rabbit actuallytook a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket and looked .at it and then hurried on,Alice started to her feet, forit fl shed across her mindthat she had never beforeseen a rabbit with either a ~ m 1 i f i ; ; .waistcoat-pocket, or a watchto ,take out of it, and, burn- ing with curiosity, she ranacross the fieldafter it and wasjust in time tosee it pop downa large rabbithole, under thehedge. In another moment, down went Alice afterit The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel forsome way and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think aboutstopping herself before she found herself fallingdown what seemed to be a very deep well.

Either the well was very deep, or she fell veryslowly, for she had plenty of time, s she went down,to look about her. First, she tried to make out whatshe was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything;then she looked at the sides of the well and noticedthat they were filled with cupboards and bookshelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures. hung upon pegs. She to?k down a jar from one of

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 5the shelyes as ' she passed. It was labeled "ORANGE MARMALADE," but, to her great disappointment, it was empty; she did not like to drop thejar, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards asshe fell past it.Down, down, down Would the fall never cometo an end'? There was nothing else to do so Alicesoon began talking to herself. "Dinah'll miss ~very much to-night, I should think " (Dinah' wasthe cat.) I hope they'll remember her saucer ofmilk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear, I wish you weredown here with me " Alice felt that she was dozihgoff when suddenly, thump thump down she cameupon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall wasover.Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped'up in amoment. She looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage and the'White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it:

h r was not ,a moment to be lost. Away wentAlice like the wind' and was just in time to hear itsay, as it turned a corner, "Oh, my ears and whiskers,how late it's getting " She was close behind it whenshe turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longerto be seen.She found herself in a long, low hall, which was litup by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. Therewere doors all 'round the hall, but they were alllocked; and when Alice had, been all the way downone side and up the other, trying every door, shewalked sadly down the middle, wondering how shewas ever to get out again.

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6 ALICE IN WONDERLANDSuddenly she came upon a little table, all made

of solid glass . There was nothing on it but a tinygolden key, and Alice's first idea was that this mightbelong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alaseither the locks were toolarge, or the key was toosmall, but, at any rate, itwould not open any ofthem. However, on thesecond t ime ' round, shecame upon a low curtainshe had not noticed e-fore, and behind it was alittle door about fifteeninches high. She triedthe l i ~ t l golden key inthe lock, and to her greatdelight, it fittedAlice opened the doorand found that it led intoa small passage, not much larger than a ra't-hole; sheknelt down and looked along the passage into theloveliest garden you ever saw. ow she longed toget out of that dark hall and wander about amongthose beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains,but she could not even get her head through thedoorway. "Oh," said Alice, "how I wish I could shutup like a telescope I think I could, if I only knewhow to begin." .Alice went back to the table, half hoping she mightfind another key on it, or at any rate, a book of rulesfor shutting ~ p l up like telescopes. This time she

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 7found a little bottle on it ("which certainly was nothere before," said Alice), and tied 'round the neck ofthe bo t tle was a paper label, with the words "DRINKME" beautifully printed on it in large letters."No, I'll look first," she said, and see whether it 'smarked po ison or not," for she had n,ever forgottenthat, if you drink from a bottle marked "poison," its almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.However, this bottle was ot marked "poison," so

. Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (ithad a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffy and hot buttered t o ~ t , shevery soon finished it off.What a curious feeling " said Alice. I must beshutting up like a telescope "And so it was indeed She was now only ten

inches high, and her face brightened up at the thoughtthat she was now the right size for going through thelittle door into that lovely garden.After awhile, finding that nothing more happened,she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alasfor poor Alice When she got to the door, she foundshe had forgotten the little golden key, and whenshe went back to the table for it she found she couldnot possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainlythrough the .glass and she tried her best to climb upone of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery,and when she had tired herself out with trying, the. poor little thing sat down and cried."Come, there's no use in crying like that " saidAlice to herself rather sharpl.. 1 advise you to

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8 ALICE IN WONDERLAND 'leave off this minute " She generally gave herselfvery good advice (though she very seldom followedit), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely asto bring tears into her eyes.Soon her eye fell on a litt le glass box that was lyingunder the table: she opened it and found in it a verysmall cake, on which the words EAT ME werebeautifully marked in currants. "Well, I'll eat it,"said Alice, and if it makes me grow larger, I canreach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I cancreep under the door: so either way I'll get into thegarden, and I don't care which .happens "She ate a little bit and said anxiously to.herself,"Which w a y ~ Which w a y ~ holding her hand onthe top of her head to feel which way she w a ~ grow-ing; and she was quite surprised to .find that she re-mained the same size. o she set to work and verysoon finished off the cake.

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I I TH E POOL OF TEARSe URIOUSER and curiouser " cried Alice, (she was so 'much surprised that for themoment she quite forgot how to speakgood English). Now I'm opening outlike the largest telescope that ever was Good-by,feet Oh, my poor little'feet, I wonder who will ,puton your shoes and stockings for you now, dears'? Ishall be a great ,deal too far off to trouble myselfabout you."Just at this moment her head struck against the roof

of the hall; in fact, she was now tather more thannine feet high, and she at once took up the littlegolden key and hurried off to the garden door.Poor Alice It was as much as she could do, lying ,'down on one side, to look through into the gardenwith one eye; but to get through was more ,hopelessthan ever. She sat down and began to cry again. ,She went on shedding gallons of tears, until therewas a large pool all ' round her and reaching halfdown the hall. , 'After a time she heard a little pattering of feetin the distance and she hastily dried her eyes to seewhat was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kidgloves in one hand and a large fan in the other. He

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.10 ALICE IN WONDERLANDcame trotting along in a great hurry, muttering tohimself, "Oh the Duchess, the Duchess Ohw t she be savage if I ve kept her waiting "When th eRabbit cam e = = ~ F ~ ~ , , - -near her, Alicebegan, in -alow, .t im idvoice, I f youplease, s i r "The Rabbitstarted violently,dropped the whitekid-gloves and thefan and skurriedaway into ' the darknessas hard as he could go.

