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2 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

3 by Lewis Carroll
4 Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
5 Lewis Carroll
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7 CHAPTER I - Down the that she ought to have wondered at this, but
Rabbit-Hole at the time it all seemed quite natural); but
when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH
8 Alice was beginning to get very tired of sit- OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET, and
ting by her sister on the bank, and of having looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started
nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that
into the book her sister was reading, but it had she had never before seen a rabbit with either
no pictures or conversations in it, ànd what a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it,
is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without and burning with curiosity, she ran across the
pictures or conversation?' field after it, and fortunately was just in time
to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under
9 So she was considering in her own mind (as the hedge.
well as she could, for the hot day made her feel
In another moment down went Alice after it, 11
very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure
never once considering how in the world she
of making a daisy-chain would be worth the
was to get out again.
trouble of getting up and picking the daisies,
when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel 12
ran close by her. for some way, and then dipped suddenly down,
so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to
10 There was nothing so VERY remarkable in think about stopping herself before she found
that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much herself falling down a very deep well.
out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself,
Òh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she Either the well was very deep, or she fell very 13
thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went
down to look about her and to wonder what I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. Ì
was going to happen next. First, she tried to must be getting somewhere near the centre of
look down and make out what she was coming the earth. Let me see: that would be four
to, but it was too dark to see anything; then thousand miles down, I think--' (for, you see,
she looked at the sides of the well, and no- Alice had learnt several things of this sort in
ticed that they were filled with cupboards and her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this
book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and was not a VERY good opportunity for show-
pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar ing off her knowledge, as there was no one to
from one of the shelves as she passed; it was listen to her, still it was good practice to say it
labelled ÒRANGE MARMALADE', but to over) `--yes, that's about the right distance--
her great disappointment it was empty: she but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude
did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Lat-
somebody, so managed to put it into one of itude was, or Longitude either, but thought
the cupboards as she fell past it. they were nice grand words to say.)
14 `Well!' thought Alice to herself, àfter such a Presently she began again. Ì wonder if I shall 16
fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling fall right THROUGH the earth! How funny
down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at it'll seem to come out among the people that
home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, walk with their heads downward! The An-
even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which tipathies, I think--' (she was rather glad there
was very likely true.) WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't
sound at all the right word) `--but I shall have
15 Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER to ask them what the name of the country is,
come to an end! Ì wonder how many miles you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand
or Australia?' (and she tried to curtsey as she off, and had just begun to dream that she was
spoke--fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying
through the air! Do you think you could man- to her very earnestly, `Now, Dinah, tell me
age it?) Ànd what an ignorant little girl she'll the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when sud-
think me for asking! No, it'll never do to denly, thump! thump! down she came upon a
ask: perhaps I shall see it written up some- heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was
where.' over.
17 Down, down, down. There was nothing else Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on 18
to do, so Alice soon began talking again. `Di- to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it
nah'll miss me very much to-night, I should was all dark overhead; before her was another
think!' (Dinah was the cat.) Ì hope they'll long passage, and the White Rabbit was still
remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Di- in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a
nah my dear! I wish you were down here moment to be lost: away went Alice like the
with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as
afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's it turned a corner, Òh my ears and whiskers,
very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat how late it's getting!' She was close behind it
bats, I wonder?' And here Alice began to get when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit
rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, was no longer to be seen: she found herself in
in a dreamy sort of way, `Do cats eat bats? a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of
Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, `Do bats lamps hanging from the roof.
eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer
either question, it didn't much matter which There were doors all round the hall, but they 19
way she put it. She felt that she was dozing were all locked; and when Alice had been all
the way down one side and up the other, trying of bright flowers and those cool fountains,
every door, she walked sadly down the mid- but she could not even get her head through
dle, wondering how she was ever to get out the doorway; ànd even if my head would go
again. through,' thought poor Alice, ìt would be
of very little use without my shoulders. Oh,
20 Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I
table, all made of solid glass; there was noth- think I could, if I only know how to begin.'
ing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things
first thought was that it might belong to one of had happened lately, that Alice had begun to
the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks think that very few things indeed were really
were too large, or the key was too small, but at impossible.
any rate it would not open any of them. How-
ever, on the second time round, she came upon There seemed to be no use in waiting by the 22
a low curtain she had not noticed before, and little door, so she went back to the table, half
behind it was a little door about fifteen inches hoping she might find another key on it, or
high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, at any rate a book of rules for shutting peo-
and to her great delight it fitted! ple up like telescopes: this time she found a
little bottle on it, (`which certainly was not
21 Alice opened the door and found that it led here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck
into a small passage, not much larger than of the bottle was a paper label, with the words
a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large
the passage into the loveliest garden you ever letters.
saw. How she longed to get out of that dark
hall, and wander about among those beds It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the 23
wise little Alice was not going to do THAT in ****** 26
a hurry. `No, I'll look first,' she said, ànd

see whether it's marked “poison” or not'; for ******* 27
she had read several nice little histories about

`What a curious feeling!' said Alice; Ì must 28
children who had got burnt, and eaten up by
be shutting up like a telescope.'
wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all
because they WOULD not remember the sim- And so it was indeed: she was now only ten 29
ple rules their friends had taught them: such inches high, and her face brightened up at the
as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you thought that she was now the right size for
hold it too long; and that if you cut your finger going through the little door into that lovely
VERY deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; garden. First, however, she waited for a few
and she had never forgotten that, if you drink minutes to see if she was going to shrink any
much from a bottle marked `poison,' it is al- further: she felt a little nervous about this;
most certain to disagree with you, sooner or `for it might end, you know,' said Alice to her-
later. self, ìn my going out altogether, like a candle.
I wonder what I should be like then?' And
24 However, this bottle was NOT marked `poi- she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle
son,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and find- is like after the candle is blown out, for she
ing it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of could not remember ever having seen such a
mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine- thing.
apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered
toast,) she very soon finished it off. After a while, finding that nothing more hap- 30
pened, she decided on going into the garden at

25 ******* once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got
to the door, she found she had forgotten the Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was 32
little golden key, and when she went back to lying under the table: she opened it, and found
the table for it, she found she could not pos- in it a very small cake, on which the words
sibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly ÈAT ME' were beautifully marked in cur-
through the glass, and she tried her best to rants. `Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, ànd if it
climb up one of the legs of the table, but it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and
was too slippery; and when she had tired her- if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under
self out with trying, the poor little thing sat the door; so either way I'll get into the garden,
down and cried. and I don't care which happens!'
31 `Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to her- 33
Alice to herself, rather sharply; Ì advise you self, `Which way? Which way?', holding her
to leave off this minute!' She generally gave hand on the top of her head to feel which way
herself very good advice, (though she very sel- it was growing, and she was quite surprised
dom followed it), and sometimes she scolded to find that she remained the same size: to
herself so severely as to bring tears into her be sure, this generally happens when one eats
eyes; and once she remembered trying to box cake, but Alice had got so much into the way
her own ears for having cheated herself in a of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things
game of croquet she was playing against her- to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid
self, for this curious child was very fond of pre- for life to go on in the common way.
tending to be two people. `But it's no use So she set to work, and very soon finished off 34
now,' thought poor Alice, `to pretend to be the cake.
two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me
left to make ONE respectable person!' ******* 35
36 ******
37 *******
38 CHAPTER II - The Pool of Tears ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ.

HEARTHRUG,
NEAR THE FENDER,
39 `Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she
(WITH ALICE'S LOVE).
was so much surprised, that for the moment
she quite forgot how to speak good English); Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!' 42
`now I'm opening out like the largest telescope

that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she Just then her head struck against the roof of 43
looked down at her feet, they seemed to be al- the hall: in fact she was now more than nine
most out of sight, they were getting so far off). feet high, and she at once took up the lit-
Òh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will tle golden key and hurried off to the garden
put on your shoes and stockings for you now, door.
dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, 44
great deal too far off to trouble myself about lying down on one side, to look through into
you: you must manage the best way you can; the garden with one eye; but to get through
--but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, was more hopeless than ever: she sat down
òr perhaps they won't walk the way I want and began to cry again.
to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of
boots every Christmas.' `You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' said Al- 45
ice, à great girl like you,' (she might well say

40 And she went on planning to herself how she this), `to go on crying in this way! Stop this
would manage it. `They must go by the car- moment, I tell you!' But she went on all the
rier,' she thought; ànd how funny it'll seem, same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was
sending presents to one's own feet! And how a large pool all round her, about four inches
41 odd the directions will look! deep and reaching half down the hall.
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet 46 this morning? I almost think I can remember
in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes feeling a little different. But if I'm not the
to see what was coming. It was the White same, the next question is, Who in the world
Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!' And
pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a she began thinking over all the children she
large fan in the other: he came trotting along knew that were of the same age as herself, to
in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he see if she could have been changed for any of
came, Òh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! them.
won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!'
Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to Ì'm sure I'm not Ada,' she said, `for her hair 48
ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go
near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, Ìf in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Ma-
you please, sir--' The Rabbit started violently, bel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh!
dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and she knows such a very little! Besides, SHE'S
skurried away into the darkness as hard as he she, and I'm I, and--oh dear, how puzzling it
could go. all is! I'll try if I know all the things I used
to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve,
47 Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the and four times six is thirteen, and four times
hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself seven is--oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at
all the time she went on talking: `Dear, that rate! However, the Multiplication Table
dear! How queer everything is to-day! And doesn't signify: let's try Geography. London
yesterday things went on just as usual. I is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital
wonder if I've been changed in the night? of Rome, and Rome--no, THAT'S all wrong,
Let me think: was I the same when I got up I'm certain! I must have been changed for
Mabel! I'll try and say “How doth the little- putting their heads down and saying “Come up
-”' and she crossed her hands on her lap as if again, dear!” I shall only look up and say “Who
she were saying lessons, and began to repeat am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I
it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll
and the words did not come the same as they stay down here till I'm somebody else”--but,
49 used to do:-- oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of
`How doth the little crocodile tears, Ì do wish they WOULD put their heads
Improve his shining tail,
down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone
here!'
And pour the waters of the Nile
50 On every golden scale! As she said this she looked down at her hands, 52
and was surprised to see that she had put on

`How cheerfully he seems to grin,
one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves while
How neatly spread his claws, she was talking. `How CAN I have done that?'
And welcome little fishes in she thought. Ì must be growing small again.'
With gently smiling jaws!' She got up and went to the table to mea-
sure herself by it, and found that, as nearly
51 Ì'm sure those are not the right words,' said
as she could guess, she was now about two
poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again
feet high, and was going on shrinking rapidly:
as she went on, Ì must be Mabel after all,
she soon found out that the cause of this was
and I shall have to go and live in that poky
the fan she was holding, and she dropped it
little house, and have next to no toys to play
hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away
with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn!
altogether.
No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm
Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their `That WAS a narrow escape!' said Alice, a 53
good deal frightened at the sudden change, tears which she had wept when she was nine
but very glad to find herself still in existence; feet high.
ànd now for the garden!' and she ran with Ì wish I hadn't cried so much!' said Alice, as 55
all speed back to the little door: but, alas! she swam about, trying to find her way out. Ì
the little door was shut again, and the little shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by be-
golden key was lying on the glass table as being drowned in my own tears! That WILL be
fore, ànd things are worse than ever,' thought a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything
the poor child, `for I never was so small as this is queer to-day.'
before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that
it is!' Just then she heard something splashing about 56
in the pool a little way off, and she swam

54 As she said these words her foot slipped, and nearer to make out what it was: at first she
in another moment, splash! she was up to her thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus,
chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she but then she remembered how small she was
had somehow fallen into the sea, ànd in that now, and she soon made out that it was only a
case I can go back by railway,' she said to her- mouse that had slipped in like herself.
self. (Alice had been to the seaside once in her `Would it be of any use, now,' thought Alice, 57
life, and had come to the general conclusion, `to speak to this mouse? Everything is so out-
that wherever you go to on the English coast of-the-way down here, that I should think very
you find a number of bathing machines in the likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm
sea, some children digging in the sand with in trying.' So she began: Ò Mouse, do you
wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, know the way out of this pool? I am very tired
and behind them a railway station.) However, of swimming about here, O Mouse!' (Alice
she soon made out that she was in the pool of thought this must be the right way of speak-
ing to a mouse: she had never done such a `Well, perhaps not,' said Alice in a soothing 60
thing before, but she remembered having seen tone: `don't be angry about it. And yet I wish
in her brother's Latin Grammar, À mouse-- I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd
of a mouse--to a mouse--a mouse--O mouse!') take a fancy to cats if you could only see her.
The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, She is such a dear quiet thing,' Alice went on,
and seemed to her to wink with one of its little half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the
eyes, but it said nothing. pool, ànd she sits purring so nicely by the
fire, licking her paws and washing her face--
58 `Perhaps it doesn't understand English,'
and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse--and
thought Alice; Ì daresay it's a French mouse,
she's such a capital one for catching mice--oh,
come over with William the Conqueror.' (For,
I beg your pardon!' cried Alice again, for this
with all her knowledge of history, Alice had
time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she
no very clear notion how long ago anything
felt certain it must be really offended. `We
had happened.) So she began again: Òu est
won't talk about her any more if you'd rather
ma chatte?' which was the first sentence in
not.'
her French lesson-book. The Mouse gave a
sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to `We indeed!' cried the Mouse, who was trem- 61
quiver all over with fright. Òh, I beg your bling down to the end of his tail. Às if I
pardon!' cried Alice hastily, afraid that she would talk on such a subject! Our family al-
had hurt the poor animal's feelings. Ì quite ways HATED cats: nasty, low, vulgar things!
forgot you didn't like cats.' Don't let me hear the name again!'
59 `Not like cats!' cried the Mouse, in a shrill, Ì won't indeed!' said Alice, in a great hurry to 62
passionate voice. `Would YOU like cats if you change the subject of conversation. Àre you--
were me?' are you fond--of--of dogs?' The Mouse did not
answer, so Alice went on eagerly: `There is you'll understand why it is I hate cats and
such a nice little dog near our house I should dogs.'
like to show you! A little bright-eyed terrier, It was high time to go, for the pool was getting 64
you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair! quite crowded with the birds and animals that
And it'll fetch things when you throw them, had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a
and it'll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other
sorts of things--I can't remember half of them- curious creatures. Alice led the way, and the
-and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he whole party swam to the shore.
says it's so useful, it's worth a hundred pounds!
He says it kills all the rats and--oh dear!' cried
Alice in a sorrowful tone, Ì'm afraid I've of-
fended it again!' For the Mouse was swim-
ming away from her as hard as it could go,
and making quite a commotion in the pool as
it went.
63 So she called softly after it, `Mouse dear! Do

come back again, and we won't talk about cats
or dogs either, if you don't like them!' When
the Mouse heard this, it turned round and
swam slowly back to her: its face was quite
pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said
in a low trembling voice, `Let us get to the
shore, and then I'll tell you my history, and
65 CHAPTER III - A Caucus-Race and a make you dry enough!' They all sat down at
Long Tale once, in a large ring, with the Mouse in the
middle. Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed on
66 They were indeed a queer-looking party that it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold
assembled on the bank--the birds with drag- if she did not get dry very soon.
gled feathers, the animals with their fur cling-
ing close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, Àhem!' said the Mouse with an important 69
and uncomfortable. air, àre you all ready? This is the driest
thing I know. Silence all round, if you please!
67 The first question of course was, how to get “William the Conqueror, whose cause was
dry again: they had a consultation about this, favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to
and after a few minutes it seemed quite natural by the English, who wanted leaders, and had
to Alice to find herself talking familiarly with been of late much accustomed to usurpation
them, as if she had known them all her life. and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the earls of
Indeed, she had quite a long argument with Mercia and Northumbria--”'
the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would
only say, Ì am older than you, and must know Ùgh!' said the Lory, with a shiver. 70
better'; and this Alice would not allow with- Ì beg your pardon!' said the Mouse, frowning, 71
out knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory but very politely: `Did you speak?'
positively refused to tell its age, there was no
more to be said. `Not I!' said the Lory hastily. 72
68 At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a per- Ì thought you did,' said the Mouse. `--I pro- 73
son of authority among them, called out, `Sit ceed. “Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia
down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL soon and Northumbria, declared for him: and even
Stigand, the patriotic archbishop of Canter- `Speak English!' said the Eaglet. Ì don't 80
bury, found it advisable--”' know the meaning of half those long words,
74 `Found WHAT?' said the Duck. and, what's more, I don't believe you do ei-
ther!' And the Eaglet bent down its head to
75 `Found IT,' the Mouse replied rather crossly: hide a smile: some of the other birds tittered
òf course you know what “it” means.' audibly.
76 Ì know what “it” means well enough, when I
`What I was going to say,' said the Dodo in 81
find a thing,' said the Duck: ìt's generally a
an offended tone, `was, that the best thing to
frog or a worm. The question is, what did the
get us dry would be a Caucus-race.'
archbishop find?'
77 The Mouse did not notice this question, but `What IS a Caucus-race?' said Alice; not 82
hurriedly went on, `“--found it advisable to go that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo
with Edgar Atheling to meet William and offer had paused as if it thought that SOMEBODY
him the crown. William's conduct at first was ought to speak, and no one else seemed in-
moderate. But the insolence of his Normans- clined to say anything.
-” How are you getting on now, my dear?' it `Why,' said the Dodo, `the best way to ex- 83
continued, turning to Alice as it spoke. plain it is to do it.' (And, as you might like to
78 Às wet as ever,' said Alice in a melancholy try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will
tone: ìt doesn't seem to dry me at all.' tell you how the Dodo managed it.)
79 Ìn that case,' said the Dodo solemnly, rising First it marked out a race-course, in a sort 84
to its feet, Ì move that the meeting adjourn, of circle, (`the exact shape doesn't matter,'
for the immediate adoption of more energetic it said,) and then all the party were placed
remedies--' along the course, here and there. There was
no Òne, two, three, and away,' but they be- Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair 88
gan running when they liked, and left off when she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled
they liked, so that it was not easy to know out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water
when the race was over. However, when they had not got into it), and handed them round
had been running half an hour or so, and as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all
were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called round.
out `The race is over!' and they all crowded
`But she must have a prize herself, you know,' 89
round it, panting, and asking, `But who has
said the Mouse.
won?'
85 This question the Dodo could not answer with- Òf course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. 90
out a great deal of thought, and it sat for `What else have you got in your pocket?' he
a long time with one finger pressed upon its went on, turning to Alice.
forehead (the position in which you usually see Ònly a thimble,' said Alice sadly. 91
Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the

rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, `Hand it over here,' said the Dodo. 92
ÈVERYBODY has won, and all must have Then they all crowded round her once more, 93
prizes.' while the Dodo solemnly presented the thim-