Alice took up the fanand gloves and she keptfanning herself all the time she went on talking."Dear, dear How queer everything is to-dayAnd yesterday things went on just as usual. WasI the same when I got up this m o r n i n g ~ But if I mnot the same, the next question is 'Who in the worldam I ~ ' Ah, that s the great puzzle ".As she said this, she looked down at her hands andwas s u r p r i s ~ d to see that she had put on one of theRabbit's little white kid-gloves while she was talking. "How can I have done t h a t ~ she thought. "Imust be growing small again." She got up and wentto the table to measure herself by it and found thatshe was now about two feet high and was g o i n ~ on

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 11shrinking rapidly. She soon found out that the causeof this was the fan she was holding and she droppedit hastily, just in time to save herself from shrinkingaway altogether.That w s a narrow escape " said Alice, a good.deal frightened at the sudden change, but very gladto find herself still in existence. "And now for thegarden " And she ran with all speed back to the little door; but, alas the little door was shut again andthe little golden key was lying on the glass table asbefore. "Things are worse than ever," thought thepoor child, "for I never was so small as this before,never "

s she said these words, her foot slipped, and inanother moment, splash she was up to her chin insalt-water. Her first idea was that she had somehowfallen into the sea. However, she soon made outthat she was in the pool of tears which she had weptwhen she was nine feet high.Just then she heard some-thing splashing about in thepool a little way off, and sheswam nearer to see what itwas: she soon made out thatit was only a mouse that had

slipped in like herself.

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12 ALICE IN ,WONDERLANDWould it be of any use, now," thought Alice, tospeak to this mouse ? v e r y ~ g is so out-of-theway down here that I should think very likely it cantalk; at any rate, there's no harm n trying." So shebegan, 0 Mouse, do you know the way out of thispool'? I am very tired of swimming about here, 0Mouse " The ~ o u s looked at her rather inquisitively and seemed to her to wink with one of its littleeyes, but it said nothing. '

"Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thoughtAlice. I dare say it's a French mouse, come overwith William the Conqueror." So she began again:OU est rna chatte'?" which was the first sentence inher French lesson-book. The Mouse gave a suddenleap out of the water and seemed to quivet: all overwith fright. "Oh, I beg your pardon " cried Alicehastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal'sfeelings. I quite forgot you didn't like cats."Not like cats " cried 'the Mouse in a shrill, passionate voice . Would you like cats, if you wereme'?""Well, perhaps not," said ,Alice in a soothing tone;don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I couldshow you our cat Dinah. I think you'd take a fancyto cats, if you could only see her. 'She is such a dear,

quiet thing." The Mouse was bristling all overand she felt certain it must .be really offended.We won't talk about her any more, if you'd rathernot.""We, indeed " cried the Mouse, who was tremblingdown to the end of its tail. "As if would talk onsuch a subject Our family always h ted cats-

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Alice at the Mad Tea Party

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3nasty, low, vulgar things Don't let me hear thename again ""1 won't indeed " said Alice, in a great hurry tochange the subject of conversation.. "Are you-areyou fond-of-of dogs'? There is such a nice li tt ledog near our house, I should like to show you Itkills all the rats and-oh, dear " cried Alice in a sor-rowful tone. I'm afraid I've offended it again "For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hardas it could go and making quite a commotion in thepool as it went.So she called softly after it, "Mouse dear Docome back again, and we won't talk about cats, ordogs either, if you don't like them " When \theMouse heard this, it turned 'round and swam slowlyback to her; its face was quite pale, and it said, in alow, trembling voice, Let us get to the shore and.then I'll tell you my history and you'll understandwhy it is I hate cats and dogs."It was high time to go, for the pool was gettingquite crowded with the birds and animals that hadfallen into it; there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Loryand an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures.Alice led the way and the whole party swam to theshore.

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I I I A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TALE

THEY were indeed a queer-looking party thatassembled on the bank the birds withdraggled feathers the animals with their

fur clinging close to them and all drippingwet cross and uncomfortable.

The first question of course was how to get dryagain. They had a consultation about this and aftera few minutes it seemed quite natural to Alice tofind herself talking familiarly with them s if shehad known them all her life.At last the .Mouse who seemed to be a person ofI4

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 15some authority among them, called out, "Sit down,all of you, and listen to me 1'll soon make you dryenough " They all sat down at once, in a large ring,with the Mouse in the middle."Ahem " said the Mouse with an important air."Are you all ready'? This is the driest thing I know.Silence all 'round, if you please 'William the Con-queror, whose cause was favored by the pope, wassoon submitted to by the English, who wanted lead-ers, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpa-tion and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the Earls ofMercia and N orthumbria'-""Ugh " said the Lory, with a shiver."- 'And even Stigand, the patriotic archbishop ofCanterbury, found it advisable'-""Found what? said the Duck."Found it, the Mouse replied rather crossly; "ofcourse, you know what 'it' means.""I know what 'it' means well enough, when finda thing," said the Duck; ~ i t s generally a frog or aworm. The question is, what did the archbishopfind '?The Mouse did not notice this question, but hur-riedly went on, " ' - found it advisable to go withEdgar Atheling to meet William and offer him thecrown.'-How are you getting on now, my dear'?"it continued, turning to Alice as it spoke."As wet as ever," said Alice in a melancholy tone;"it doesn't seem to dry me at all.""In that case," said the Dodo solemnly, rising to itsfeet, "I move that the meeting adjourn, for the im-mediate adoption of more energetic remedies-"

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16 ALICE IN WONDERLAND. "Speak English " said the Eaglet. "I don't know

the meaning of half those long words, and, what'smore, .I don't believe you do either ""What I was going to say," said the Dodo in anoffended tone, "is that the best thing to get us drywould be a Caucus-race."What s a Caucus-race " said Alice .

. "Why," said.the Dodo, "the best way to explain itis to do it." First it marked out a race-course, in asort of circle, and then all the party were placed alongthe course, here and there. There was no "One, two,three and away " but they began running when theyliked and left off when they liked, so that it was noteasy to know when the race was over. ' However,when they had been running half an hour or so andwere quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out,The race is over " and they all crowded 'round it,panting and asking, But who has won '?

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 17This question the ,Dodo could not answer withouta great deal of thought. At last it said, Everybodyhas won, and all must have prizes."But who is to give the p r i z e s ~ quite a chorus ofvoices asked.'Why, she, of course," said t h ~ Dodo, pointing toAlice with one finger; and the whole party at oncecrowded 'round her, calling out, in a confused way,"Prizes Prizes "Alice had no idea what to do and in despair she puther hand into her pocket and pulled out a box of com-fits (luckily the salt-water had ITot got into it) andhanded them 'round as prizes. There was exactlyone a-piece, all 'round. .The next thing was to eat the comfits; this causedsome noise and confusion, as the large birds com-plained that they could not taste theirs, and the small

ones choked and had to be patted on the back.However, it was over at last and they sat down againin a ring and begged the Mouse to tell them.some-thing more."You promised to tell me your history, you know,"said Alice, and why it is you hate-C and D," sheadded in a whisper, half afraid that it would be offended ~ g a i n ."Mine is a long and a sad tale " said the Mouseturning to Alice and sighing."It is a long tail, certainly,, said Alice, looking 'down with wonder at the Mouse's tail, but why doyou call it a d ~ And she kept on puzzling aboutit while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea ofthe tale was something like this:-

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18 ALICE IN WONDERLANDFury said to

a mouse, Thathe met n thehouse, Letus both goto law:will prose-cute y u -Come I l ltake no de-nial: We

must havethe trial;For reallythis morn-ing I venothingto do.'Said themouse tothe cur,Such atrial, dearsir. Withno juryor judge,wouldbe wast-ing ourbreath.I n bel liu e

J ~ r y ,'"uuningold~ u I 1 Y , i ltHewholecallse,

ndo -demnyou touoa.th

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 19You are not attending " said the Mouse to Alice,

severely. What are you thinking of,?"I beg your pardon," said Alice very humbly, "youhad got to the fifth bend, I think ? .You insultme by talking such nonsense " said theMouse, getting up and walking away."Please come back and finish your story " l i c ~called after it. And the others all joined in chorus,"Yes, please do " But the Mouse only shook ' its

head impatiently and walked a little quicker.I wish I had Dinah, our cat, here " said Alice.This caused a remarkable sensation among the party.Some of the birds hurried off at once, and a Canarycalled out in a trembling voice, to its children, "Comeaway, my dears It's high time you were all in bed "On various pretexts they all moved off and Alice wassoon left alone.Iwish I hadn'tmentioned Dinah Nobody seemsto like her down here and I'm sure she's the best cat

in the world " Poor Alice began to cry again, forshe felt very lonely and low-spirited. In a littlewhile, however, she again heard a little pattering offootsteps in the distance a1).d she looked up eagerly.

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IV THE R BBIT SENDS IN LITTLE ILLT was the White Rabbit, trotting slow 1y backagain and looking anxiously about as ii: went,as if it had lost something; Alice heard itmu.ttering to itself, The Duchess The Duchess Oh, my dear paws Oh, my fur and whiskersShe'll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferretsWhere c n I have dropped them, I wonder'?" Alice

guessed ~ a moment that t was looking for the fanand the pair of white kid-gloves and she very goodnaturedly be gan hunting about for them, but theywere nowhere to be seen-everything seemed to havechanged since her swim in the pool, and the gTeathall, with the glass table and the little door,. hadvanished completely.20