86 `But who is to give the prizes?' quite a chorus ble, saying `We beg your acceptance of this el-
of voices asked. egant thimble'; and, when it had finished this
short speech, they all cheered.
87 `Why, SHE, of course,' said the Dodo, point-
ing to Alice with one finger; and the whole Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but 94
party at once crowded round her, calling out they all looked so grave that she did not dare
in a confused way, `Prizes! Prizes!' to laugh; and, as she could not think of any-
thing to say, she simply bowed, and took the `Fury said to a
thimble, looking as solemn as she could. mouse, That he
met in the
95 The next thing was to eat the comfits: this house,
caused some noise and confusion, as the large "Let us
birds complained that they could not taste both go to
law: I will
theirs, and the small ones choked and had to
prosecute
be patted on the back. However, it was over YOU. --Come,
at last, and they sat down again in a ring, I'll take no
and begged the Mouse to tell them something denial; We
more. must have a
trial: For
96 `You promised to tell me your history, you really this
know,' said Alice, ànd why it is you hate-- morning I've
C and D,' she added in a whisper, half afraid nothing
to do."
that it would be offended again.
Said the
97 `Mine is a long and a sad tale!' said the mouse to the
cur, "Such
Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing.
a trial,
98 Ìt IS a long tail, certainly,' said Alice, looking dear Sir,
down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; `but With
no jury
why do you call it sad?' And she kept on puz-
or judge,
zling about it while the Mouse was speaking, would be
so that her idea of the tale was something like wasting
99 this:-- our
breath." herself useful, and looking anxiously about

"I'll be her. Òh, do let me help to undo it!'
judge, I'll
be jury,"
Ì shall do nothing of the sort,' said the Mouse, 104
Said getting up and walking away. `You insult me

cunning by talking such nonsense!'
old Fury:
Ì didn't mean it!' pleaded poor Alice. `But 105
"I'll
try the
you're so easily offended, you know!'
whole The Mouse only growled in reply. 106
cause,
and
`Please come back and finish your story!' Al- 107
condemn ice called after it; and the others all joined in
you chorus, `Yes, please do!' but the Mouse only
to shook its head impatiently, and walked a little
death."' quicker.
100 `You are not attending!' said the Mouse `What a pity it wouldn't stay!' sighed the 108
to Alice severely. `What are you thinking Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight; and
of?' an old Crab took the opportunity of saying
to her daughter Àh, my dear! Let this be
101 Ì beg your pardon,' said Alice very humbly:
a lesson to you never to lose YOUR temper!'
`you had got to the fifth bend, I think?'
`Hold your tongue, Ma!' said the young Crab,
102 Ì had NOT!' cried the Mouse, sharply and a little snappishly. `You're enough to try the
very angrily. patience of an oyster!'
103 À knot!' said Alice, always ready to make Ì wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!' said 109
Alice aloud, addressing nobody in particular. to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the
`She'd soon fetch it back!' best cat in the world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I
wonder if I shall ever see you any more!' And
110 Ànd who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask
here poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt
the question?' said the Lory.
very lonely and low-spirited. In a little while,
111 Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready however, she again heard a little pattering of
to talk about her pet: `Dinah's our cat. And footsteps in the distance, and she looked up ea-
she's such a capital one for catching mice you gerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed
can't think! And oh, I wish you could see her his mind, and was coming back to finish his
after the birds! Why, she'll eat a little bird as story.
soon as look at it!'
112 This speech caused a remarkable sensation
among the party. Some of the birds hurried
off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping
itself up very carefully, remarking, Ì really
must be getting home; the night-air doesn't
suit my throat!' and a Canary called out in a
trembling voice to its children, `Come away,
my dears! It's high time you were all in bed!'
On various pretexts they all moved off, and
Alice was soon left alone.
113 Ì wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!' she said to
herself in a melancholy tone. `Nobody seems
114 CHAPTER IV - The Rabbit Sends in a and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick,
Little Bill now!' And Alice was so much frightened that
she ran off at once in the direction it pointed
115 It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly to, without trying to explain the mistake it
back again, and looking anxiously about as had made.
it went, as if it had lost something; and she `He took me for his housemaid,' she said to 117
heard it muttering to itself `The Duchess! herself as she ran. `How surprised he'll be
The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my when he finds out who I am! But I'd better
fur and whiskers! She'll get me executed, take him his fan and gloves--that is, if I can
as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where CAN find them.' As she said this, she came upon
I have dropped them, I wonder?' Alice a neat little house, on the door of which was
guessed in a moment that it was looking a bright brass plate with the name `W. RAB-
for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, BIT' engraved upon it. She went in without
and she very good-naturedly began hunting knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear
about for them, but they were nowhere to lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be
be seen--everything seemed to have changed turned out of the house before she had found
since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, the fan and gloves.
with the glass table and the little door, had
vanished completely. `How queer it seems,' Alice said to herself, `to 118
be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Di-

116 Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she nah'll be sending me on messages next!' And
went hunting about, and called out to her in she began fancying the sort of thing that would
an angry tone, `Why, Mary Ann, what ARE happen: `“Miss Alice! Come here directly,
you doing out here? Run home this moment, and get ready for your walk!” “Coming in a
minute, nurse! But I've got to see that the bottle, she found her head pressing against the
mouse doesn't get out.” Only I don't think,' ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from
Alice went on, `that they'd let Dinah stop in being broken. She hastily put down the bottle,
the house if it began ordering people about like saying to herself `That's quite enough--I hope
that!' I shan't grow any more--As it is, I can't get out
at the door--I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so
119 By this time she had found her way into a
much!'
tidy little room with a table in the window,
and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went 121
three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took on growing, and growing, and very soon had
up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was to kneel down on the floor: in another minute
just going to leave the room, when her eye there was not even room for this, and she tried
fell upon a little bottle that stood near the the effect of lying down with one elbow against
looking- glass. There was no label this time the door, and the other arm curled round her
with the words `DRINK ME,' but nevertheless head. Still she went on growing, and, as a last
she uncorked it and put it to her lips. Ì know resource, she put one arm out of the window,
SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' and one foot up the chimney, and said to her-
she said to herself, `whenever I eat or drink self `Now I can do no more, whatever happens.
anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. What WILL become of me?'
I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for
Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had 122
really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little
now had its full effect, and she grew no larger:
thing!'
still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there
120 It did so indeed, and much sooner than she seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever get-
had expected: before she had drunk half the ting out of the room again, no wonder she felt
unhappy. there's hardly room for YOU, and no room at

123 Ìt was much pleasanter at home,' thought all for any lesson-books!'
poor Alice, `when one wasn't always growing And so she went on, taking first one side and 126
larger and smaller, and being ordered about then the other, and making quite a conversa-
by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't tion of it altogether; but after a few minutes
gone down that rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet- she heard a voice outside, and stopped to lis-
-it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! ten.
I do wonder what CAN have happened to me!
When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that `Mary Ann! Mary Ann!' said the voice. 127
kind of thing never happened, and now here I `Fetch me my gloves this moment!' Then
am in the middle of one! There ought to be came a little pattering of feet on the stairs.
a book written about me, that there ought! Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to
And when I grow up, I'll write one--but I'm look for her, and she trembled till she shook
grown up now,' she added in a sorrowful tone; the house, quite forgetting that she was now
àt least there's no room to grow up any more about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit,
HERE.' and had no reason to be afraid of it.
124 `But then,' thought Alice, `shall I NEVER Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, 128
get any older than I am now? That'll be a and tried to open it; but, as the door opened
comfort, one way--never to be an old woman-- inwards, and Alice's elbow was pressed hard
but then--always to have lessons to learn! Oh, against it, that attempt proved a failure. Al-
I shouldn't like THAT!' ice heard it say to itself `Then I'll go round
and get in at the window.'
125 Òh, you foolish Alice!' she answered herself.
`How can you learn lessons in here? Why, `THAT you won't' thought Alice, and, after 129
waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit all that.'
just under the window, she suddenly spread `Well, it's got no business there, at any rate: 136
out her hand, and made a snatch in the air. go and take it away!'
She did not get hold of anything, but she heard
a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of bro- There was a long silence after this, and Alice 137
ken glass, from which she concluded that it could only hear whispers now and then; such
was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber- as, `Sure, I don't like it, yer honour, at all, at
frame, or something of the sort. all!' `Do as I tell you, you coward!' and at
last she spread out her hand again, and made
130 Next came an angry voice--the Rabbit's--`Pat! another snatch in the air. This time there were
Pat! Where are you?' And then a voice she TWO little shrieks, and more sounds of broken
had never heard before, `Sure then I'm here! glass. `What a number of cucumber-frames
Digging for apples, yer honour!' there must be!' thought Alice. Ì wonder what
131 `Digging for apples, indeed!' said the Rab- they'll do next! As for pulling me out of the
bit angrily. `Here! Come and help me out of window, I only wish they COULD! I'm sure I
THIS!' (Sounds of more broken glass.) don't want to stay in here any longer!'
132 `Now tell me, Pat, what's that in the win- She waited for some time without hearing any- 138
dow?' thing more: at last came a rumbling of lit-

133 `Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!' (He pro- tle cartwheels, and the sound of a good many
nounced it àrrum.') voices all talking together: she made out the
words: `Where's the other ladder?--Why, I
134 Àn arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other-
size? Why, it fills the whole window!' -Bill! fetch it here, lad!--Here, put èm up
135 `Sure, it does, yer honour: but it's an arm for at this corner--No, tie èm together first--they
don't reach half high enough yet--Oh! they'll The first thing she heard was a general chorus 141
do well enough; don't be particular-- Here, of `There goes Bill!' then the Rabbit's voice
Bill! catch hold of this rope--Will the roof along--`Catch him, you by the hedge!' then
bear?--Mind that loose slate--Oh, it's coming silence, and then another confusion of voices--
down! Heads below!' (a loud crash)--`Now, `Hold up his head--Brandy now--Don't choke
who did that?--It was Bill, I fancy--Who's to him--How was it, old fellow? What happened
go down the chimney?--Nay, I shan't! YOU to you? Tell us all about it!'
do it!--That I won't, then!--Bill's to go down--
Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, 142
Here, Bill! the master says you're to go down
(`That's Bill,' thought Alice,) `Well, I
the chimney!'
hardly know--No more, thank ye; I'm better
139 Òh! So Bill's got to come down the chimney, now--but I'm a deal too flustered to tell
has he?' said Alice to herself. `Shy, they seem you--all I know is, something comes at me
to put everything upon Bill! I wouldn't be in like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a
Bill's place for a good deal: this fireplace is sky-rocket!'
narrow, to be sure; but I THINK I can kick a
`So you did, old fellow!' said the others. 143
little!'
`We must burn the house down!' said the Rab- 144
140 She drew her foot as far down the chimney
bit's voice; and Alice called out as loud as she
as she could, and waited till she heard a lit-
could, Ìf you do. I'll set Dinah at you!'
tle animal (she couldn't guess of what sort it
was) scratching and scrambling about in the There was a dead silence instantly, and Al- 145
chimney close above her: then, saying to her- ice thought to herself, Ì wonder what they
self `This is Bill,' she gave one sharp kick, and WILL do next! If they had any sense, they'd
waited to see what would happen next. take the roof off.' After a minute or two, they
began moving about again, and Alice heard and found quite a crowd of little animals and
the Rabbit say, À barrowful will do, to begin birds waiting outside. The poor little Lizard,
with.' Bill, was in the middle, being held up by two
146 À barrowful of WHAT?' thought Alice; but guinea-pigs, who were giving it something out
she had not long to doubt, for the next mo- of a bottle. They all made a rush at Alice the
ment a shower of little pebbles came rattling moment she appeared; but she ran off as hard
in at the window, and some of them hit her as she could, and soon found herself safe in a
in the face. Ì'll put a stop to this,' she said thick wood.
to herself, and shouted out, `You'd better not `The first thing I've got to do,' said Alice to 149
do that again!' which produced another dead herself, as she wandered about in the wood, ìs
silence. to grow to my right size again; and the second
147 Alice noticed with some surprise that the thing is to find my way into that lovely garden.
pebbles were all turning into little cakes I think that will be the best plan.'
as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and 150
came into her head. Ìf I eat one of these very neatly and simply arranged; the only dif-
cakes,' she thought, ìt's sure to make SOME ficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea
change in my size; and as it can't possibly how to set about it; and while she was peering
make me larger, it must make me smaller, I about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp
suppose.' bark just over her head made her look up in a
148 So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was great hurry.
delighted to find that she began shrinking di- An enormous puppy was looking down at her 151
rectly. As soon as she was small enough to get with large round eyes, and feebly stretching
through the door, she ran out of the house, out one paw, trying to touch her. `Poor little
thing!' said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down
tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly a good way off, panting, with its tongue hang-
frightened all the time at the thought that it ing out of its mouth, and its great eyes half
might be hungry, in which case it would be shut.
very likely to eat her up in spite of all her This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for 153
coaxing. making her escape; so she set off at once, and
ran till she was quite tired and out of breath,
152 Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint
little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; in the distance.
whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off
all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and Ànd yet what a dear little puppy it was!' 154
rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to
it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, rest herself, and fanned herself with one of the
to keep herself from being run over; and the leaves: Ì should have liked teaching it tricks
moment she appeared on the other side, the very much, if--if I'd only been the right size to
puppy made another rush at the stick, and do it! Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've
tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get got to grow up again! Let me see--how IS it to
hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink
having a game of play with a cart-horse, and something or other; but the great question is,
expecting every moment to be trampled un- what?'
der its feet, ran round the thistle again; then The great question certainly was, what? Al- 155
the puppy began a series of short charges at ice looked all round her at the flowers and the
the stick, running a very little way forwards blades of grass, but she did not see anything
each time and a long way back, and barking that looked like the right thing to eat or drink
under the circumstances. There was a large

mushroom growing near her, about the same
height as herself; and when she had looked un-
der it, and on both sides of it, and behind it,
it occurred to her that she might as well look
and see what was on the top of it.
156 She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped
over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes
immediately met those of a large caterpillar,
that was sitting on the top with its arms
folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and
taking not the smallest notice of her or of
anything else.
157 CHAPTER V - Advice from a myself to begin with; and being so many dif-
Caterpillar ferent sizes in a day is very confusing.'
Ìt isn't,' said the Caterpillar. 165
158 The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other
for some time in silence: at last the Caterpil- `Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet,' 166
lar took the hookah out of its mouth, and ad- said Alice; `but when you have to turn into
dressed her in a languid, sleepy voice. a chrysalis--you will some day, you know--and
159 `Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar. then after that into a butterfly, I should think
you'll feel it a little queer, won't you?'
160 This was not an encouraging opening for a
conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, Ì- `Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar. 167
-I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I `Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' 168
know who I WAS when I got up this morning, said Alice; àll I know is, it would feel very
but I think I must have been changed several queer to ME.'
times since then.'
`You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously. 169
161 `What do you mean by that?' said the Cater- `Who are YOU?'
pillar sternly. Èxplain yourself!'
Which brought them back again to the begin- 170
162 Ì can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir' ning of the conversation. Alice felt a little irri-
said Alice, `because I'm not myself, you tated at the Caterpillar's making such VERY
see.' short remarks, and she drew herself up and
163 Ì don't see,' said the Caterpillar. said, very gravely, Ì think, you ought to tell
164 Ì'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice me who YOU are, first.'
replied very politely, `for I can't understand it `Why?' said the Caterpillar. 171
172 Here was another puzzling question; and as Ì'm afraid I am, sir,' said Alice; Ì can't re- 179
Alice could not think of any good reason, member things as I used--and I don't keep the
and as the Caterpillar seemed to be in a same size for ten minutes together!'
VERY unpleasant state of mind, she turned `Can't remember WHAT things?' said the 180
away. Caterpillar.
173 `Come back!' the Caterpillar called after her. `Well, I've tried to say “HOW DOTH THE 181
Ì've something important to say!' LITTLE BUSY BEE,” but it all came dif-
174 This sounded promising, certainly: Alice ferent!' Alice replied in a very melancholy
turned and came back again. voice.
175 `Keep your temper,' said the Caterpil- `Repeat, “YOU ARE OLD, FATHER 182
lar. WILLIAM,”' said the Caterpillar.