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 21Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, and called toher, in an angry tone, Why, Mary Ann, what reyou doing out h r ~ Run home this moment andfetch me a pair of gloves and a fan Quick, now "He took me for his housemaid " said Alice, as sheran off. How surprised he'll be when he finds outwho I am " As she said this, she came upon a neatlittle house, on the door of which was a bright brassplate with the name W. RABBIT" engraved uponit. She went in without knocking and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real MaryAnn and be turned out of the house before she hadfound the fan and gloves.By this time, Alice had found her way into a tidylittle room with a table in the window, and on it afan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid-gloves;she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves and was

just going to leave the room, when h ~ eyes fell upona little bottle that Stood near the looking-glass. Sheuncorked it and put it to her lips, saying to herself,I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for, really,I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing "Before she had drunk half the bottle, she foundher head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoopto save her neck from being .broken. She hastily putdown the bottle, remarking, "That's quite enough-I hope I sha'n't r o ~ any more."Alas It was too late to wish that She went ongrowing and growing and very soon she had to kneeldown on the floor. Still she went on growing, and,as a last resource, she put one arm out of the windowand one foot up the chimney, and said to herself,

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22 ALICE IN WONDERLANDNow I can do no more, whatever happens. What

w ll become of me '?Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had nowhad its full effect and she grew no larger. After afew minutes she hearda voice outside andstopped to listen."MaryAnn Mary{' \ Ann " said the voice.

"Fetch me my glovesthis moment " Thencame a lit tle patteringof feet on the stairs.Alice knew itwas the Rabbitcoming to lookfor her and shetrembled till sheshook the house,quite forgettingthat she was nowabout a thousandtimes as large asthe Rabbit and had no reason to be afraid of it.Presently the Rabbit came up to the door and tried

to open it; but as the door opened inwards and Alice'selbow was p r ~ s s e hard against it, that attemptproved a failure. Alice heard it say to itself, ThenI'll go 'round and get in at the window."That you won't " thought Alice; and after wait-ing till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just underthe wi.ndow, she suddenly spread out her hand and

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ALICE IN .WONDERLANDmade a snatch in the air. She did not get hold of.anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall anda crash of broken glass, from which she concludedthat it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumberframe or something of that sort.Next came an angry voice-the Rabbit's-"PatPat Where are y o u ~ And then a voice she hadnever heard before, "Sure then,. I'm here Diggingfor apples, yer honor "

"Here ome and help me out of this Now tellme, Pat; what's that in the i n d o w ~"Sure, it's an arm, yer honor ""Well, it's got no business there, at any rate; goand take it away "There was a long silence after this and Alice couldonly hear whispers now and then, and at last shespread out her hand again and made another snatchin the air. This time there were two littleshrieksand more sounds of broken glass. "I wonder whatthey'll do next " thought Alice. "As for pulling meout of the window, I only wish they could "She waited for some time without hearing anythingmore. At last came a rumbling of little cart-wheelsand the sound of a good many voices all talking together. She made out the words: "Where'stheother l a d d e r ~ Bill's got the other-Bill Here,Bill Will the roof b e a r ~ - W h o ' s to go down the

c h i m n e y ~ - N a y , I sha'n't ou do it Here, BillThe master says you've got to go down the chimney "Alice drew her foot as far down the chimney as shecould and waited till she heard a little animal scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above

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24 ALICE IN WONDERLANDher; then she gave one sharp kick and waited to seewhat would happen next. , ,The first thing she heard was a general chorus of"There goes Bill " then the Rabbit's voice alone

~ C a t c n him, you by the hedge " Then silence andt h ~ n another confusion of voices- Hold up his head-Brandy now-Don't choke him-What happenedto you'?"Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, "Well,I hardly know-No more, thank-yeo I'm better nowa l l I know is, something comes at me like a J acki n ~ t h e - b o x and up I goes like a sky-rocket "After a minute or two of silence, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, "Abarrowful will do, to begin with.""A barrowful of what? thought Alice. But shehad not long to doubt, for the next moment a showerof little pebbles came rattling in at the window andsome of them hit her in the face. Alice noticed, withsome surprise, that the pebbles were 'all turning intolittle cakes as they lay on the floor and a bright ideacame into her head. I f I eat one of these cakes," shethought, "it's sure to make some change in my size."So she swallowed one of the cakes and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly. ssoon as she was small enough to get through the door,she ran out Of the house and found quite a crowd oflittle animals and birds waiting outside. They allmade a rush at Alice the moment she appeared, butshe ran off as hard as she could and soon found herself safe in a thick wood."The first thing I've got to do," said Alice to her-

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The Duchess tucked her arm attectionately into Alice's

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ALICE N WONDERLAND Sself, as she wandered about in the wood, is to growto my right size again; and the second thing is to findmy way into that lovely garden. I suppose I ought toeat or drink something or other, but the great ques-tion is W h a t ~ 'Alice looked all around her,at the flowers and theblades of grass, but she could not see anything thatlooked like the right thing to eat or drink under thecircumstances. There was a large mushroom growing near her, 'about the same height as herself. Shestretched herself up on tiptoe and peeped over theedge and her eyes immediately met those of a largeblue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top, with itsarms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

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V-ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLART last the Caterpillar took the hookah outof its mouth and addressed Alice in alanguid, sleepy voice."Who are you? said the Caterpillar.

Alice replied, rather shyly, 1-1 hardly know, sir,just at present-at least I know who I was when Igot up this morning, but I think I must have changedseveral times since then."What do you mean by that'?" said the Caterpillar,sternly. "Explain yourself "6

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 27I can't explain myself I'm afraid, sir," said Alice,

''because I'm not myself, you see-being so manydifferent sizes in a day is very confusing." She drewherself up and said very gravely, I think you oughtto tell me who you are, first.""Why'?" said the Caterpillar.As Alice could not think of any good reason andthe Caterpillar seemed to be in a very unpleasantstate of mind, she turned away."Come back " _ he Caterpillar called after her."I've something important to say " Alice turnedand came back again."Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar."Is that all ? said Alice, swallowing down heranger as well as she could."No," said the .Caterpillar.It unfolded its arms, took the hookah out of its

mouth again, and said, "So you think you're changed,do you ?I'm afraid, I am, sir," said Alice. I can't re-member things as I used-and I don't keep the samesize for ten minutes together ""What size do you want to be '? asked the Cat-erpillar. -"Oh, I'm not particular as to size," Alice hastilyreplied, "only one doesn't like changing so often, youknow. I should like to be a little larger, sir, if youwouldn't mind," said Alice. "Three inches is such awretched height to be."It is a very good height indeed " said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (itwas exactly three inches high).

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8 ALICE IN WONDERLANDIn a minute or two, the Caterpillar got down offthe mushroom and crawled away into the grass,merely remarking, as it went, "One side will m a ~ eyou grow taller, and the other side will make yougrow shorter.""One side of what? The other side of what?. thought Alice to herself. 'Of the mushroom," said the Caterpillar, j u ~ t as ifshe had asked it aloud; and in another moment, it was

out of sight . ,Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which werethe two sides of it. At last she stretched her arms'round it as far as they would go, and broke off a.bitof the edge with each hand. ."And now which is w h i c h ~ she said to herself, andnibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect.The next moment she felt a violent blow underneathher chin-it had struck her footShe was. a good deal f r i g ~ t e n e by this very sudden change, as she was shrinking rapidly; so she setto work at once to eat some of the other bit. Herchin was pressed so closely against her foot that therewas hardly room to open her mouth; but she did itat last and managed to swallow a morsel of theleft-hand bit. . . . ,C o m e ~ my head's free at last " said Alice; but allshe could see, when she looked down, was an immenselength of neck, which seemed to rise like 'a stalk outof a sea of green leaves th.at lay far below her."Where have my shoulders got to And oh, mypoor hands, how is it I can't see you '? She was de-

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 29lighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent. She had justsucceeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzagand was going to dive in among the leaves, when asharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry-:-a largepigeon had flown into her face and was beating hervi.olently with itswmgs.

There's no pleasing them "

" S e r p ~ n t " criedthe Pigeon."I'm ot a serpent " said Alice indignantly. "Let mealone ""I've tried theroots of trees, andI've tried banks, andI've tr.ied hedges,"the Pigeon went on,''but those serpents

Alice was more and more puzzled."As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching theeggs;said the Pigeon, "but must be on the IOQk-out forserpents, night and day And just as 1'd taken thehighest tree in the w o o d ~ continued the Pigeon,raising its voice to a shriek, "and just as was thinking should be free of them at last, they must needscome wriggling down .from the sky gh, Serpent " ."But I'm ot a serpent, tell you " said Alice."I'm a- I 'm a-I 'm a little girl," she added rather

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30 ALICE IN WONDERLANDdoubtfully, as she remembered the number of changesshe had gone through that day."You're looking for eggs, I know that wellenough," said the Pigeon; and what does it matter'to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent'?", It matters a good deal to me, said Alice hastily;but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens, and ifI was, I shouldn't want yours I don't like themraw."

"Well, be off, then " said the Pigeon in a sulkytone, as it settled down again into its nest. Alicecrouched down among the trees as well as she could,for her neck kept getting entangled among thebranches, and every now and then she had to stopand untwist it. After awhile she remembered thatshe still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands,and she set to work very carefully, nibbling first atone and then at the other, and growing sometimestaller and sometimes shorter, until she had succeededin bringing herself down to her usual height.It was so long since she had been anything nearthe right size that it felt quite strange at first. Thenext thing is ' to get into that beautiful garden-how s that to be done, I wonder ? As she said this,she came suddenly upon an open place, with a littlehouse in it about four feet high. "Whoever livesthere," thought Alice, it'll never do to come uponthem this size; why, I should frighten them out oftheir wits " She did not venture to go near thehouse till she had brought herself-down to nine incheshigh.

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VI-PIG AND PEPPERF OR a minute or two she stood looking at thehouse, when suddenly a footman in liverycame running out of the wood (judgingby his face only, she would have calledhim a fish -and rapped loudly at the door with his

knuckles. It was opened by another footman inlivery, with a round face and large eyes like a frog.The Fish-Footman began by producing from underhis arm a great letter, and this he handed over to theother, saying, in a solemn tone, For the Duchess

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3 ALICE IN WOND'ERLANDAn invitation from the Queen to play croquet."The Frog-Footman repeated, in the SfUlle solemntone, "From the Queen. An invitation for theDuchess to play croquet." Then they both bowedlow and their curls got entangled together.When Alice next peeped out, the Fish-Footmanwas gone, and the other was sitting on the groundnear the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.Alice went timidly up to the door and knocked.

"There's no sort of use in knocking," said the Footman, and that for two reasons. First, because I'mon the same side of the door as you are; secondly,because they're making 'such a noise inside, no onecould possibly hear you." And certainly there wasa most extraordinary noise going on within-a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and thena.great crash, as if a dish or kettle had been broken topIeces. .How am I to get in ? asked Alice.