Alice folded her hands, and began:-- 183
176 Ìs that all?' said Alice, swallowing down her 184
anger as well as she could. `You are old, Father William,' the young man
said,
177 `No,' said the Caterpillar. Ànd your hair has become very white;
178 Alice thought she might as well wait, as she And yet you incessantly stand on your head-
-
had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all
it might tell her something worth hearing. For Do you think, at your age, it is right?' 185
some minutes it puffed away without speak- Ìn my youth,' Father William replied to his
ing, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the son,
hookah out of its mouth again, and said, `So Ì feared it might injure the brain;
you think you're changed, do you?' But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
186 Why, I do it again and again.' And the muscular strength, which it gave to my
jaw,
`You are old,' said the youth, às I mentioned
before, Has lasted the rest of my life.' 190
And have grown most uncommonly fat; `You are old,' said the youth, òne would hardly
suppose
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door-
That your eye was as steady as ever;
-
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose-
187 Pray, what is the reason of that?' -
Ìn my youth,' said the sage, as he shook his grey What made you so awfully clever?' 191
locks,
Ì have answered three questions, and that is
Ì kept all my limbs very supple enough,'
By the use of this ointment--one shilling the box- Said his father; `don't give yourself airs!
- Do you think I can listen all day to such
188 Allow me to sell you a couple?' stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!'
`You are old,' said the youth, ànd your jaws are
too weak `That is not said right,' said the Caterpil- 192
For anything tougher than suet; lar.

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the `Not QUITE right, I'm afraid,' said Al- 193
beak-- ice, timidly; `some of the words have got
189 Pray how did you manage to do it?' altered.'
Ìn my youth,' said his father, Ì took to the Ìt is wrong from beginning to end,' said the 194
law, Caterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for
And argued each case with my wife; some minutes.
195 The Caterpillar was the first to speak. Ì wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily of-
fended!'
196 `What size do you want to be?' it
asked. `You'll get used to it in time,' said the Cater- 204
pillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth

197 Òh, I'm not particular as to size,' Al- and began smoking again.
ice hastily replied; ònly one doesn't like
changing so often, you know.' This time Alice waited patiently until it chose 205
to speak again. In a minute or two the Cater-

198 Ì DON'T know,' said the Caterpillar. pillar took the hookah out of its mouth and
199 Alice said nothing: she had never been so yawned once or twice, and shook itself. Then
much contradicted in her life before, and she it got down off the mushroom, and crawled
felt that she was losing her temper. away in the grass, merely remarking as it went,
Òne side will make you grow taller, and the
200 Àre you content now?' said the Caterpil- other side will make you grow shorter.'
lar.
Òne side of WHAT? The other side of 206
201 `Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, WHAT?' thought Alice to herself.
sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three
inches is such a wretched height to be.' Òf the mushroom,' said the Caterpillar, just 207
as if she had asked it aloud; and in another

202 Ìt is a very good height indeed!' said the moment it was out of sight.
Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it
Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the 208
spoke (it was exactly three inches high).
mushroom for a minute, trying to make out
203 `But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice which were the two sides of it; and as it was
in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, perfectly round, she found this a very difficult
question. However, at last she stretched in another moment, when she found that her
her arms round it as far as they would go, shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she
and broke off a bit of the edge with each could see, when she looked down, was an im-
hand. mense length of neck, which seemed to rise like
209 Ànd now which is which?' she said to herself, a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far
and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try below her.
the effect: the next moment she felt a violent `What CAN all that green stuff be?' said 215
blow underneath her chin: it had struck her Alice. Ànd where HAVE my shoulders got
foot! to? And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can't
210 She was a good deal frightened by this very see you?' She was moving them about as
sudden change, but she felt that there was no she spoke, but no result seemed to follow, ex-
time to be lost, as she was shrinking rapidly; so cept a little shaking among the distant green
she set to work at once to eat some of the other leaves.
bit. Her chin was pressed so closely against her As there seemed to be no chance of getting her 216
foot, that there was hardly room to open her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head
mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to down to them, and was delighted to find that
swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit. her neck would bend about easily in any direc-
211 ******* tion, like a serpent. She had just succeeded in
212 ****** curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was
going to dive in among the leaves, which she
213 ******* found to be nothing but the tops of the trees
214 `Come, my head's free at last!' said Alice in under which she had been wandering, when a
a tone of delight, which changed into alarm sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a
large pigeon had flown into her face, and was I haven't had a wink of sleep these three
beating her violently with its wings. weeks!'
217 `Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon. Ì'm very sorry you've been annoyed,' said 224
Alice, who was beginning to see its mean-

218 Ì'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly.
ing.
`Let me alone!'
Ànd just as I'd taken the highest tree in 225
219 `Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its
but in a more subdued tone, and added with a voice to a shriek, ànd just as I was thinking I
kind of sob, Ì've tried every way, and nothing should be free of them at last, they must needs
seems to suit them!' come wriggling down from the sky! Ugh, Ser-
220 Ì haven't the least idea what you're talking pent!'
about,' said Alice. `But I'm NOT a serpent, I tell you!' said Al- 226
221 Ì've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried ice. Ì'm a--I'm a--'
banks, and I've tried hedges,' the Pigeon went `Well! WHAT are you?' said the Pi- 227
on, without attending to her; `but those ser- geon. Ì can see you're trying to invent
pents! There's no pleasing them!' something!'
222 Alice was more and more puzzled, but she Ì--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather 228
thought there was no use in saying anything doubtfully, as she remembered the number of
more till the Pigeon had finished. changes she had gone through that day.
223 Às if it wasn't trouble enough hatching the À likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a 229
eggs,' said the Pigeon; `but I must be on the tone of the deepest contempt. Ì've seen a
look-out for serpents night and day! Why, good many little girls in my time, but never
ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're tone, as it settled down again into its nest.
a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I sup- Alice crouched down among the trees as well
pose you'll be telling me next that you never as she could, for her neck kept getting entan-
tasted an egg!' gled among the branches, and every now and
230 Ì HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, then she had to stop and untwist it. After a
who was a very truthful child; `but little girls while she remembered that she still held the
eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you pieces of mushroom in her hands, and she set
know.' to work very carefully, nibbling first at one
and then at the other, and growing sometimes
231 Ì don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if taller and sometimes shorter, until she had
they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual
that's all I can say.' height.
232 This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was
quite silent for a minute or two, which gave It was so long since she had been anything 235
the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, `You're near the right size, that it felt quite strange
looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; at first; but she got used to it in a few min-
and what does it matter to me whether you're utes, and began talking to herself, as usual.
a little girl or a serpent?' `Come, there's half my plan done now! How
puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure
233 Ìt matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice what I'm going to be, from one minute to an-
hastily; `but I'm not looking for eggs, as other! However, I've got back to my right size:
it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want the next thing is, to get into that beautiful
YOURS: I don't like them raw.' garden--how IS that to be done, I wonder?'
234 `Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky As she said this, she came suddenly upon an
open place, with a little house in it about four

feet high. `Whoever lives there,' thought Al-
ice, ìt'll never do to come upon them THIS
size: why, I should frighten them out of their
wits!' So she began nibbling at the righthand
bit again, and did not venture to go near the
house till she had brought herself down to nine
inches high.
236 CHAPTER VI - Pig and Pepper the words a little, `From the Queen. An invi-
tation for the Duchess to play croquet.'
237 For a minute or two she stood looking at the Then they both bowed low, and their curls got 239
house, and wondering what to do next, when entangled together.
suddenly a footman in livery came running out
of the wood--(she considered him to be a foot- Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to 240
man because he was in livery: otherwise, judg- run back into the wood for fear of their hearing
ing by his face only, she would have called him her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-
a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door with his Footman was gone, and the other was sitting
knuckles. It was opened by another footman on the ground near the door, staring stupidly
in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like up into the sky.
a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed, had Alice went timidly up to the door, and 241
powdered hair that curled all over their heads. knocked.
She felt very curious to know what it was all
about, and crept a little way out of the wood `There's no sort of use in knocking,' said 242
to listen. the Footman, ànd that for two reasons.

First, because I'm on the same side of the
238 The Fish-Footman began by producing from door as you are; secondly, because they're
under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as making such a noise inside, no one could
himself, and this he handed over to the other, possibly hear you.' And certainly there was a
saying, in a solemn tone, `For the Duchess. most extraordinary noise going on within--a
An invitation from the Queen to play cro- constant howling and sneezing, and every now
quet.' The Frog-Footman repeated, in the and then a great crash, as if a dish or kettle
same solemn tone, only changing the order of had been broken to pieces.
243 `Please, then,' said Alice, `how am I to get in the same tone, exactly as if nothing had
in?' happened.
244 `There might be some sense in your knock- `How am I to get in?' asked Alice again, in a 248
ing,' the Footman went on without attending louder tone.

to her, ìf we had the door between us. For in- ÀRE you to get in at all?' said the Footman. 249
stance, if you were INSIDE, you might knock, `That's the first question, you know.'
and I could let you out, you know.' He was
looking up into the sky all the time he was It was, no doubt: only Alice did not like to be 250
speaking, and this Alice thought decidedly un- told so. Ìt's really dreadful,' she muttered to
civil. `But perhaps he can't help it,' she said herself, `the way all the creatures argue. It's
to herself; `his eyes are so VERY nearly at enough to drive one crazy!'
the top of his head. But at any rate he might The Footman seemed to think this a good op- 251
answer questions.--How am I to get in?' she portunity for repeating his remark, with vari-
repeated, aloud. ations. Ì shall sit here,' he said, òn and off,
for days and days.'
245 Ì shall sit here,' the Footman remarked, `till
tomorrow--' `But what am I to do?' said Alice. 252
246 At this moment the door of the house opened, Ànything you like,' said the Footman, and 253
and a large plate came skimming out, straight began whistling.

at the Footman's head: it just grazed his nose, Òh, there's no use in talking to him,' said 254
and broke to pieces against one of the trees Alice desperately: `he's perfectly idiotic!' And
behind him. she opened the door and went in.
247 `--or next day, maybe,' the Footman continued The door led right into a large kitchen, which 255
was full of smoke from one end to the other: lence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in
the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool another moment that it was addressed to the
in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and
leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron went on again:--
which seemed to be full of soup. Ì didn't know that Cheshire cats always 261
256 `There's certainly too much pepper in that grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats
soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could COULD grin.'
for sneezing. `They all can,' said the Duchess; ànd most 262
257 There was certainly too much of it in the air. of èm do.'
Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as Ì don't know of any that do,' Alice said very 263
for the baby, it was sneezing and howling al- politely, feeling quite pleased to have got into
ternately without a moment's pause. The only a conversation.
things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were
the cook, and a large cat which was sitting on `You don't know much,' said the Duchess; 264
the hearth and grinning from ear to ear. ànd that's a fact.'
258 `Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little Alice did not at all like the tone of this re- 265
timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it mark, and thought it would be as well to in-
was good manners for her to speak first, `why troduce some other subject of conversation.
your cat grins like that?' While she was trying to fix on one, the cook
took the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at
259 Ìt's a Cheshire cat,' said the Duchess, ànd once set to work throwing everything within
that's why. Pig!' her reach at the Duchess and the baby --the
260 She said the last word with such sudden vio- fire-irons came first; then followed a shower
of saucepans, plates, and dishes. The Duchess Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to 270
took no notice of them even when they hit her; see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook
and the baby was howling so much already, was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not
that it was quite impossible to say whether to be listening, so she went on again: `Twenty-
the blows hurt it or not. four hours, I THINK; or is it twelve? I--
'
266 Òh, PLEASE mind what you're doing!' cried
Alice, jumping up and down in an agony of Òh, don't bother ME,' said the Duchess; Ì 271
terror. Òh, there goes his PRECIOUS nose'; never could abide figures!' And with that she
as an unusually large saucepan flew close by began nursing her child again, singing a sort
it, and very nearly carried it off. of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a
violent shake at the end of every line: 272
267 Ìf everybody minded their own business,'
the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, `the `Speak roughly to your little boy,
world would go round a deal faster than it And beat him when he sneezes:
does.' He only does it to annoy,
268 `Which would NOT be an advantage,' said Al- Because he knows it teases.' 273
ice, who felt very glad to get an opportunity
CHORUS. 274
of showing off a little of her knowledge. `Just
think of what work it would make with the day (In which the cook and the baby joined):-- 275
and night! You see the earth takes twenty-four `Wow! wow! wow!'
hours to turn round on its axis--'
While the Duchess sang the second verse of 276
269 `Talking of axes,' said the Duchess, `chop off the song, she kept tossing the baby violently
her head!' up and down, and the poor little thing howled
so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:- altogether, for the first minute or two, it was
277 - as much as she could do to hold it.
Ì speak severely to my boy, As soon as she had made out the proper way 282
I beat him when he sneezes; of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a
For he can thoroughly enjoy sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its
278 The pepper when he pleases!' right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its un-
doing itself,) she carried it out into the open
279 CHORUS.
air. ÌF I don't take this child away with me,'
`Wow! wow! wow!'
thought Alice, `they're sure to kill it in a day
280 `Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!' or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it be-
the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at hind?' She said the last words out loud, and
her as she spoke. Ì must go and get ready to the little thing grunted in reply (it had left
play croquet with the Queen,' and she hurried off sneezing by this time). `Don't grunt,' said
out of the room. The cook threw a frying-pan Alice; `that's not at all a proper way of ex-
after her as she went out, but it just missed pressing yourself.'
her. The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very 283
281 Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, anxiously into its face to see what was the mat-
as it was a queer- shaped little creature, and ter with it. There could be no doubt that it
held out its arms and legs in all directions, had a VERY turn-up nose, much more like a
`just like a star-fish,' thought Alice. The poor snout than a real nose; also its eyes were get-
little thing was snorting like a steam-engine ting extremely small for a baby: altogether
when she caught it, and kept doubling itself Alice did not like the look of the thing at
up and straightening itself out again, so that all. `But perhaps it was only sobbing,' she
thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see pigs, and was just saying to herself, ìf one
if there were any tears. only knew the right way to change them--'
284 No, there were no tears. Ìf you're going to when she was a little startled by seeing the
turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a
Ì'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind few yards off.
now!' The poor little thing sobbed again (or The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It 287
grunted, it was impossible to say which), and looked good- natured, she thought: still it had
they went on for some while in silence. VERY long claws and a great many teeth, so
285 Alice was just beginning to think to herself, she felt that it ought to be treated with re-
`Now, what am I to do with this creature when spect.
I get it home?' when it grunted again, so vi- `Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as 288
olently, that she looked down into its face in she did not at all know whether it would like
some alarm. This time there could be NO mis- the name: however, it only grinned a little
take about it: it was neither more nor less than wider. `Come, it's pleased so far,' thought
a pig, and she felt that it would be quite ab- Alice, and she went on. `Would you tell
surd for her to carry it further. me, please, which way I ought to go from
286 So she set the little creature down, and felt here?'
quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into `That depends a good deal on where you want 289
the wood. Ìf it had grown up,' she said to to get to,' said the Cat.
herself, ìt would have made a dreadfully ugly
child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, Ì don't much care where--' said Alice. 290
I think.' And she began thinking over other `Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' 291
children she knew, who might do very well as said the Cat.
292 `--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice ever, she went on Ànd how do you know that
added as an explanation. you're mad?'
293 Òh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, ìf `To begin with,' said the Cat, à dog's not 301
you only walk long enough.' mad. You grant that?'

294 Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she Ì suppose so,' said Alice. 302
tried another question. `What sort of people
live about here?' `Well, then,' the Cat went on, `you see, a dog 303
growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when

295 Ìn THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased,
its right paw round, `lives a Hatter: and in and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore
THAT direction,' waving the other paw, `lives I'm mad.'
a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're
both mad.' Ì call it purring, not growling,' said Al- 304
ice.
296 `But I don't want to go among mad people,'
Alice remarked. `Call it what you like,' said the Cat. `Do you 305
297 Òh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're play croquet with the Queen to-day?'
all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.' Ì should like it very much,' said Alice, `but I 306
298 `How do you know I'm mad?' said Al- haven't been invited yet.'
ice. `You'll see me there,' said the Cat, and van- 307
299 `You must be,' said the Cat, òr you wouldn't ished.
have come here.' Alice was not much surprised at this, she was 308
300 Alice didn't think that proved it at all; how- getting so used to queer things happening.
While she was looking at the place where it wouldn't keep appearing and vanishing so sud-
had been, it suddenly appeared again. denly: you make one quite giddy.'
309 `By-the-bye, what became of the baby?' said Àll right,' said the Cat; and this time it 315
the Cat. Ì'd nearly forgotten to ask.' vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end
of the tail, and ending with the grin, which
310 Ìt turned into a pig,' Alice quietly said, just remained some time after the rest of it had
as if it had come back in a natural way. gone.
311 Ì thought it would,' said the Cat, and van- `Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' 316
ished again. thought Alice; `but a grin without a cat!