Are you to get in at all'?" said the' Footman.That's the first question, you know."Alice opened the door and went in. The door ledright into a large kitchen, which was full of smokefrom one end to the other; the Duchess was sittingon a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby;the cook was' leaning over the fire, stirring a largecaldron which seemed to be full of soup."There's certainly too much pepper in that soup "Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing. Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and asfor the baby, it was sneezing and howling alternatelywithout a 'moment's pause. The only two creatures

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ALICE IN WONDERL NDin the kitchen that did not sneeze were the cook anda large cat, which was grinning from ear to ear."Please would you tell me," said Alice, a littletimidly, "why your cat grins like that'?""It's a Cheshire-Cat," said the Duchess, "and that'swhy." ,"I didn't know that Cheshire-Cats always grinned;in fact, I didn't know that cats could grin," saidAlice.

"You don't know much," said the Duchess, "andthat's a fact."Just then the cook took the caldron of soup off thefire, and at once set to work throwing everythingwithin her reach at the Duchess and'the baby-thefire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, plates and ,dishes. The Du.chess took no noticeof them, even when they hit her, and the baby washowling so much already that it was quite impossibleto say whether the blows hurt it or not.

O h ~ ple se mind what you're doing " cried Alice,jumping up and down in an agony of terror."Here You may nurse it a bit, if you like " the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as shespoke. ' "I must go and get ready to play croquetwith the Queen," and she hurried out of the room.Alice caught the baby. with some difficulty, as itwas a queer-shaped little creature and held out itsarms"and legs in all directions. If I don't take this ""child away with me," thought Alice, "they're sure tokill it -in a day or two. Wouldn't it be murder toleave it behind ? She said the last words out loudand the little thing grunted in reply.

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34 ALICE IN WONDERLANDI f you' re going to turn into a pig, my dear," saidAlice, I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mindnow "Alice was just beginning to think to herself, ''Now,what am I to do with this creature, when I get it

h o m e ~ when it grunted again so violently that Alicelooked down into its face in some alarm. This timethere could be no mistake about i t i t was neithermore nor less than a pig; so she set the little creaturedown and felt quite relieved ' to see it trot awayquietly into the wbod.Alice was a little startled by seeing the CheshireCat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. TheCat only grinned when it saw her. "Cheshire-Puss,"pegan Alice, rather timidly, "would you please tellme which way I ought to go from h e r e ~In th t direction," the Cat said, waving the rightpaw ' roun'd, "lives a Hatter; and in th t direction,"waving the other paw, "lives a March Hare. Visiteither you like; they're both mad."But 1 don't want to go among mad people," Aliceremarked. '"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat; "we're allmad here. Do you play croquet with the Queen to

d a y ~"1 should like it very much," said Alice, but 1haven't been invited yet.""You'll see me there," said the Cat, and vanished. Alice had nO gone much farther before she came insight of the house of the March Hare; it was so largea house that she did not like to go near till she hadnibbled some more of the left-hand bit of mushroom.

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VII-A MAD TEA-PARTYT HERE was a table set out under a tree infront of the house, and the March Hareand the Hatter were having tea at it; aDormouse was sitting between them, fastasleep.The table was a large one, but the three were allcrowded together at one corner of it. No roomNo room " they cried out when they saw Alice com-ing. "There's pl nty of room " said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at oneend of the table.The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearingthis, but all he said was Why is a raven like a writing-desk ?I'm glad they've begun asking riddles-1 believeI can guess that," she added aloud.Do you mean that you think you can find out theanswer to it'?" said the March Hare. ."Exactly so," said Alice. .Then you should say what you mean,". the MarchHare went on.I do," Alice hastily replied; at least-at least 1mean what 1 say-that's the same thing, you know."You might just as well say," added the Dormouse,which seemed to be talking in its sleep, that '1breathe when 1 sleep' is the same thing as '1 sleepwhen 1 breathe ' "

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36 ALICE IN WONDERLANDIt is the same thing with you, said the Hatter,and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose. The

Dormouse shook its head impatiently and said, with-out opening its eyes, Of course, of course; just whatI was going to remai:k myself.Have you guessed the rid-dle yet ? the Hatter said,turning to Alice again.No, I give it up, Alice re-plied. What's the answer ?

. 1 haven't theslightest idea, saidthe Hatter.Nor I,sa i d . t h ,eMarch HareAlice gavea weary sigh.1 think youmigh t do. . somethingbetter with the time, she said, than wasting it inasking riddles that have no answers. .Take some more tea., the March Hare said toAlice, very earnestly. . .

I've had nothing yet, Alice replied in an offendedtone, so I can't take more.' .. You mean you can't take less, said the Hatter;it's very easy to take r than nothing. . .. At this, Alice got up and walked off. The Dor-mouse fell asleep instantly and neither of the otherstook the least notice of her going, though she looked

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ALICE IN WONDERL:AND 37back once or,twice; the last time she saw them, theywere trying to put the Dormouse into the tea-pot."At any rate, I'll never gQ the e again " said Alice,as she picked her way through the wood. "It's thestupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my Efe "Just as she said this, she noticed that one of the treeshad a door leading right into it. "That's very curious " she thought. "I think I may as well go in atonce." And in she went. .

Once more 'she found herself in the long hall andclose to the little glass table. Taking the littlegolden key, she unlocked the door that led into thegarden. Then she set to work nibbling at the mushroom (she had kept a piece of it in her pocket) tillshe was about a foot high; then she walked down thelittle passage; and t n she found herself at last inthe beautiful garden, among the bright flower-bedsand the cool fountains.