312 Alice waited a little, half expecting to see It's the most curious thing I ever saw in my
it again, but it did not appear, and after a life!'
minute or two she walked on in the direction She had not gone much farther before she came 317
in which the March Hare was said to live. in sight of the house of the March Hare: she
Ì've seen hatters before,' she said to herself; thought it must be the right house, because
`the March Hare will be much the most the chimneys were shaped like ears and the
interesting, and perhaps as this is May it roof was thatched with fur. It was so large a
won't be raving mad--at least not so mad as house, that she did not like to go nearer till
it was in March.' As she said this, she looked she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit
up, and there was the Cat again, sitting on a of mushroom, and raised herself to about two
branch of a tree. feet high: even then she walked up towards it
rather timidly, saying to herself `Suppose it
313 `Did you say pig, or fig?' said the Cat.
should be raving mad after all! I almost wish
314 Ì said pig,' replied Alice; ànd I wish you I'd gone to see the Hatter instead!'
318 CHAPTER VII - A Mad `There isn't any,' said the March Hare. 323
Tea-Party
`Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,' 324
319 There was a table set out under a tree in front said Alice angrily.
of the house, and the March Hare and the Hat- Ìt wasn't very civil of you to sit down without 325
ter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sit- being invited,' said the March Hare.
ting between them, fast asleep, and the other
two were using it as a cushion, resting their Ì didn't know it was YOUR table,' said Al- 326
elbows on it, and talking over its head. `Very ice; ìt's laid for a great many more than
uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Al- three.'
ice; ònly, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't `Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. 327
mind.' He had been looking at Alice for some time
320 The table was a large one, but the three were with great curiosity, and this was his first
all crowded together at one corner of it: `No speech.
room! No room!' they cried out when they saw
`You should learn not to make personal re- 328
Alice coming. `There's PLENTY of room!'
marks,' Alice said with some severity; ìt's
said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a
very rude.'
large arm-chair at one end of the table.
321 `Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hear- 329
encouraging tone. ing this; but all he SAID was, `Why is a raven
like a writing-desk?'
322 Alice looked all round the table, but there was
nothing on it but tea. Ì don't see any wine,' `Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought 330
she remarked. Alice. Ì'm glad they've begun asking
riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added Ìt IS the same thing with you,' said the 338
aloud. Hatter, and here the conversation dropped,

331 `Do you mean that you think you can find out and the party sat silent for a minute, while
the answer to it?' said the March Hare. Alice thought over all she could remember
about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't
332 Èxactly so,' said Alice. much.
333 `Then you should say what you mean,' the The Hatter was the first to break the silence. 339
March Hare went on. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turn-
334 Ì do,' Alice hastily replied; àt least--at least ing to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his
I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shak-
know.' ing it every now and then, and holding it to
his ear.
335 `Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hat-
ter. `You might just as well say that “I see Alice considered a little, and then said `The 340
what I eat” is the same thing as “I eat what I fourth.'

see”!' `Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. Ì told 341
336 `You might just as well say,' added the March you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added
Hare, `that “I like what I get” is the same looking angrily at the March Hare.
thing as “I get what I like”!' Ìt was the BEST butter,' the March Hare 342
337 `You might just as well say,' added the Dor- meekly replied.
mouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as 343
`that “I breathe when I sleep” is the same well,' the Hatter grumbled: `you shouldn't
thing as “I sleep when I breathe”!' have put it in with the bread-knife.'
344 The March Hare took the watch and looked at ter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its
it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of nose.
tea, and looked at it again: but he could think The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and 351
of nothing better to say than his first remark, said, without opening its eyes, Òf course, of
Ìt was the BEST butter, you know.' course; just what I was going to remark my-
345 Alice had been looking over his shoulder with self.'
some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she `Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter 352
remarked. Ìt tells the day of the month, and said, turning to Alice again.
doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'
`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the 353
346 `Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does
answer?'
YOUR watch tell you what year it is?'
Ì haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hat- 354
347 Òf course not,' Alice replied very readily:
ter.
`but that's because it stays the same year for
such a long time together.' `Nor I,' said the March Hare. 355
348 `Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Alice sighed wearily. Ì think you might do 356
Hatter. something better with the time,' she said,

349 Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's re- `than waste it in asking riddles that have no
mark seemed to have no sort of meaning in answers.'
it, and yet it was certainly English. Ì don't Ìf you knew Time as well as I do,' said the 357
quite understand you,' she said, as politely as Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT.
she could. It's HIM.'
350 `The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hat- Ì don't know what you mean,' said Al- 358
ice. you could keep it to half-past one as long as

359 Òf course you don't!' the Hatter said, toss- you liked.'
ing his head contemptuously. Ì dare say you Ìs that the way YOU manage?' Alice 365
never even spoke to Time!' asked.

360 `Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but The Hatter shook his head mournfully. `Not 366
I know I have to beat time when I learn mu- I!' he replied. `We quarrelled last March--just
sic.' before HE went mad, you know--' (pointing
361 Àh! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) `--it
`He won't stand beating. Now, if you only was at the great concert given by the Queen
kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost of Hearts, and I had to sing 367
anything you liked with the clock. For in- “Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
stance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the How I wonder what you're at!”
morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only
You know the song, perhaps?' 368
have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes
the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time Ì've heard something like it,' said Al- 369
for dinner!' ice.

362 (Ì only wish it was,' the March Hare said to Ìt goes on, you know,' the Hatter continued, 370
itself in a whisper.) ìn this way:-- 371
“Up above the world you fly,

363 `That would be grand, certainly,' said Alice
thoughtfully: `but then--I shouldn't be hun- Like a tea-tray in the sky.
gry for it, you know.' Twinkle, twinkle--"'
364 `Not at first, perhaps,' said the Hatter: `but Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began 372
singing in its sleep `Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, get used up.'

twinkle--' and went on so long that they had `But what happens when you come to the be- 380
to pinch it to make it stop. ginning again?' Alice ventured to ask.
373 `Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse,' said `Suppose we change the subject,' the March 381
the Hatter, `when the Queen jumped up and Hare interrupted, yawning. Ì'm getting
bawled out, “He's murdering the time! Off tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a
with his head!”' story.'
374 `How dreadfully savage!' exclaimed Al- Ì'm afraid I don't know one,' said Alice, 382
ice. rather alarmed at the proposal.

375 Ànd ever since that,' the Hatter went on in `Then the Dormouse shall!' they both cried. 383
a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing I ask! `Wake up, Dormouse!' And they pinched it
It's always six o'clock now.' on both sides at once.
376 A bright idea came into Alice's head. Ìs The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes. Ì 384
that the reason so many tea-things are put out wasn't asleep,' he said in a hoarse, feeble
here?' she asked. voice: Ì heard every word you fellows were
saying.'
377 `Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh:
ìt's always tea-time, and we've no time to `Tell us a story!' said the March Hare. 385
wash the things between whiles.' `Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice. 386
378 `Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' Ànd be quick about it,' added the Hatter, òr 387
said Alice. you'll be asleep again before it's done.'

379 Èxactly so,' said the Hatter: às the things Ònce upon a time there were three little sis- 388
ters,' the Dormouse began in a great hurry; fended tone, `so I can't take more.'
ànd their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie;
`You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hat- 396
and they lived at the bottom of a well--'
ter: ìt's very easy to take MORE than noth-
389 `What did they live on?' said Alice, who al- ing.'
ways took a great interest in questions of eat-
`Nobody asked YOUR opinion,' said Al- 397
ing and drinking.
ice.
390 `They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse,
after thinking a minute or two. `Who's making personal remarks now?' the 398
Hatter asked triumphantly.

391 `They couldn't have done that, you know,'
Alice gently remarked; `they'd have been Alice did not quite know what to say to this: 399
ill.' so she helped herself to some tea and bread-

and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse,
392 `So they were,' said the Dormouse; `VERY and repeated her question. `Why did they live
ill.' at the bottom of a well?'
393 Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an The Dormouse again took a minute or two to 400
extraordinary ways of living would be like, think about it, and then said, Ìt was a treacle-
but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: well.'
`But why did they live at the bottom of a
well?' `There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning 401
very angrily, but the Hatter and the March

394 `Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Hare went `Sh! sh!' and the Dormouse sulkily
Alice, very earnestly. remarked, Ìf you can't be civil, you'd better
395 Ì've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an of- finish the story for yourself.'
402 `No, please go on!' Alice said very humbly; Ì again, so she began very cautiously: `But I
won't interrupt again. I dare say there may be don't understand. Where did they draw the
ONE.' treacle from?'
403 Òne, indeed!' said the Dormouse indignantly. `You can draw water out of a water-well,' 409
However, he consented to go on. Ànd so these said the Hatter; `so I should think you
three little sisters--they were learning to draw, could draw treacle out of a treacle-well--eh,
you know--' stupid?'
404 `What did they draw?' said Alice, quite for- `But they were IN the well,' Alice said to the 410
getting her promise. Dormouse, not choosing to notice this last re-
405 `Treacle,' said the Dormouse, without consid- mark.
ering at all this time.
Òf course they were', said the Dormouse; `-- 411
406 Ì want a clean cup,' interrupted the Hatter: well in.'
`let's all move one place on.'
This answer so confused poor Alice, that she 412
407 He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse let the Dormouse go on for some time without
followed him: the March Hare moved into the interrupting it.
Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly
took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter `They were learning to draw,' the Dormouse 413
was the only one who got any advantage from went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it
the change: and Alice was a good deal worse was getting very sleepy; ànd they drew all
off than before, as the March Hare had just manner of things--everything that begins with
upset the milk-jug into his plate. an M--'
408 Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse `Why with an M?' said Alice. 414
415 `Why not?' said the March Hare. were trying to put the Dormouse into the
416 Alice was silent. teapot.
Àt any rate I'll never go THERE again!' said 421
417 The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time,
Alice as she picked her way through the wood.
and was going off into a doze; but, on be-
Ìt's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in
ing pinched by the Hatter, it woke up again
all my life!'
with a little shriek, and went on: `--that be-
gins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the Just as she said this, she noticed that one 422
moon, and memory, and muchness-- you know of the trees had a door leading right into it.
you say things are “much of a muchness”--did `That's very curious!' she thought. `But ev-
you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a erything's curious today. I think I may as well
muchness?' go in at once.' And in she went.
418 `Really, now you ask me,' said Alice, very Once more she found herself in the long hall, 423
much confused, Ì don't think--' and close to the little glass table. `Now, I'll
manage better this time,' she said to herself,
419 `Then you shouldn't talk,' said the Hat- and began by taking the little golden key,
ter. and unlocking the door that led into the gar-
420 This piece of rudeness was more than Alice den. Then she went to work nibbling at the
could bear: she got up in great disgust, and mushroom (she had kept a piece of it in her
walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, pocket) till she was about a foot high: then she
and neither of the others took the least notice walked down the little passage: and THEN--
of her going, though she looked back once she found herself at last in the beautiful gar-
or twice, half hoping that they would call den, among the bright flower-beds and the cool
after her: the last time she saw them, they fountains.
424 CHAPTER VIII - The Queen's Seven.

Croquet-Ground
`Yes, it IS his business!' said Five, ànd I'll 431
tell him--it was for bringing the cook tulip-

425 A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the
roots instead of onions.'
garden: the roses growing on it were white, but
there were three gardeners at it, busily paint- Seven flung down his brush, and had just be- 432
ing them red. Alice thought this a very curi- gun `Well, of all the unjust things--' when his
ous thing, and she went nearer to watch them, eye chanced to fall upon Alice, as she stood
and just as she came up to them she heard one watching them, and he checked himself sud-
of them say, `Look out now, Five! Don't go denly: the others looked round also, and all of
splashing paint over me like that!' them bowed low.
426 Ì couldn't help it,' said Five, in a sulky tone; `Would you tell me,' said Alice, a lit- 433
`Seven jogged my elbow.' tle timidly, `why you are painting those
427 On which Seven looked up and said, `That's roses?'
right, Five! Always lay the blame on oth- Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at 434
ers!' Two. Two began in a low voice, `Why the
428 `YOU'D better not talk!' said Five. Ì heard fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have
the Queen say only yesterday you deserved to been a RED rose-tree, and we put a white one
be beheaded!' in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it
out, we should all have our heads cut off, you
429 `What for?' said the one who had spoken know. So you see, Miss, we're doing our best,
first. afore she comes, to--' At this moment Five,
430 `That's none of YOUR business, Two!' said who had been anxiously looking across the gar-
den, called out `The Queen! The Queen!' and OF HEARTS.

the three gardeners instantly threw themselves
Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought 436
flat upon their faces. There was a sound of
not to lie down on her face like the three gar-
many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager
deners, but she could not remember ever hav-
to see the Queen.
ing heard of such a rule at processions; ànd
435 First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these besides, what would be the use of a proces-
were all shaped like the three gardeners, ob- sion,' thought she, ìf people had all to lie
long and flat, with their hands and feet at the down upon their faces, so that they couldn't
corners: next the ten courtiers; these were or- see it?' So she stood still where she was, and
namented all over with diamonds, and walked waited.
two and two, as the soldiers did. After these When the procession came opposite to Alice, 437
came the royal children; there were ten of they all stopped and looked at her, and the
them, and the little dears came jumping mer- Queen said severely `Who is this?' She said it
rily along hand in hand, in couples: they were to the Knave of Hearts, who only bowed and
all ornamented with hearts. Next came the smiled in reply.
guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among
Ìdiot!' said the Queen, tossing her head im- 438
them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: it
patiently; and, turning to Alice, she went on,
was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smil-
`What's your name, child?'
ing at everything that was said, and went by
without noticing her. Then followed the Knave `My name is Alice, so please your Majesty,' 439
of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on a crim- said Alice very politely; but she added, to her-
son velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand self, `Why, they're only a pack of cards, after
procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN all. I needn't be afraid of them!'
440 Ànd who are THESE?' said the Queen, The Knave did so, very carefully, with one 446
pointing to the three gardeners who were foot.

lying round the rosetree; for, you see, as they `Get up!' said the Queen, in a shrill, loud 447
were lying on their faces, and the pattern on voice, and the three gardeners instantly
their backs was the same as the rest of the jumped up, and began bowing to the King,
pack, she could not tell whether they were the Queen, the royal children, and everybody
gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of else.
her own children.
`Leave off that!' screamed the Queen. `You 448
441 `How should I know?' said Alice, surprised make me giddy.' And then, turning to the
at her own courage. Ìt's no business of rose-tree, she went on, `What HAVE you been
MINE.' doing here?'
442 The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, af- `May it please your Majesty,' said Two, in a 449
ter glaring at her for a moment like a wild very humble tone, going down on one knee as
beast, screamed Òff with her head! Off-- he spoke, `we were trying--'
'
Ì see!' said the Queen, who had meanwhile 450
443 `Nonsense!' said Alice, very loudly and decid- been examining the roses. Òff with their
edly, and the Queen was silent. heads!' and the procession moved on, three of
444 The King laid his hand upon her arm, and the soldiers remaining behind to execute the
timidly said `Consider, my dear: she is only a unfortunate gardeners, who ran to Alice for
child!' protection.
445 The Queen turned angrily away from him, and `You shan't be beheaded!' said Alice, and she 451
said to the Knave `Turn them over!' put them into a large flower-pot that stood
near. The three soldiers wandered about for Duchess?'

a minute or two, looking for them, and then `Hush! Hush!' said the Rabbit in a low, 460
quietly marched off after the others. hurried tone. He looked anxiously over his
452 Àre their heads off?' shouted the shoulder as he spoke, and then raised himself
Queen. upon tiptoe, put his mouth close to her ear,
453 `Their heads are gone, if it please your and whispered `She's under sentence of exe-
Majesty!' the soldiers shouted in reply. cution.'
`What for?' said Alice. 461
454 `That's right!' shouted the Queen. `Can you
play croquet?' `Did you say “What a pity!”?' the Rabbit 462
asked.
455 The soldiers were silent, and looked at Al-
ice, as the question was evidently meant for `No, I didn't,' said Alice: Ì don't think it's 463
her. at all a pity. I said “What for?”'

456 `Yes!' shouted Alice. `She boxed the Queen's ears--' the Rabbit be- 464
gan. Alice gave a little scream of laughter.

457 `Come on, then!' roared the Queen, and Al- Òh, hush!' the Rabbit whispered in a fright-
ice joined the procession, wondering very much ened tone. `The Queen will hear you! You
what would happen next. see, she came rather late, and the Queen said-
458 Ìt's--it's a very fine day!' said a timid voice -'
at her side. She was walking by the White `Get to your places!' shouted the Queen in 465
Rabbit, who was peeping anxiously into her a voice of thunder, and people began running
face. about in all directions, tumbling up against
459 `Very,' said Alice: `--where's the each other; however, they got settled down in
a minute or two, and the game began. Al- hedgehog to, and, as the doubled-up soldiers
ice thought she had never seen such a curi- were always getting up and walking off to
ous croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges other parts of the ground, Alice soon came
and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the to the conclusion that it was a very difficult
mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had game indeed.
to double themselves up and to stand on their The players all played at once without waiting 467
hands and feet, to make the arches. for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting
for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time
466 The chief difficulty Alice found at first was the Queen was in a furious passion, and went
in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in stamping about, and shouting Òff with his
getting its body tucked away, comfortably head!' or Òff with her head!' about once in
enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging a minute.
down, but generally, just as she had got its
neck nicely straightened out, and was going Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she 468
to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen,
it WOULD twist itself round and look up in but she knew that it might happen any minute,
her face, with such a puzzled expression that ànd then,' thought she, `what would become
she could not help bursting out laughing: and of me? They're dreadfully fond of beheading
when she had got its head down, and was people here; the great wonder is, that there's
going to begin again, it was very provoking any one left alive!'
to find that the hedgehog had unrolled itself, She was looking about for some way of escape, 469
and was in the act of crawling away: besides and wondering whether she could get away
all this, there was generally a ridge or furrow without being seen, when she noticed a curi-
in the way wherever she wanted to send the ous appearance in the air: it puzzled her very
much at first, but, after watching it a minute how confusing it is all the things being alive;
or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she for instance, there's the arch I've got to go
said to herself Ìt's the Cheshire Cat: now I through next walking about at the other end
shall have somebody to talk to.' of the ground--and I should have croqueted
470 `How are you getting on?' said the Cat, as the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran
soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak away when it saw mine coming!'
with. `How do you like the Queen?' said the Cat in 473
471 Alice waited till the eyes appeared, and then a low voice.
nodded. Ìt's no use speaking to it,' she `Not at all,' said Alice: `she's so extremely--' 474
thought, `till its ears have come, or at least Just then she noticed that the Queen was close
one of them.' In another minute the whole behind her, listening: so she went on, `--likely
head appeared, and then Alice put down her to win, that it's hardly worth while finishing
flamingo, and began an account of the game, the game.'
feeling very glad she had someone to listen to The Queen smiled and passed on. 475
her. The Cat seemed to think that there was
enough of it now in sight, and no more of it `Who ARE you talking to?' said the King, 476
appeared. going up to Alice, and looking at the Cat's

head with great curiosity.
472 Ì don't think they play at all fairly,' Alice
began, in rather a complaining tone, ànd Ìt's a friend of mine--a Cheshire Cat,' said 477
they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear Alice: àllow me to introduce it.'
oneself speak--and they don't seem to have Ì don't like the look of it at all,' said the 478
any rules in particular; at least, if there are, King: `however, it may kiss my hand if it
nobody attends to them--and you've no idea likes.'
479 Ì'd rather not,' the Cat remarked. the look of things at all, as the game was in
480 `Don't be impertinent,' said the King, ànd such confusion that she never knew whether it
don't look at me like that!' He got behind was her turn or not. So she went in search of
Alice as he spoke. her hedgehog.
481 À cat may look at a king,' said Alice. Ì've The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with an- 486
read that in some book, but I don't remember other hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an ex-
where.' cellent opportunity for croqueting one of them
with the other: the only difficulty was, that
482 `Well, it must be removed,' said the King very her flamingo was gone across to the other side
decidedly, and he called the Queen, who was of the garden, where Alice could see it try-
passing at the moment, `My dear! I wish you ing in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a
would have this cat removed!' tree.
483 The Queen had only one way of settling all By the time she had caught the flamingo 487
difficulties, great or small. Òff with his head!' and brought it back, the fight was over, and
she said, without even looking round. both the hedgehogs were out of sight: `but
484 Ì'll fetch the executioner myself,' said the it doesn't matter much,' thought Alice, às
King eagerly, and he hurried off. all the arches are gone from this side of the
485 Alice thought she might as well go back, and ground.' So she tucked it away under her
see how the game was going on, as she heard arm, that it might not escape again, and went
the Queen's voice in the distance, screaming back for a little more conversation with her
with passion. She had already heard her sen- friend.
tence three of the players to be executed for When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she 488
having missed their turns, and she did not like was surprised to find quite a large crowd col-
lected round it: there was a dispute going on was this last remark that had made the whole
between the executioner, the King, and the party look so grave and anxious.)
Queen, who were all talking at once, while all Alice could think of nothing else to say but Ìt 493
the rest were quite silent, and looked very un- belongs to the Duchess: you'd better ask HER
comfortable. about it.'
489 The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed `She's in prison,' the Queen said to the execu- 494
to by all three to settle the question, and tioner: `fetch her here.' And the executioner
they repeated their arguments to her, though, went off like an arrow.
as they all spoke at once, she found it very
hard indeed to make out exactly what they The Cat's head began fading away the moment 495
said. he was gone, and, by the time he had come

back with the Duchess, it had entirely disap-
490 The executioner's argument was, that you peared; so the King and the executioner ran
couldn't cut off a head unless there was a wildly up and down looking for it, while the
body to cut it off from: that he had never rest of the party went back to the game.
had to do such a thing before, and he wasn't
going to begin at HIS time of life.
491 The King's argument was, that anything that
had a head could be beheaded, and that you
weren't to talk nonsense.
492 The Queen's argument was, that if something
wasn't done about it in less than no time
she'd have everybody executed, all round. (It
496 CHAPTER IX - The Mock Turtle's She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this 500
Story time, and was a little startled when she heard

her voice close to her ear. `You're thinking
497 `You can't think how glad I am to see you about something, my dear, and that makes
again, you dear old thing!' said the Duchess, you forget to talk. I can't tell you just now
as she tucked her arm affectionately into Al- what the moral of that is, but I shall remem-
ice's, and they walked off together. ber it in a bit.'
498 Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleas- `Perhaps it hasn't one,' Alice ventured to re- 501
ant temper, and thought to herself that per- mark.

haps it was only the pepper that had made her
`Tut, tut, child!' said the Duchess. Èvery- 502
so savage when they met in the kitchen.
thing's got a moral, if only you can find it.'
499 `When I'M a Duchess,' she said to herself, (not And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice's
in a very hopeful tone though), Ì won't have side as she spoke.
any pepper in my kitchen AT ALL. Soup does
Alice did not much like keeping so close to 503
very well without--Maybe it's always pepper
her: first, because the Duchess was VERY
that makes people hot-tempered,' she went on,
ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly
very much pleased at having found out a new
the right height to rest her chin upon Alice's
kind of rule, ànd vinegar that makes them
shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp
sour--and camomile that makes them bitter-
chin. However, she did not like to be rude, so
-and--and barley-sugar and such things that
she bore it as well as she could.
make children sweet-tempered. I only wish
people knew that: then they wouldn't be so `The game's going on rather better now,' she 504
stingy about it, you know--' said, by way of keeping up the conversation a
little. `Very true,' said the Duchess: `flamingoes and 511
505 `'Tis so,' said the Duchess: ànd the moral of mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--
that is--“Oh, `tis love, `tis love, that makes “Birds of a feather flock together.”'
the world go round!”' Ònly mustard isn't a bird,' Alice re- 512
506 `Somebody said,' Alice whispered, `that it's marked.

done by everybody minding their own busi- `Right, as usual,' said the Duchess: `what a 513
ness!' clear way you have of putting things!'

507 Àh, well! It means much the same thing,' said Ìt's a mineral, I THINK,' said Alice. 514
the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Òf course it is,' said the Duchess, who seemed 515
Alice's shoulder as she added, ànd the moral ready to agree to everything that Alice said;
of THAT is--“Take care of the sense, and the `there's a large mustard-mine near here. And
sounds will take care of themselves.”' the moral of that is--“The more there is of
508 `How fond she is of finding morals in things!' mine, the less there is of yours.”'
Alice thought to herself. Òh, I know!' exclaimed Alice, who had not 516
509 Ì dare say you're wondering why I don't put attended to this last remark, ìt's a vegetable.
my arm round your waist,' the Duchess said It doesn't look like one, but it is.'
after a pause: `the reason is, that I'm doubtful Ì quite agree with you,' said the Duchess; 517
about the temper of your flamingo. Shall I try ànd the moral of that is--“Be what you
the experiment?' would seem to be”--or if you'd like it put
510 `HE might bite,' Alice cautiously replied, not more simply--“Never imagine yourself not
feeling at all anxious to have the experiment to be otherwise than what it might appear
tried. to others that what you were or might have
been was not otherwise than what you had for she was beginning to feel a little wor-
been would have appeared to them to be ried.
otherwise.”' `Just about as much right,' said the Duchess, 525
518 Ì think I should understand that better,' Al- às pigs have to fly; and the m--'
ice said very politely, ìf I had it written down: But here, to Alice's great surprise, the 526
but I can't quite follow it as you say it.' Duchess's voice died away, even in the middle
of her favourite word `moral,' and the arm
519 `That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,'
that was linked into hers began to tremble.
the Duchess replied, in a pleased tone.
Alice looked up, and there stood the Queen in
520 `Pray don't trouble yourself to say it any front of them, with her arms folded, frowning
longer than that,' said Alice. like a thunderstorm.
521 Òh, don't talk about trouble!' said the À fine day, your Majesty!' the Duchess began 527
Duchess. Ì make you a present of everything in a low, weak voice.

I've said as yet.' `Now, I give you fair warning,' shouted 528
the Queen, stamping on the ground as she

522 À cheap sort of present!' thought Alice. Ì'm
spoke; èither you or your head must be off,
glad they don't give birthday presents like
and that in about half no time! Take your
that!' But she did not venture to say it out
choice!'
loud.
The Duchess took her choice, and was gone in 529
523 `Thinking again?' the Duchess asked, with a moment.
another dig of her sharp little chin.
`Let's go on with the game,' the Queen said 530
524 Ì've a right to think,' said Alice sharply, to Alice; and Alice was too much frightened
to say a word, but slowly followed her back to Mock Turtle is.'
the croquet-ground. Ìt's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made 535
531 The other guests had taken advantage of from,' said the Queen.
the Queen's absence, and were resting in the Ì never saw one, or heard of one,' said Al- 536
shade: however, the moment they saw her, ice.
they hurried back to the game, the Queen
merely remarking that a moment's delay `Come on, then,' said the Queen, ànd he shall 537
would cost them their lives. tell you his history,'

As they walked off together, Alice heard the 538
532 All the time they were playing the Queen never
King say in a low voice, to the company gener-
left off quarrelling with the other players, and
ally, `You are all pardoned.' `Come, THAT'S
shouting Òff with his head!' or Òff with her
a good thing!' she said to herself, for she had
head!' Those whom she sentenced were taken
felt quite unhappy at the number of executions
into custody by the soldiers, who of course had
the Queen had ordered.
to leave off being arches to do this, so that
by the end of half an hour or so there were They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying 539
no arches left, and all the players, except the fast asleep in the sun. (IF you don't know
King, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody what a Gryphon is, look at the picture.) Ùp,
and under sentence of execution. lazy thing!' said the Queen, ànd take this
young lady to see the Mock Turtle, and to hear
533 Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath,
his history. I must go back and see after some
and said to Alice, `Have you seen the Mock
executions I have ordered'; and she walked off,
Turtle yet?'
leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon. Alice
534 `No,' said Alice. Ì don't even know what a did not quite like the look of the creature, but
on the whole she thought it would be quite as he hasn't got no sorrow, you know. Come
safe to stay with it as to go after that savage on!'
Queen: so she waited. So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who 545
540 The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: looked at them with large eyes full of tears,
then it watched the Queen till she was out of but said nothing.
sight: then it chuckled. `What fun!' said the `This here young lady,' said the Gryphon, `she 546
Gryphon, half to itself, half to Alice. wants for to know your history, she do.'
541 `What IS the fun?' said Alice. Ì'll tell it her,' said the Mock Turtle in a deep, 547
542 `Why, SHE,' said the Gryphon. Ìt's all her hollow tone: `sit down, both of you, and don't
fancy, that: they never executes nobody, you speak a word till I've finished.'
know. Come on!' So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some 548
543 Èverybody says “come on!” here,' thought minutes. Alice thought to herself, Ì don't see
Alice, as she went slowly after it: Ì never was how he can EVEN finish, if he doesn't begin.'
so ordered about in all my life, never!' But she waited patiently.
544 They had not gone far before they saw the Ònce,' said the Mock Turtle at last, with a 549
Mock Turtle in the distance, sitting sad and deep sigh, Ì was a real Turtle.'
lonely on a little ledge of rock, and, as they These words were followed by a very long si- 550
came nearer, Alice could hear him sighing as if lence, broken only by an occasional exclama-
his heart would break. She pitied him deeply. tion of `Hjckrrh!' from the Gryphon, and the
`What is his sorrow?' she asked the Gryphon, constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle.
and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the Alice was very nearly getting up and saying,
same words as before, Ìt's all his fancy, that: `Thank you, sir, for your interesting story,'
but she could not help thinking there MUST mayn't believe it--'
be more to come, so she sat still and said noth- Ì never said I didn't!' interrupted Al- 556
ing. ice.
551 `When we were little,' the Mock Turtle went `You did,' said the Mock Turtle. 557
on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a
little now and then, `we went to school in the `Hold your tongue!' added the Gryphon, be- 558
sea. The master was an old Turtle--we used to fore Alice could speak again. The Mock Turtle
call him Tortoise--' went on.
552 `Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't `We had the best of educations--in fact, we 559
one?' Alice asked. went to school every day--'

553 `We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' Ì'VE been to a day-school, too,' said Alice; 560
said the Mock Turtle angrily: `really you are `you needn't be so proud as all that.'
very dull!' `With extras?' asked the Mock Turtle a little 561
554 `You ought to be ashamed of yourself for anxiously.

asking such a simple question,' added the `Yes,' said Alice, `we learned French and mu- 562
Gryphon; and then they both sat silent and sic.'
looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink
into the earth. At last the Gryphon said to Ànd washing?' said the Mock Turtle. 563
the Mock Turtle, `Drive on, old fellow! Don't `Certainly not!' said Alice indignantly. 564
be all day about it!' and he went on in these Àh! then yours wasn't a really good school,' 565
words: said the Mock Turtle in a tone of great re-
555 `Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you lief. `Now at OURS they had at the end of
the bill, “French, music, AND WASHING-- don't know what to uglify is, you ARE a sim-
extra.”' pleton.'
566 `You couldn't have wanted it much,' said Al- Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any 574
ice; `living at the bottom of the sea.' more questions about it, so she turned to the
567 Ì couldn't afford to learn it.' said the Mock Mock Turtle, and said `What else had you to
Turtle with a sigh. Ì only took the regular learn?'
course.' `Well, there was Mystery,' the Mock Turtle 575
568 `What was that?' inquired Alice. replied, counting off the subjects on his flap-
pers, `--Mystery, ancient and modern, with
569 `Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin
Seaography: then Drawling--the Drawling-
with,' the Mock Turtle replied; ànd then the
master was an old conger-eel, that used to
different branches of Arithmetic-- Ambition,
come once a week: HE taught us Drawling,
Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.'
Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.'
570 Ì never heard of “Uglification,”' Alice ven-
tured to say. `What is it?' `What was THAT like?' said Alice. 576
571 The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in sur- `Well, I can't show it you myself,' the Mock 577
prise. `What! Never heard of uglifying!' it Turtle said: Ì'm too stiff. And the Gryphon
exclaimed. `You know what to beautify is, I never learnt it.'
suppose?' `Hadn't time,' said the Gryphon: Ì went to 578
572 `Yes,' said Alice doubtfully: ìt means--to-- the Classics master, though. He was an old
make--anything--prettier.' crab, HE was.'
573 `Well, then,' the Gryphon went on, ìf you Ì never went to him,' the Mock Turtle said 579
with a sigh: `he taught Laughing and Grief, Ànd how did you manage on the twelfth?' 587
they used to say.' Alice went on eagerly.

580 `So he did, so he did,' said the Gryphon, sigh- `That's enough about lessons,' the Gryphon 588
ing in his turn; and both creatures hid their interrupted in a very decided tone: `tell her
faces in their paws. something about the games now.'
581 Ànd how many hours a day did you do
lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the
subject.
582 `Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle:
`nine the next, and so on.'
583 `What a curious plan!' exclaimed Al-
ice.
584 `That's the reason they're called lessons,' the
Gryphon remarked: `because they lessen from
day to day.'
585 This was quite a new idea to Alice, and she
thought it over a little before she made her
next remark. `Then the eleventh day must
have been a holiday?'
586 Òf course it was,' said the Mock Tur-
tle.
589 CHAPTER X - The Lobster `Two lines!' cried the Mock Turtle. `Seals, 594
Quadrille turtles, salmon, and so on; then, when you've

cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way--'
590 The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and drew the
`THAT generally takes some time,' inter- 595
back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked
rupted the Gryphon.
at Alice, and tried to speak, but for a minute
or two sobs choked his voice. `Same as if he `--you advance twice--' 596
had a bone in his throat,' said the Gryphon: Èach with a lobster as a partner!' cried the 597
and it set to work shaking him and punch- Gryphon.
ing him in the back. At last the Mock Turtle
recovered his voice, and, with tears running Òf course,' the Mock Turtle said: àdvance 598
down his cheeks, he went on again:-- twice, set to partners--'

591 `You may not have lived much under the sea- `--change lobsters, and retire in same order,' 599
-' (Ì haven't,' said Alice)-- ànd perhaps you continued the Gryphon.
were never even introduced to a lobster--' (Al- `Then, you know,' the Mock Turtle went on, 600
ice began to say Ì once tasted--' but checked `you throw the--'
herself hastily, and said `No, never') `--so you
`The lobsters!' shouted the Gryphon, with a 601
can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lob-
bound into the air.
ster Quadrille is!'
`--as far out to sea as you can--' 602
592 `No, indeed,' said Alice. `What sort of a
dance is it?' `Swim after them!' screamed the 603
593 `Why,' said the Gryphon, `you first form into Gryphon.
a line along the sea-shore--' `Turn a somersault in the sea!' cried the Mock 604
Turtle, capering wildly about. her toes when they passed too close, and wav-
605 `Change lobsters again!' yelled the Gryphon ing their forepaws to mark the time, while the
at the top of its voice. Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly:-
- 613
606 `Back to land again, and that's all the first `“Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a
figure,' said the Mock Turtle, suddenly drop- snail.
ping his voice; and the two creatures, who had “There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading
been jumping about like mad things all this on my
time, sat down again very sadly and quietly, tail.
and looked at Alice. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all ad-
607 Ìt must be a very pretty dance,' said Alice vance!
timidly. They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and
join the
608 `Would you like to see a little of it?' said the
dance? 614
Mock Turtle.
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join
609 `Very much indeed,' said Alice. the
610 `Come, let's try the first figure!' said the Mock dance?
Turtle to the Gryphon. `We can do without Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you
lobsters, you know. Which shall sing?' join the
dance? 615
611 Òh, YOU sing,' said the Gryphon. Ì've for-
“You can really have no notion how delightful it will
gotten the words.'
be
612 So they began solemnly dancing round and When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters,
round Alice, every now and then treading on out to
sea!” dance?
But the snail replied “Too far, too far!” and gave a Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you
look join the
askance-- dance?"'
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not `Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to 618
join the
watch,' said Alice, feeling very glad that it was
dance. over at last: ànd I do so like that curious song
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would about the whiting!'
not join
Òh, as to the whiting,' said the Mock Turtle, 619
the dance.
`they--you've seen them, of course?'
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could
not join `Yes,' said Alice, Ì've often seen them at 620
616 the dance. dinn--' she checked herself hastily.