VIII- 'THE QUEEN'S CROQUET GROUND

A LARGE rose-tree stood near the entranceof the garden; the roses growing on it werewhite, but there were three gardeners at it,busily painting them red. Suddenly theireyes chanced to fall upon Alice, as she stood watchingthem. 'Would you tell me, please," 'said Alice, alittle timidly,- "why you are painting those roses '?Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two.

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38 ALICE IN WONDERLANDTwo began, in a low voice, "Why, the fact is, yousee, Miss, this here ought to have been a re rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and, ifthe Queen was to find it out, we should all have ourheads cut off you know. So you see, Miss, we'redoing our best, afore she comes to - At this mo-ment, Five, who had been anxiously looking acr.ossthe garden, called out, "The Queen The Queen "and the three gardeners instantly threw themselvesflat upon their faces. There was a o u n of manyfootsteps and Alice looked 'round, eager to see theQueen.First came ten soldiers carrying clubs, with theirhands and feet at the corners: next the ten courtiers;these were ornamented all over with diamonds.After these came the royal children; there were ten ofthem, all ornamented with hearts. Next came theguests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among themAlice recognized the White Rabbit. Then followedthe Knave of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on acrimson velvet cushion; and last of all this grandprocession came THE KING AND THE QUEENOF HEARTS.When the procession came opposite to Alice, theyall stopped and looked at her, and the Queen saidseverely, "Who is t h i s ~ She said it to the Knaveof Hearts, who only. bowed and smiled in reply."My name is Alice, so please Your Majesty," saidAlice very politely; but she added to herself, ''Why,they're only a pack of cards, after all ""Can you l a y c r o q u e t ~ shouted the Queen. Thequestion was evidently meant for Alice.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 39"Yes '; said Alice loudly."Come on, then " roared the Queen.' ' 'It 's-it 's a v ~ y fine day " said a timid voice toAlice. She was walking by the White Rabbit, whowas peeping anxiously into her face."Very," said Alice. ''Where's the Duchess ?""Hush Hush " said the Rabbit. "She's undersentence of execution."' 'What for'?" said Alice."She boxed the Queen's ears-" the Rabbit began."Get to your places " shouted the Queen in a voiceof thunder, and people began running about in alldirections, tumbling up against each other. However, they got settled down in a minute or two, andthe game began.Alice thought she had never seen such a curiouscroquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and fur

rows. The croquet balls were live hedgehogs, andthe mallets live flamingos and the soldiers had todouble themselves up and stand on their hands andfeet, to make the arches.The players all played at once, without waitingfor turns, quarrelling all the while and fighting forthe hedgehogs ; and in a very short time, the Queenwas in a furious passion and went stamping aboutand shouting, "Off with his head " or "Off with herhead " about once in a minute."They're dreadfully fond of beheading peoplehere," thought Alice; "the great wonder is that there'sanyone left alive " .She was looking about for some way of ~ s c a p ewhen she noticed a curious appearance in the air.

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40 ALICE IN WONDERLANDIt's the Cheshire-Cat, she said to herself; now I

shall have somebody to talk to. .How are you getting Oil '? said the Cat.I don't . hink they play at all fairly, Alice said,in a rather compla .ining tone; and they all quarrelso dreadfully one cap't hear oneself speak-and theydon't seem to have any rules in particular.How do you like the Queen ? said the Cat in alow voice.Not at all, said Alice.Alice thought she might as well go back and seehow the game was going on. So she went off in'search of ~ r hedgehog. The hedgehog was engagedin a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed toAlice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one ofthem. with the other; the only difficulty was that herflamingo was

gone across tothe other sideof .the garden,w h r e Alicecould see it trying, in a helpless sort of way,to fly up into atree. She caughtthe flamingoand tucked itaway under herarm, that itmight D;0t es-cape agam.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND- 4Just then Alice ran across the Duchess (who was

now out of prison). She tucked her arm affection-ately into Alice's and they walked off together. Alicewas very glad.to :find her in such a pleasant temper .She was a little startled, however, when she heard thevoice of the Duchess close to her ear. "You're think-ing about somthing, my dear, and that makes youforget to talk." .The game's going on rather better now," Alicesaid, by way of keeping up the conversation a lit-tle." 'Tis so," said the Duchess; "and the moral of that. is- 'Oh, 'tis love, ' tis love that makes the world .go'round ' ""Somebody said," Alice whispered, t h ~ t it's doneby v e r y o d y minding his own business ""Ah, well It means much the same thing," sadthe Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice'sshoulder, as she added "and the moral of th t i'Take care of the sense and the sounds will take careof themselves.' "To Alice's great surprise, the Duchess's arm thatwas linked into hers began to tremble. Alice looked, up and there stood the.Queen in front of them, with'her arms foWed, frowning like a thunderstorm ,

"Now, I give you fair warning," shouted theQueen, stamping on the ground as she spoke, "eitheryou or your head must be off, and that in about halfno time. Take your choice " The Duchess took her~ h o i c e , and was gone in a moment."Let's go on with the game," the Queen said toAlice; and Alice was too, much frightened to say a

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42 ALICE IN WONDERLANDword, but slowly followed her back to the croquet-ground. .. All the time they were playing, the Queen neverleft off quarreling with the other players and shout-ing, "Off with his head " or "Off with her head "By the,end of half an hour or so all the players, ex-cept the King, the Queen and Alice, were in custodyof the soldiers and under sentence of execution .. Then the Queen left off quite out of breath, andwalked away with Alice.Alice heard the King say in a low voice to the com-pany generally, You are all pardone,d."Suddenly the cry The Trial's beginning " washeard in the distance, and Alice ran along with theothers.