`“What matters it how far we go?” his scaly friend Ì don't know where Dinn may be,' said the 621
replied. Mock Turtle, `but if you've seen them so often,

“There is another shore, you know, upon the other of course you know what they're like.'
side.
Ì believe so,' Alice replied thoughtfully. 622
The further off from England the nearer is to France-
`They have their tails in their mouths--and
-
they're all over crumbs.'
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join
617 the dance. `You're wrong about the crumbs,' said the 623
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you Mock Turtle: `crumbs would all wash off in
join the the sea. But they HAVE their tails in their
mouths; and the reason is--' here the Mock boots and shoes!' she repeated in a wondering
Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.--`Tell her tone.
about the reason and all that,' he said to the `Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said 630
Gryphon. the Gryphon. Ì mean, what makes them so
624 `The reason is,' said the Gryphon, `that they shiny?'
WOULD go with the lobsters to the dance. So Alice looked down at them, and considered a 631
they got thrown out to sea. So they had to fall little before she gave her answer. `They're
a long way. So they got their tails fast in their done with blacking, I believe.'
mouths. So they couldn't get them out again.
That's all.' `Boots and shoes under the sea,' the Gryphon 632
went on in a deep voice, àre done with a whit-

625 `Thank you,' said Alice, ìt's very interesting. Now you know.'
ing. I never knew so much about a whiting
before.' Ànd what are they made of?' Alice asked in 633
a tone of great curiosity.

626 Ì can tell you more than that, if you like,' said
the Gryphon. `Do you know why it's called a `Soles and eels, of course,' the Gryphon replied 634
whiting?' rather impatiently: àny shrimp could have

told you that.'
627 Ì never thought about it,' said Alice.
Ìf I'd been the whiting,' said Alice, whose 635
`Why?'
thoughts were still running on the song, Ì'd
628 ÌT DOES THE BOOTS AND SHOES.' the have said to the porpoise, “Keep back, please:
Gryphon replied very solemnly. we don't want YOU with us!”'
629 Alice was thoroughly puzzled. `Does the `They were obliged to have him with them,' 636
the Mock Turtle said: `no wise fish would go Gryphon in an impatient tone: èxplanations
anywhere without a porpoise.' take such a dreadful time.'
637 `Wouldn't it really?' said Alice in a tone of So Alice began telling them her adventures 644
great surprise. from the time when she first saw the White
Rabbit. She was a little nervous about it just
638 Òf course not,' said the Mock Turtle: `why,
at first, the two creatures got so close to her,
if a fish came to ME, and told me he was go-
one on each side, and opened their eyes and
ing a journey, I should say “With what por-
mouths so VERY wide, but she gained courage
poise?”'
as she went on. Her listeners were perfectly
639 `Don't you mean “purpose”?' said Al- quiet till she got to the part about her repeat-
ice. ing `YOU ARE OLD, FATHER WILLIAM,'
640 Ì mean what I say,' the Mock Turtle replied to the Caterpillar, and the words all com-
in an offended tone. And the Gryphon ing different, and then the Mock Turtle drew
added `Come, let's hear some of YOUR a long breath, and said `That's very curi-
adventures.' ous.'
Ìt's all about as curious as it can be,' said the 645
641 Ì could tell you my adventures--beginning
Gryphon.
from this morning,' said Alice a little timidly:
`but it's no use going back to yesterday, Ìt all came different!' the Mock Turtle re- 646
because I was a different person then.' peated thoughtfully. Ì should like to hear
her try and repeat something now. Tell her
642 Èxplain all that,' said the Mock Tur- to begin.' He looked at the Gryphon as if he
tle. thought it had some kind of authority over Al-
643 `No, no! The adventures first,' said the ice.
647 `Stand up and repeat “'TIS THE His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.]
VOICE OF THE SLUGGARD,”' said
`That's different from what I used to say when 651
the Gryphon.
I was a child,' said the Gryphon.
648 `How the creatures order one about, and make
one repeat lessons!' thought Alice; Ì might as `Well, I never heard it before,' said the 652
well be at school at once.' However, she got Mock Turtle; `but it sounds uncommon
up, and began to repeat it, but her head was so nonsense.'
full of the Lobster Quadrille, that she hardly Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her 653
knew what she was saying, and the words came face in her hands, wondering if anything would
649 very queer indeed:-- EVER happen in a natural way again.
`'Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him de-
clare, Ì should like to have it explained,' said the 654
“You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my

Mock Turtle.
hair.” `She can't explain it,' said the Gryphon 655
As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose hastily. `Go on with the next verse.'
Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his
650 toes.' `But about his toes?' the Mock Turtle per- 656
[later editions continued as follows sisted. `How COULD he turn them out with
When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a
his nose, you know?'
lark, Ìt's the first position in dancing.' Alice said; 657
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the but was dreadfully puzzled by the whole thing,
Shark,
and longed to change the subject.
But, when the tide rises and sharks are
around, `Go on with the next verse,' the Gryphon re- 658
peated impatiently: ìt begins “I passed by his the Mock Turtle interrupted, ìf you don't ex-
garden.”' plain it as you go on? It's by far the most
confusing thing I ever heard!'
659 Alice did not dare to disobey, though she felt
sure it would all come wrong, and she went on `Yes, I think you'd better leave off,' said the 663
660 in a trembling voice:-- Gryphon: and Alice was only too glad to do
so.
Ì passed by his garden, and marked, with one
eye, `Shall we try another figure of the Lobster 664
How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie--

Quadrille?' the Gryphon went on. Òr
661 ' would you like the Mock Turtle to sing you a
song?'
[later editions continued as follows
Òh, a song, please, if the Mock Turtle would 665
The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and
meat, be so kind,' Alice replied, so eagerly that the
Gryphon said, in a rather offended tone, `Hm!
While the Owl had the dish as its share of the
treat.
No accounting for tastes! Sing her “Turtle
Soup,” will you, old fellow?'
When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a
boon, The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in 666
a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing

Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon:
this:-- 667
While the Panther received knife and fork with a `Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,
growl,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
And concluded the banquet--]
Who for such dainties would not stoop?
662 `What IS the use of repeating all that stuff,' Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!
Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup! `What trial is it?' Alice panted as she ran; 671
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! but the Gryphon only answered `Come on!'

Beau--ootiful Soo--oop! and ran the faster, while more and more
faintly came, carried on the breeze that
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
followed them, the melancholy words:-- 672
668 Beautiful, beautiful Soup!
`Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
`Beautiful Soup! Who cares for fish,
Beautiful, beautiful Soup!'
Game, or any other dish?
Who would not give all else for two
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?
Pennyworth only of beautiful Soup?
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!
Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!
Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,
Beautiful, beauti--FUL SOUP!'
669 `Chorus again!' cried the Gryphon, and the

Mock Turtle had just begun to repeat it, when
a cry of `The trial's beginning!' was heard in
the distance.
670 `Come on!' cried the Gryphon, and, taking
Alice by the hand, it hurried off, without wait-
ing for the end of the song.
673 CHAPTER XI - Who Stole the the name of nearly everything there. `That's
Tarts? the judge,' she said to herself, `because of his
great wig.'
674 The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on The judge, by the way, was the King; and as 676
their throne when they arrived, with a great he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the
crowd assembled about them--all sorts of little frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,)
birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of he did not look at all comfortable, and it was
cards: the Knave was standing before them, certainly not becoming.
in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard Ànd that's the jury-box,' thought Alice, ànd 677
him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, those twelve creatures,' (she was obliged to
with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of say `creatures,' you see, because some of them
parchment in the other. In the very middle were animals, and some were birds,) Ì sup-
of the court was a table, with a large dish of pose they are the jurors.' She said this last
tarts upon it: they looked so good, that it word two or three times over to herself, being
made Alice quite hungry to look at them--Ì rather proud of it: for she thought, and rightly
wish they'd get the trial done,' she thought, too, that very few little girls of her age knew
ànd hand round the refreshments!' But there the meaning of it at all. However, `jury-men'
seemed to be no chance of this, so she began would have done just as well.
looking at everything about her, to pass away
the time. The twelve jurors were all writing very busily 678
on slates. `What are they doing?' Alice whis-

675 Alice had never been in a court of justice be- pered to the Gryphon. `They can't have any-
fore, but she had read about them in books, thing to put down yet, before the trial's be-
and she was quite pleased to find that she knew gun.'
679 `They're putting down their names,' the tle juror (it was Bill, the Lizard) could not
Gryphon whispered in reply, `for fear they make out at all what had become of it; so, af-
should forget them before the end of the ter hunting all about for it, he was obliged to
trial.' write with one finger for the rest of the day;
680 `Stupid things!' Alice began in a loud, in- and this was of very little use, as it left no
dignant voice, but she stopped hastily, for the mark on the slate.
White Rabbit cried out, `Silence in the court!' `Herald, read the accusation!' said the 683
and the King put on his spectacles and looked King.

anxiously round, to make out who was talk-
On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on 684
ing.
the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment
681 Alice could see, as well as if she were looking scroll, and read as follows:-- 685
over their shoulders, that all the jurors were
`The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
writing down `stupid things!' on their slates,
All on a summer day:
and she could even make out that one of them
didn't know how to spell `stupid,' and that he The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
had to ask his neighbour to tell him. À nice And took them quite away!'
muddle their slates'll be in before the trial's
`Consider your verdict,' the King said to the 686
over!' thought Alice.
jury.
682 One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked.
This of course, Alice could not stand, and she `Not yet, not yet!' the Rabbit hastily inter- 687
went round the court and got behind him, and rupted. `There's a great deal to come before
very soon found an opportunity of taking it that!'
away. She did it so quickly that the poor lit- `Call the first witness,' said the King; and the 688
White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trum- `Take off your hat,' the King said to the Hat- 695
pet, and called out, `First witness!' ter.

689 The first witness was the Hatter. He came in Ìt isn't mine,' said the Hatter. 696
with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread- `Stolen!' the King exclaimed, turning to the 697
and-butter in the other. Ì beg pardon, your jury, who instantly made a memorandum of
Majesty,' he began, `for bringing these in: but the fact.
I hadn't quite finished my tea when I was sent
for.' Ì keep them to sell,' the Hatter added as an 698
explanation; Ì've none of my own. I'm a hat-

690 `You ought to have finished,' said the King. ter.'
`When did you begin?'
Here the Queen put on her spectacles, and be- 699
691 The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who gan staring at the Hatter, who turned pale and
had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm fidgeted.
with the Dormouse. `Fourteenth of March, I
think it was,' he said. `Give your evidence,' said the King; ànd 700
don't be nervous, or I'll have you executed on

692 `Fifteenth,' said the March Hare. the spot.'
693 `Sixteenth,' added the Dormouse. This did not seem to encourage the witness 701
694 `Write that down,' the King said to the jury, at all: he kept shifting from one foot to the
and the jury eagerly wrote down all three other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and in
dates on their slates, and then added them his confusion he bit a large piece out of his
up, and reduced the answer to shillings and teacup instead of the bread-and-butter.
pence. Just at this moment Alice felt a very curi- 702
ous sensation, which puzzled her a good deal crossed the court, she said to one of the officers
until she made out what it was: she was be- of the court, `Bring me the list of the singers in
ginning to grow larger again, and she thought the last concert!' on which the wretched Hat-
at first she would get up and leave the court; ter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes
but on second thoughts she decided to remain off.
where she was as long as there was room for
`Give your evidence,' the King repeated 709
her.
angrily, òr I'll have you executed, whether
703 Ì wish you wouldn't squeeze so.' said the Dor- you're nervous or not.'
mouse, who was sitting next to her. Ì can
hardly breathe.' Ì'm a poor man, your Majesty,' the Hatter 710
began, in a trembling voice, `--and I hadn't be-

704 Ì can't help it,' said Alice very meekly: Ì'm gun my tea--not above a week or so--and what
growing.' with the bread-and-butter getting so thin--and
705 `You've no right to grow here,' said the Dor- the twinkling of the tea--'
mouse.
`The twinkling of the what?' said the 711
706 `Don't talk nonsense,' said Alice more boldly: King.
`you know you're growing too.'
Ìt began with the tea,' the Hatter 712
707 `Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said replied.
the Dormouse: `not in that ridiculous fash-
ion.' And he got up very sulkily and crossed Òf course twinkling begins with a T!' said the 713
over to the other side of the court. King sharply. `Do you take me for a dunce?
Go on!'
708 All this time the Queen had never left off star-
ing at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse Ì'm a poor man,' the Hatter went on, ànd 714
most things twinkled after that--only the724 The miserable Hatter dropped his teacup
March Hare said--' and bread-and-butter, and went down on one
knee. Ì'm a poor man, your Majesty,' he
715 Ì didn't!' the March Hare interrupted in a
began.
great hurry.
`You're a very poor speaker,' said the 725
716 `You did!' said the Hatter.
King.
717 Ì deny it!' said the March Hare.
Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was 726
718 `He denies it,' said the King: `leave out that immediately suppressed by the officers of the
part.' court. (As that is rather a hard word, I will
719 `Well, at any rate, the Dormouse said--' the just explain to you how it was done. They had
Hatter went on, looking anxiously round to a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth
see if he would deny it too: but the Dormouse with strings: into this they slipped the guinea-
denied nothing, being fast asleep. pig, head first, and then sat upon it.)
Ì'm glad I've seen that done,' thought Alice. 727
720 Àfter that,' continued the Hatter, Ì cut some
Ì've so often read in the newspapers, at the
more bread- and-butter--'
end of trials, “There was some attempts at ap-
721 `But what did the Dormouse say?' one of the plause, which was immediately suppressed by
jury asked. the officers of the court,” and I never under-
722 `That I can't remember,' said the Hat- stood what it meant till now.'
ter. Ìf that's all you know about it, you may stand 728
723 `You MUST remember,' remarked the King, down,' continued the King.
òr I'll have you executed.' Ì can't go no lower,' said the Hatter: Ì'm on 729
the floor, as it is.' guessed who it was, even before she got into
730 `Then you may SIT down,' the King the court, by the way the people near the door
replied. began sneezing all at once.
731 Here the other guinea-pig cheered, and was `Give your evidence,' said the King. 738
suppressed. `Shan't,' said the cook. 739
732 `Come, that finished the guinea-pigs!' The King looked anxiously at the White Rab- 740
thought Alice. `Now we shall get on bet- bit, who said in a low voice, `Your Majesty
ter.' must cross-examine THIS witness.'
733 Ì'd rather finish my tea,' said the Hatter, with `Well, if I must, I must,' the King said, with a 741
an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading melancholy air, and, after folding his arms and
the list of singers. frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly
734 `You may go,' said the King, and the Hatter out of sight, he said in a deep voice, `What
hurriedly left the court, without even waiting are tarts made of?'
to put his shoes on. `Pepper, mostly,' said the cook. 742
735 `--and just take his head off outside,' the `Treacle,' said a sleepy voice behind 743
Queen added to one of the officers: but the her.

Hatter was out of sight before the officer could `Collar that Dormouse,' the Queen shrieked 744
get to the door. out. `Behead that Dormouse! Turn that Dor-
736 `Call the next witness!' said the King. mouse out of court! Suppress him! Pinch him!
737 The next witness was the Duchess's cook. She Off with his whiskers!'
carried the pepper-box in her hand, and Alice For some minutes the whole court was in con- 745
fusion, getting the Dormouse turned out, and,

by the time they had settled down again, the
cook had disappeared.
746 `Never mind!' said the King, with an air of
great relief. `Call the next witness.' And
he added in an undertone to the Queen, `Re-
ally, my dear, YOU must cross-examine the
next witness. It quite makes my forehead
ache!'
747 Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled
over the list, feeling very curious to see what
the next witness would be like, `--for they
haven't got much evidence YET,' she said to
herself. Imagine her surprise, when the White
Rabbit read out, at the top of his shrill little
voice, the name Àlice!'
748 CHAPTER XII - Alice's Evidence Alice looked at the jury-box, and saw that, 752
in her haste, she had put the Lizard in head

749 `Here!' cried Alice, quite forgetting in the downwards, and the poor little thing was wav-
flurry of the moment how large she had grown ing its tail about in a melancholy way, being
in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in quite unable to move. She soon got it out
such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box again, and put it right; `not that it signifies
with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the much,' she said to herself; Ì should think it
jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, would be QUITE as much use in the trial one
and there they lay sprawling about, reminding way up as the other.'
her very much of a globe of goldfish she had
As soon as the jury had a little recovered from 753
accidentally upset the week before.
the shock of being upset, and their slates and
750 Òh, I BEG your pardon!' she exclaimed in a pencils had been found and handed back to
tone of great dismay, and began picking them them, they set to work very diligently to write
up again as quickly as she could, for the acci- out a history of the accident, all except the
dent of the goldfish kept running in her head, Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do
and she had a vague sort of idea that they anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing
must be collected at once and put back into up into the roof of the court.
the jury-box, or they would die.
`What do you know about this business?' the 754
751 `The trial cannot proceed,' said the King in King said to Alice.
a very grave voice, ùntil all the jurymen are
`Nothing,' said Alice. 755
back in their proper places-- ALL,' he repeated
with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as `Nothing WHATEVER?' persisted the 756
he said do. King.
757 `Nothing whatever,' said Alice. MORE THAN A MILE HIGH TO LEAVE
THE COURT.'
758 `That's very important,' the King said,
turning to the jury. They were just beginning Everybody looked at Alice. 762
to write this down on their slates, when the Ì'M not a mile high,' said Alice. 763
White Rabbit interrupted: ÙNimportant,
`You are,' said the King. 764
your Majesty means, of course,' he said in a
very respectful tone, but frowning and making `Nearly two miles high,' added the 765
faces at him as he spoke. Queen.

759 ÙNimportant, of course, I meant,' the `Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: 766
King hastily said, and went on to himself `besides, that's not a regular rule: you in-
in an undertone, ìmportant--unimportant-- vented it just now.'
unimportant--important--' as if he were trying Ìt's the oldest rule in the book,' said the 767
which word sounded best. King.

760 Some of the jury wrote it down ìmportant,' `Then it ought to be Number One,' said Al- 768
and some ùnimportant.' Alice could see ice.

this, as she was near enough to look over The King turned pale, and shut his note-book 769
their slates; `but it doesn't matter a bit,' she hastily. `Consider your verdict,' he said to the
thought to herself. jury, in a low, trembling voice.
761 At this moment the King, who had been for `There's more evidence to come yet, please 770
some time busily writing in his note-book, your Majesty,' said the White Rabbit, jump-
cackled out `Silence!' and read out from ing up in a great hurry; `this paper has just
his book, `Rule Forty-two. ALL PERSONS been picked up.'
771 `What's in it?' said the Queen. hand,' said the King. (The jury all brightened
up again.)
772 Ì haven't opened it yet,' said the White Rab-
bit, `but it seems to be a letter, written by the `Please your Majesty,' said the Knave, Ì 779
prisoner to--to somebody.' didn't write it, and they can't prove I did:
there's no name signed at the end.'
773 Ìt must have been that,' said the King,
ùnless it was written to nobody, which isn't Ìf you didn't sign it,' said the King, `that 780
usual, you know.' only makes the matter worse. You MUST have
meant some mischief, or else you'd have signed
774 `Who is it directed to?' said one of the jury- your name like an honest man.'
men.
There was a general clapping of hands at this: 781
775 Ìt isn't directed at all,' said the White it was the first really clever thing the King had
Rabbit; ìn fact, there's nothing written on said that day.
the OUTSIDE.' He unfolded the paper as he
`That PROVES his guilt,' said the 782
spoke, and added Ìt isn't a letter, after all:
Queen.
it's a set of verses.'
Ìt proves nothing of the sort!' said Alice. 783
776 Àre they in the prisoner's handwriting?' `Why, you don't even know what they're
asked another of the jurymen. about!'
777 `No, they're not,' said the White Rabbit, ànd `Read them,' said the King. 784
that's the queerest thing about it.' (The jury

The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. 785
all looked puzzled.)
`Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?'
778 `He must have imitated somebody else's he asked.
786 `Begin at the beginning,' the King said My notion was that you had been
gravely, ànd go on till you come to the end: (Before she had this fit)
then stop.' An obstacle that came between
787 These were the verses the White Rabbit read:- Him, and ourselves, and it. 793
788 - Don't let him know she liked them best,
`They told me you had been to her,
For this must ever be
And mentioned me to him:
A secret, kept from all the rest,
She gave me a good character,
Between yourself and me.'
789 But said I could not swim.
`That's the most important piece of evidence 794
He sent them word I had not gone
we've heard yet,' said the King, rubbing his
(We know it to be true):
hands; `so now let the jury--'
If she should push the matter on,
Ìf any one of them can explain it,' said Alice, 795
790 What would become of you?
(she had grown so large in the last few min-
I gave her one, they gave him two, utes that she wasn't a bit afraid of interrupting
You gave us three or more; him,) Ì'll give him sixpence. I don't believe
They all returned from him to you, there's an atom of meaning in it.'
791 Though they were mine before. The jury all wrote down on their slates, `SHE 796
If I or she should chance to be doesn't believe there's an atom of meaning in

Involved in this affair, it,' but none of them attempted to explain the
He trusts to you to set them free, paper.
792 Exactly as we were. Ìf there's no meaning in it,' said the King, 797
`that saves a world of trouble, you know, as again--“BEFORE SHE HAD THIS FIT--” you
we needn't try to find any. And yet I don't never had fits, my dear, I think?' he said to
know,' he went on, spreading out the verses on the Queen.
his knee, and looking at them with one eye; `Never!' said the Queen furiously, throwing 802
Ì seem to see some meaning in them, after an inkstand at the Lizard as she spoke. (The
all. “--SAID I COULD NOT SWIM--” you unfortunate little Bill had left off writing on
can't swim, can you?' he added, turning to his slate with one finger, as he found it made
the Knave. no mark; but he now hastily began again, us-
798 The Knave shook his head sadly. `Do I look ing the ink, that was trickling down his face,
like it?' he said. (Which he certainly did NOT, as long as it lasted.)
being made entirely of cardboard.) `Then the words don't FIT you,' said the 803
799 Àll right, so far,' said the King, and he went King, looking round the court with a smile.
on muttering over the verses to himself: `“WE There was a dead silence.
KNOW IT TO BE TRUE--” that's the jury, Ìt's a pun!' the King added in an offended 804
of course-- “I GAVE HER ONE, THEY GAVE tone, and everybody laughed, `Let the jury
HIM TWO--” why, that must be what he did consider their verdict,' the King said, for about
with the tarts, you know--' the twentieth time that day.
800 `But, it goes on “THEY ALL RETURNED `No, no!' said the Queen. `Sentence first-- 805
FROM HIM TO YOU,”' said Alice. verdict afterwards.'

801 `Why, there they are!' said the King tri- `Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. `The 806
umphantly, pointing to the tarts on the table. idea of having the sentence first!'
`Nothing can be clearer than THAT. Then `Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning 807
purple. her, and said, Ìt WAS a curious dream, dear,

808 Ì won't!' said Alice. certainly: but now run in to your tea; it's get-
ting late.' So Alice got up and ran off, think-
809 Òff with her head!' the Queen shouted at the ing while she ran, as well she might, what a
top of her voice. Nobody moved. wonderful dream it had been.
810 `Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had But her sister sat still just as she left her, 814
grown to her full size by this time.) `You're leaning her head on her hand, watching the
nothing but a pack of cards!' setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and
811 At this the whole pack rose up into the air, all her wonderful Adventures, till she too be-
and came flying down upon her: she gave a gan dreaming after a fashion, and this was her
little scream, half of fright and half of anger, dream:--
and tried to beat them off, and found herself First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, 815
lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of and once again the tiny hands were clasped
her sister, who was gently brushing away some upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes
dead leaves that had fluttered down from the were looking up into hers--she could hear
trees upon her face. the very tones of her voice, and see that
812 `Wake up, Alice dear!' said her sister; `Why, queer little toss of her head to keep back the
what a long sleep you've had!' wandering hair that WOULD always get into
813 Òh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Al- her eyes--and still as she listened, or seemed
ice, and she told her sister, as well as she could to listen, the whole place around her became
remember them, all these strange Adventures alive the strange creatures of her little sister's
of hers that you have just been reading about; dream.
and when she had finished, her sister kissed The long grass rustled at her feet as the 816

White Rabbit hurried by--the frightened the Gryphon, and all the other queer noises,
Mouse splashed his way through the neigh- would change (she knew) to the confused clam-
bouring pool--she could hear the rattle of the our of the busy farm-yard--while the lowing of
teacups as the March Hare and his friends the cattle in the distance would take the place
shared their never-ending meal, and the of the Mock Turtle's heavy sobs.
shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her
unfortunate guests to execution--once more
the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess's
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same 818
knee, while plates and dishes crashed around
little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be
it--once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the
herself a grown woman; and how she would
squeaking of the Lizard's slate-pencil, and the
keep, through all her riper years, the simple
choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled
and loving heart of her childhood: and how she
the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the
would gather about her other little children,
miserable Mock Turtle.
and make THEIR eyes bright and eager with
many a strange tale, perhaps even with the
817 So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half be-
dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how
lieved herself in Wonderland, though she knew
she would feel with all their simple sorrows,
she had but to open them again, and all would
and find a pleasure in all their simple joys,
change to dull reality--the grass would be only
remembering her own child-life, and the happy
rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to
summer days.
the waving of the reeds--the rattling teacups
would change to tinkling sheep- bells, and the
Queen's shrill cries to the voice of the shepherd
boy--and the sneeze of the baby, the shriek of THE END 819

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821 Through The Looking-Glass

822 by Lewis Carroll
823 Through The Looking-Glass
824 by Lewis Carroll
825 The Millennium Fulcrum Edition

1.7

826 CHAPTER I - Looking-Glass arm-chair, half talking to herself and half

house asleep, the kitten had been having a grand
game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice
827 One thing was certain, that the WHITE kit- had been trying to wind up, and had been
ten had had nothing to do with it:--it was the rolling it up and down till it had all come
black kitten's fault entirely. For the white kit- undone again; and there it was, spread over
ten had been having its face washed by the the hearth-rug, all knots and tangles, with
old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and the kitten running after its own tail in the
bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see middle.
that it COULDN'T have had any hand in the
mischief. Òh, you wicked little thing!' cried Alice, 830
catching up the kitten, and giving it a little

828 The way Dinah washed her children's faces was
kiss to make it understand that it was in dis-
this: first she held the poor thing down by
grace. `Really, Dinah ought to have taught
its ear with one paw, and then with the other
you better manners! You OUGHT, Dinah,
paw she rubbed its face all over, the wrong
you know you ought!' she added, looking re-
way, beginning at the nose: and just now, as I
proachfully at the old cat, and speaking in as
said, she was hard at work on the white kitten,
cross a voice as she could manage--and then
which was lying quite still and trying to purr-
she scrambled back into the arm-chair, taking
-no doubt feeling that it was all meant for its
the kitten and the worsted with her, and began
good.
winding up the ball again. But she didn't get
829 But the black kitten had been finished with on very fast, as she was talking all the time,
earlier in the afternoon, and so, while Alice sometimes to the kitten, and sometimes to her-
was sitting curled up in a corner of the great self. Kitty sat very demurely on her knee, pre-

tending to watch the progress of the winding, snow! And you'd have deserved it, you little
and now and then putting out one paw and mischievous darling! What have you got to
gently touching the ball, as if it would be glad say for yourself? Now don't interrupt me!'
to help, if it might. she went on, holding up one finger. Ì'm
going to tell you all your faults. Number one:
831 `Do you know what to-morrow is, Kitty?' Al-
you squeaked twice while Dinah was washing
ice began. `You'd have guessed if you'd been
your face this morning. Now you can't deny
up in the window with me--only Dinah was
it, Kitty: I heard you! What's that you say?'
making you tidy, so you couldn't. I was watch-
(pretending that the kitten was speaking.)
ing the boys getting in sticks for the bonfire-
`Her paw went into your eye? Well, that's
-and it wants plenty of sticks, Kitty! Only it
YOUR fault, for keeping your eyes open--if
got so cold, and it snowed so, they had to leave
you'd shut them tight up, it wouldn't have
off. Never mind, Kitty, we'll go and see the
happened. Now don't make any more excuses,
bonfire to-morrow.' Here Alice wound two or
but listen! Number two: you pulled Snowdrop
three turns of the worsted round the kitten's
away by the tail just as I had put down the
neck, just to see how it would look: this led
saucer of milk before her! What, you were
to a scramble, in which the ball rolled down
thirsty, were you? How do you know she
upon the floor, and yards and yards of it got
wasn't thirsty too? Now for number three:
unwound again.
you unwound every bit of the worsted while I
832 `Do you know, I was so angry, Kitty,' Alice wasn't looking!
went on as soon as they were comfortably
settled again, `when I saw all the mischief you `That's three faults, Kitty, and you've not 833
had been doing, I was very nearly opening been punished for any of them yet. You
the window, and putting you out into the know I'm saving up all your punishments for

Wednesday week--Suppose they had saved up the ball of worsted to clap her hands. Ànd I
all MY punishments!' she went on, talking do so WISH it was true! I'm sure the woods
more to herself than the kitten. `What look sleepy in the autumn, when the leaves are
WOULD they do at the end of a year? I getting brown.
should be sent to prison, I suppose, when
the day came. Or--let me see--suppose each `Kitty, can you play chess? Now, don't smile, 835
punishment was to be going without a dinner: my dear, I'm asking it seriously. Because,
then, when the miserable day came, I should when we were playing just now, you watched
have to go without fifty dinners at once! Well, just as if you understood it: and when I said
I shouldn't mind THAT much! I'd far rather “Check!” you purred! Well, it WAS a nice
go without them than eat them! check, Kitty, and really I might have won, if it
hadn't been for that nasty Knight, that came
834 `Do you hear the snow against the window- wiggling down among my pieces. Kitty, dear,
panes, Kitty? How nice and soft it sounds! let's pretend--' And here I wish I could tell
Just as if some one was kissing the window you half the things Alice used to say, begin-
all over outside. I wonder if the snow LOVES ning with her favourite phrase `Let's pretend.'
the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gen- She had had quite a long argument with her
tly? And then it covers them up snug, you sister only the day before --all because Alice
know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, had begun with `Let's pretend we're kings and
“Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes queens;' and her sister, who liked being very
again.” And when they wake up in the sum- exact, had argued that they couldn't, because
mer, Kitty, they dress themselves all in green, there were only two of them, and Alice had
and dance about--whenever the wind blows-- been reduced at last to say, `Well, YOU can
oh, that's very pretty!' cried Alice, dropping be one of them then, and I'LL be all the rest.'

And once she had really frightened her old same as our drawing room, only the things go
nurse by shouting suddenly in her ear, `Nurse! the other way. I can see all of it when I get
Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyaena, and upon a chair--all but the bit behind the fire-
you're a bone.' place. Oh! I do so wish I could see THAT bit!
I want so much to know whether they've a fire
836 But this is taking us away from Alice's speech
in the winter: you never CAN tell, you know,
to the kitten. `Let's pretend that you're the
unless our fire smokes, and then smoke comes
Red Queen, Kitty! Do you know, I think if
up in that room too--but that may be only
you sat up and folded your arms, you'd look
pretence, just to make it look as if they had a
exactly like her. Now do try, there's a dear!'
fire. Well then, the books are something like
And Alice got the Red Queen off the table,
our books, only the words go the wrong way;
and set it up before the kitten as a model for
I know that, because I've held up one of our
it to imitate: however, the thing didn't suc-
books to the glass, and then they hold up one
ceed, principally, Alice said, because the kit-
in the other room.
ten wouldn't fold its arms properly. So, to
punish it, she held it up to the Looking-glass,
`How would you like to live in Looking-glass 838
that it might see how sulky it was--'and if
House, Kitty? I wonder if they'd give you milk
you're not good directly,' she added, Ì'll put
in there? Perhaps Looking-glass milk isn't
you through into Looking-glass House. How
good to drink--But oh, Kitty! now we come
would you like THAT?'
to the passage. You can just see a little PEEP
837 `Now, if you'll only attend, Kitty, and not of the passage in Looking-glass House, if you
talk so much, I'll tell you all my ideas about leave the door of our drawing-room wide open:
Looking-glass House. First, there's the room and it's very like our passage as far as you can
you can see through the glass--that's just the see, only you know it may be quite different

on beyond. Oh, Kitty! how nice it would be if away from the fire. Oh, what fun it'll be,
we could only get through into Looking- glass when they see me through the glass in here,
House! I'm sure it's got, oh! such beautiful and can't get at me!'
things in it! Let's pretend there's a way of Then she began looking about, and noticed 840
getting through into it, somehow, Kitty. Let's that what could be seen from the old room
pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, was quite common and uninteresting, but that
so that we can get through. Why, it's turning all the rest was as different as possible. For
into a sort of mist now, I declare! It'll be easy instance, the pictures on the wall next the fire
enough to get through--' She was up on the seemed to be all alive, and the very clock on
chimney-piece while she said this, though she the chimney-piece (you know you can only see
hardly knew how she had got there. And cer- the back of it in the Looking-glass) had got
tainly the glass WAS beginning to melt away, the face of a little old man, and grinned at
just like a bright silvery mist. her.
839 In another moment Alice was through the `They don't keep this room so tidy as the 841
glass, and had jumped lightly down into the other,' Alice thought to herself, as she noticed
Looking-glass room. The very first thing she several of the chessmen down in the hearth
did was to look whether there was a fire in among the cinders: but in another moment,
the fireplace, and she was quite pleased to with a little Òh!' of surprise, she was down
find that there was a real one, blazing away on her hands and knees watching them.
as brightly as the one she had left behind. The chessmen were walking about, two and
`So I shall be as warm here as I was in the two!
old room,' thought Alice: `warmer, in fact, `Here are the Red King and the Red Queen,' 842
because there'll be no one here to scold me Alice said (in a whisper, for fear of frightening

them), ànd there are the White King and the Queen, for he was covered with ashes from
White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel-- head to foot.
and here are two castles walking arm in arm--I Alice was very anxious to be of use, and, as the 846
don't think they can hear me,' she went on, as poor little Lily was nearly screaming herself
she put her head closer down, ànd I'm nearly into a fit, she hastily picked up the Queen and
sure they can't see me. I feel somehow as if I set her on the table by the side of her noisy
were invisible--' little daughter.
843 Here something began squeaking on the ta- The Queen gasped, and sat down: the rapid 847
ble behind Alice, and made her turn her head journey through the air had quite taken away
just in time to see one of the White Pawns her breath and for a minute or two she could
roll over and begin kicking: she watched it do nothing but hug the little Lily in silence.
with great curiosity to see what would happen As soon as she had recovered her breath a lit-
next. tle, she called out to the White King, who was
sitting sulkily among the ashes, `Mind the vol-
844 Ìt is the voice of my child!' the White Queen
cano!'
cried out as she rushed past the King, so vi-
olently that she knocked him over among the `What volcano?' said the King, looking up 848
cinders. `My precious Lily! My imperial kit- anxiously into the fire, as if he thought that
ten!' and she began scrambling wildly up the was the most likely place to find one.
side of the fender. `Blew--me--up,' panted the Queen, who was 849
845 Ìmperial fiddlestick!' said the King, rubbing still a little out of breath. `Mind you come up-
his nose, which had been hurt by the fall. He -the regular way--don't get blown up!'
had a right to be a LITTLE annoyed with the Alice watched the White King as he slowly 850

struggled up from bar to bar, till at last she the King couldn't hear her. `You make me
said, `Why, you'll be hours and hours getting laugh so that I can hardly hold you! And
to the table, at that rate. I'd far better help don't keep your mouth so wide open! All the
you, hadn't I?' But the King took no notice of ashes will get into it--there, now I think you're
the question: it was quite clear that he could tidy enough!' she added, as she smoothed
neither hear her nor see her. his hair, and set him upon the table near the
851 So Alice picked him up very gently, and lifted Queen.
him across more slowly than she had lifted The King immediately fell flat on his back, 854
the Queen, that she mightn't take his breath and lay perfectly still: and Alice was a lit-
away: but, before she put him on the table, she tle alarmed at what she had done, and went
thought she might as well dust him a little, he round the room to see if she could find any
was so covered with ashes. water to throw over him. However, she could
852 She said afterwards that she had never seen in find nothing but a bottle of ink, and when she
all her life such a face as the King made, when got back with it she found he had recovered,
he found himself held in the air by an invis- and he and the Queen were talking together in
ible hand, and being dusted: he was far too a frightened whisper--so low, that Alice could
much astonished to cry out, but his eyes and hardly hear what they said.
his mouth went on getting larger and larger,
and rounder and rounder, till her hand shook The King was saying, Ì assure, you my 855
so with laughing that she nearly let him drop dear, I turned cold to the very ends of my
upon the floor. whiskers!'
853 Òh! PLEASE don't make such faces, my To which the Queen replied, `You haven't got 856
dear!' she cried out, quite forgetting that any whiskers.'