IX-WHO STOLE THE T R T S ~

T HE King and Queen of Hearts were seatedon their throne when they arrived, with agreat crowd assembled about them-allsorts of littl,e birds and beasts, as well asthe whole pack of cards: the Knave was standingbefore them, in chains, with a soldier on each sideto guard him; and near the King was the t Rab-bit, with a trumpet in one hand and a scroll of parch-ment in the other. In the very middle of the court

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 4was a table, with a large dish of tarts upon it. Iwish they'd get the trial done," Alice thought, "andhand 'round the refreshments "The judge . by the way, was the King and he worehis crown over his great wig. That's the jury-box,"thought Alice; and those twelve creatures (somewere animals andsome were birds) Isuppose they are the.Jurors.J u s t t hen theWhite Rabbit criedout "Silence

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44 ALICE IN WONDERLANDa teacup in one hand and a piece 9f bread and butterin the other.You ought to have finished," said the King.When did you begin'?"The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who hadfollowed him into the court, arm in arm with the Dormouse. "Fourteenth of March, I think it was," hesaid."Give your evidence," said .the King, and don't

be nervous, or I'll have you executed on' the spot."This did not seem to encourage the witness at all;he kept shifting from one foot to the other, lookinguneasily at the Queen, and, in his confusion, he bit alarge piece Ut of his teacup instead of the bread andbutter.Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation-she was beginning to grow larger again.ThemiserableHatter dropped his teacup and breadand butter and went down on one knee. I'm a poorman, Your Majesty," he began. .You're a very poor speaker, said the King.You may go," said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the court."Call the next witness " said the King.The next witness was the Duchess's cook Shecarried the pepper-box in her hand and the peoplenear the door began sneezing all at'once."Give your evidence," said the King."Sha'n't," said the cookt he King looked anxiously at the White Rabbit,who said, in a low voice, YourMajesty must crossexamine this witness."

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ALICE IN WQNDERLAND 45"Well, if I must, I must," the King said. ' 'Whatare tarts made of ""Pepper, mostly," said the cook.For some minutes the whole court was in confusionand by the time they had settled down again, the cookhad disappeared."Never minc:l " said the King, "call the next wit-ness.Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled overthe list. Imagine her surprise when he read out, atthe top of his shrill little voice, the name "Alice " .

X-ALICE'S EVIDENCE"H RE " cried Alice. She jumped up insuch a hurry that she tipped over thejury-box, upsetting all the jurymen onto the heads of the crowd below."Oh, I beg your pardon " she exclaimed in a toneof great .dismay."The trial cannot proceed," said the King, "untilall the jurymen are back in their proper placesall, he repeated with .great emphasis, looking hardat Alice."What do you know about this business ?" theKing said to Alice."Nothing whatever," said Alice.

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46 ALICE IN WONDERLANDtwo. ll persons more than a mile high to leave thecourt.I'm not a mile high, said Alice.Nearly two miles high, said the Queen.'Well, I sha'n'tgo, at any rate,said Alice.The King turnedpale and shut hisnote-book hastily.Consider you rverdict, he said tothe jury, in a low,trembling voice.There's m 0 r eevidence to comeyet, please YourMajesty, said the~ t ~ Ra b tJumpmg up m agreat hurry. .This paper has just been picked up.It seems to be a letter written by the prisoner to -to somebody. He unfolded the paper s he spokeand added, It isn't .a letter, after all; it's a set ofverses.Please, Your Majesty, said the Knave, Ididn't write it and they can't prove that I did;there's no name signed at the end.You must have meant some mischief, or elseyou'd have signed your name like an honest man,said the King. There was a general clapping ofhands at this.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 47"Read them," he added, turning to the White Rab-

bit.There was dead silence in the court whilst theWhite Rabbit read out the verses.That's the most important piece of evidencewe've heard yet," said the King."1 don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it,"ventured Alice.If there's no meaning in it," said the King, that

saves a world of trouble, you know" s we needn'ttry to find any. Let the jury consider their ver-dict.""No, no " said the Queen. "Sentence fir -verdict afterwards.""Stuff and nonsense " said Alice loudly. Theidea of having the.sentence first "Hold your tongue "said the Queen, turningpurple.I won't " said Alice."Off with her head ". the Queen shouted at thetop of her voice. Nobodymoved.Who cares for you?said Alice (she had grownto her full size by thistime) . "You're nothingbut a pack of cards "At this, the whole packrose up in the air and cameflying down upon her; she

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8 LICE IN WONDERL NDgave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger,and tried to beat. them off and found herself lyingon the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister,who was gently brushing away some dead leaves thathad fluttered down from the trees upon her face."Wake up, Alice dear " said her sister. "Why,what a long s l ~ p you've had ". "Oh, I ve had such a curious dream " saidAlice. And she told her sister, as well as she couldremember them, all these strange adventures of ~ r sthat you have just been reading about. Alice gotup and ran off thinking while she 'ran, as well shemight, what a wonderful dream it had been. .

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