857 `The horror of that moment,' the King went VERY BADLY') `That's not a memorandum
on, Ì shall never, NEVER forget!' of YOUR feelings!'
858 `You will, though,' the Queen said, ìf you There was a book lying near Alice on the table, 862
don't make a memorandum of it.' and while she sat watching the White King
(for she was still a little anxious about him,
859 Alice looked on with great interest as the and had the ink all ready to throw over him,
King took an enormous memorandum-book in case he fainted again), she turned over the
out of his pocket, and began writing. A leaves, to find some part that she could read,
sudden thought struck her, and she took hold `--for it's all in some language I don't know,'
of the end of the pencil, which came some she said to herself.
way over his shoulder, and began writing for
him. It was like this. 863
864
YKCOWREBBAJ
860 The poor King looked puzzled and unhappy, 865
sevot yhtils eht dna ,gillirb sawT'
and struggled with the pencil for some time
ebaw eht ni elbmig dna eryg diD
without saying anything; but Alice was too
strong for him, and at last he panted out, `My ,sevogorob eht erew ysmim llA
dear! I really MUST get a thinner pencil. I .ebargtuo shtar emom eht dnA
can't manage this one a bit; it writes all man- She puzzled over this for some time, but at 866
ner of things that I don't intend--' last a bright thought struck her. `Why, it's a
861 `What manner of things?' said the Queen, Looking-glass book, of course! And if I hold
looking over the book (in which Alice had it up to a glass, the words will all go the right
put `THE WHITE KNIGHT IS SLIDING way again.'
DOWN THE POKER. HE BALANCES This was the poem that Alice read. 867
868

869 JABBERWOCKY The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves He left it dead, and with its head
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; He went galumphing back. 874
All mimsy were the borogoves, Ànd hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
870 And the mome raths outgrabe. Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
`Beware the Jabberwock, my son! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
The jaws that bite, the claws that He chortled in his joy. 875
catch!
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
871 The frumious Bandersnatch!'
All mimsy were the borogoves,
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
- Ìt seems very pretty,' she said when she had 876
So rested he by the Tumtum tree, finished it, `but it's RATHER hard to under-
872 And stood awhile in thought. stand!' (You see she didn't like to confess, ever
And as in uffish thought he stood, to herself, that she couldn't make it out at
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
all.) `Somehow it seems to fill my head with
ideas--only I don't exactly know what they are!
Came whiffling through the tulgey
wood, However, SOMEBODY killed SOMETHING:
that's clear, at any rate--'
873 And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and `But oh!' thought Alice, suddenly jumping 877
through up, ìf I don't make haste I shall have to go

back through the Looking-glass, before I've

seen what the rest of the house is like! Let's
have a look at the garden first!' She was
out of the room in a moment, and ran down
stairs--or, at least, it wasn't exactly running,
but a new invention of hers for getting down
stairs quickly and easily, as Alice said to her-
self. She just kept the tips of her fingers on
the hand-rail, and floated gently down without
even touching the stairs with her feet; then she
floated on through the hall, and would have
gone straight out at the door in the same way,
if she hadn't caught hold of the door-post. She
was getting a little giddy with so much floating
in the air, and was rather glad to find herself
walking again in the natural way.

878 CHAPTER II - The Garden of Live in again yet. I know I should have to get
Flowers through the Looking-glass again--back into
the old room--and there'd be an end of all my
879 Ì should see the garden far better,' said Alice adventures!'
to herself, ìf I could get to the top of that hill:
So, resolutely turning her back upon the 882
and here's a path that leads straight to it--at
house, she set out once more down the path,
least, no, it doesn't do that--' (after going a
determined to keep straight on till she got to
few yards along the path, and turning several
the hill. For a few minutes all went on well,
sharp corners), `but I suppose it will at last.
and she was just saying, Ì really SHALL do
But how curiously it twists! It's more like a
it this time--' when the path gave a sudden
corkscrew than a path! Well, THIS turn goes
twist and shook itself (as she described it
to the hill, I suppose--no, it doesn't! This goes
afterwards), and the next moment she found
straight back to the house! Well then, I'll try
herself actually walking in at the door.
it the other way.'
Òh, it's too bad!' she cried. Ì never saw such 883
880 And so she did: wandering up and down, and
a house for getting in the way! Never!'
trying turn after turn, but always coming back
to the house, do what she would. Indeed, once, However, there was the hill full in sight, so 884
when she turned a corner rather more quickly there was nothing to be done but start again.
than usual, she ran against it before she could This time she came upon a large flower-bed,
stop herself. with a border of daisies, and a willow-tree
growing in the middle.
881 Ìt's no use talking about it,' Alice said,
looking up at the house and pretending it Ò Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to 885
was arguing with her. Ì'm NOT going one that was waving gracefully about in the

wind, Ì WISH you could talk!' frightened at being planted out here, with no-
886 `We CAN talk,' said the Tiger-lily: `when body to take care of you?'
there's anybody worth talking to.' `There's the tree in the middle,' said the Rose: 892
887 Alice was so astonished that she could not `what else is it good for?'
speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take `But what could it do, if any danger came?' 893
her breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lily Alice asked.

only went on waving about, she spoke again,
Ìt says “Bough-wough!”' cried a Daisy: 894
in a timid voice--almost in a whisper. Ànd
`that's why its branches are called
can ALL the flowers talk?'
boughs!'
888 Às well as YOU can,' said the Tiger-lily.
`Didn't you know THAT?' cried another 895
Ànd a great deal louder.'
Daisy, and here they all began shouting
889 Ìt isn't manners for us to begin, you know,' together, till the air seemed quite full of little
said the Rose, ànd I really was wondering shrill voices. `Silence, every one of you!' cried
when you'd speak! Said I to myself, “Her face the Tiger- lily, waving itself passionately from
has got SOME sense in it, though it's not a side to side, and trembling with excitement.
clever one!” Still, you're the right colour, and `They know I can't get at them!' it panted,
that goes a long way.' bending its quivering head towards Alice, òr
890 Ì don't care about the colour,' the Tiger-lily they wouldn't dare to do it!'
remarked. Ìf only her petals curled up a little `Never mind!' Alice said in a soothing tone, 896
more, she'd be all right.' and stooping down to the daisies, who were
891 Alice didn't like being criticised, so she be- just beginning again, she whispered, Ìf you
gan asking questions. Àren't you sometimes don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you!'

897 There was silence in a moment, and several of Ìt's MY opinion that you never think AT 904
the pink daisies turned white. ALL,' the Rose said in a rather severe
898 `That's right!' said the Tiger-lily. `The tone.
daisies are worst of all. When one speaks, Ì never saw anybody that looked stupider,' 905
they all begin together, and it's enough to a Violet said, so suddenly, that Alice quite
make one wither to hear the way they go jumped; for it hadn't spoken before.
on!'
`Hold YOUR tongue!' cried the Tiger-lily. 906
899 `How is it you can all talk so nicely?' Alice Às if YOU ever saw anybody! You keep your
said, hoping to get it into a better temper by head under the leaves, and snore away there,
a compliment. Ì've been in many gardens be- till you know no more what's going on in the
fore, but none of the flowers could talk.' world, than if you were a bud!'
900 `Put your hand down, and feel the ground,' Àre there any more people in the garden be- 907
said the Tiger-lily. `Then you'll know sides me?' Alice said, not choosing to notice
why.' the Rose's last remark.
901 Alice did so. Ìt's very hard,' she said, `but I `There's one other flower in the garden that 908
don't see what that has to do with it.' can move about like you,' said the Rose. Ì
902 Ìn most gardens,' the Tiger-lily said, `they wonder how you do it--' ('You're always won-
make the beds too soft--so that the flowers are dering,' said the Tiger-lily), `but she's more
always asleep.' bushy than you are.'
903 This sounded a very good reason, and Alice Ìs she like me?' Alice asked eagerly, for the 909
was quite pleased to know it. Ì never thought thought crossed her mind, `There's another
of that before!' she said. little girl in the garden, somewhere!'

910 `Well, she has the same awkward shape as `She's coming!' cried the Larkspur. Ì hear 917
you,' the Rose said, `but she's redder--and her her footstep, thump, thump, thump, along the
petals are shorter, I think.' gravel-walk!'
911 `Her petals are done up close, almost like a Alice looked round eagerly, and found that 918
dahlia,' the Tiger-lily interrupted: `not tum- it was the Red Queen. `She's grown a good
bled about anyhow, like yours.' deal!' was her first remark. She had indeed:
912 `But that's not YOUR fault,' the Rose added when Alice first found her in the ashes, she had
kindly: `you're beginning to fade, you know-- been only three inches high--and here she was,
and then one can't help one's petals getting a half a head taller than Alice herself!
little untidy.' Ìt's the fresh air that does it,' said the Rose: 919
913 Alice didn't like this idea at all: so, to change `wonderfully fine air it is, out here.'
the subject, she asked `Does she ever come out Ì think I'll go and meet her,' said Alice, for, 920
here?' though the flowers were interesting enough,
914 Ì daresay you'll see her soon,' said the Rose. she felt that it would be far grander to have a
`She's one of the thorny kind.' talk with a real Queen.
915 `Where does she wear the thorns?' Alice asked `You can't possibly do that,' said the Rose: 921
with some curiosity. Ì should advise you to walk the other

way.'
916 `Why all round her head, of course,' the
Rose replied. Ì was wondering YOU hadn't This sounded nonsense to Alice, so she said 922
got some too. I thought it was the regular nothing, but set off at once towards the Red
rule.' Queen. To her surprise, she lost sight of her

in a moment, and found herself walking in at sey while you're thinking what to say, it saves
the front-door again. time.'
923 A little provoked, she drew back, and after Alice wondered a little at this, but she was 928
looking everywhere for the queen (whom she too much in awe of the Queen to disbelieve
spied out at last, a long way off), she thought it. Ì'll try it when I go home,' she thought
she would try the plan, this time, of walking to herself, `the next time I'm a little late for
in the opposite direction. dinner.'
924 It succeeded beautifully. She had not been Ìt's time for you to answer now,' the Queen 929
walking a minute before she found herself face said, looking at her watch: òpen your mouth
to face with the Red Queen, and full in sight of a LITTLE wider when you speak, and always
the hill she had been so long aiming at. say “your Majesty.”'
925 `Where do you come from?' said the Red Ì only wanted to see what the garden was like, 930
Queen. Ànd where are you going? Look up, your Majesty--'
speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all `That's right,' said the Queen, patting her 931
the time.' on the head, which Alice didn't like at all,

926 Alice attended to all these directions, and ex- `though, when you say “garden,”--I'VE seen
plained, as well as she could, that she had lost gardens, compared with which this would be a
her way. wilderness.'
927 Ì don't know what you mean by YOUR way,' Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went 932
said the Queen: àll the ways about here be- on: `--and I thought I'd try and find my way
long to ME--but why did you come out here to the top of that hill--'
at all?' she added in a kinder tone. `Curt- `When you say “hill,”' the Queen interrupted, 933

Ì could show you hills, in comparison with Ì declare it's marked out just like a large 938
which you'd call that a valley.' chessboard!' Alice said at last. `There ought
to be some men moving about somewhere --
934 `No, I shouldn't,' said Alice, surprised into
and so there are!' She added in a tone of de-
contradicting her at last: à hill CAN'T be
light, and her heart began to beat quick with
a valley, you know. That would be nonsense--
excitement as she went on. Ìt's a great huge
'
game of chess that's being played--all over the
935 The Red Queen shook her head, `You may call world--if this IS the world at all, you know.
it “nonsense” if you like,' she said, `but I'VE Oh, what fun it is! How I WISH I was one of
heard nonsense, compared with which that them! I wouldn't mind being a Pawn, if only
would be as sensible as a dictionary!' I might join--though of course I should LIKE
936 Alice curtseyed again, as she was afraid from to be a Queen, best.'
the Queen's tone that she was a LITTLE of- She glanced rather shyly at the real Queen as 939
fended: and they walked on in silence till they she said this, but her companion only smiled
got to the top of the little hill. pleasantly, and said, `That's easily managed.
You can be the White Queen's Pawn, if you
937 For some minutes Alice stood without speak-
like, as Lily's too young to play; and you're in
ing, looking out in all directions over the
the Second Square to begin with: when you
country--and a most curious country it was.
get to the Eighth Square you'll be a Queen --'
There were a number of tiny little brooks
Just at this moment, somehow or other, they
running straight across it from side to side,
began to run.
and the ground between was divided up into
squares by a number of little green hedges, Alice never could quite make out, in think- 940
that reached from brook to brook. ing it over afterwards, how it was that they

began: all she remembers is, that they were they ran on for a time in silence, with the wind
running hand in hand, and the Queen went so whistling in Alice's ears, and almost blowing
fast that it was all she could do to keep up with her hair off her head, she fancied.
her: and still the Queen kept crying `Faster!
`Now! Now!' cried the Queen. `Faster! 944
Faster!' but Alice felt she COULD NOT go
Faster!' And they went so fast that at last
faster, though she had not breath left to say
they seemed to skim through the air, hardly
so.
touching the ground with their feet, till
941 The most curious part of the thing was, that suddenly, just as Alice was getting quite
the trees and the other things round them exhausted, they stopped, and she found
never changed their places at all: however fast herself sitting on the ground, breathless and
they went, they never seemed to pass any- giddy.
thing. Ì wonder if all the things move along
with us?' thought poor puzzled Alice. And The Queen propped her up against a tree, and 945
the Queen seemed to guess her thoughts, for said kindly, `You may rest a little now.'
she cried, `Faster! Don't try to talk!'
Alice looked round her in great surprise. 946
942 Not that Alice had any idea of doing THAT. `Why, I do believe we've been under this
She felt as if she would never be able to talk tree the whole time! Everything's just as it
again, she was getting so much out of breath: was!'
and still the Queen cried `Faster! Faster!' and
dragged her along. Àre we nearly there?' Al- Òf course it is,' said the Queen, `what would 947
ice managed to pant out at last. you have it?'

943 `Nearly there!' the Queen repeated. `Why, `Well, in OUR country,' said Alice, still pant- 948
we passed it ten minutes ago! Faster!' And ing a little, `you'd generally get to somewhere

else--if you ran very fast for a long time, as inches, and began measuring the ground, and
we've been doing.' sticking little pegs in here and there.
949 À slow sort of country!' said the Queen. Àt the end of two yards,' she said, putting in 954
`Now, HERE, you see, it takes all the run- a peg to mark the distance, Ì shall give you
ning YOU can do, to keep in the same place. your directions--have another biscuit?'
If you want to get somewhere else, you must `No, thank you,' said Alice: òne's QUITE 955
run at least twice as fast as that!' enough!'
950 Ì'd rather not try, please!' said Alice. Ì'm `Thirst quenched, I hope?' said the 956
quite content to stay here--only I AM so hot Queen.
and thirsty!'
Alice did not know what to say to this, but 957
951 Ì know what YOU'D like!' the Queen said luckily the Queen did not wait for an answer,
good-naturedly, taking a little box out of her but went on. Àt the end of THREE yards
pocket. `Have a biscuit?' I shall repeat them--for fear of your forget-
952 Alice thought it would not be civil to say `No,' ting them. At the end of FOUR, I shall say
though it wasn't at all what she wanted. So good-bye. And at the end of FIVE, I shall
she took it, and ate it as well as she could: go!'
and it was VERY dry; and she thought she She had got all the pegs put in by this time, 958
had never been so nearly choked in all her and Alice looked on with great interest as she
life. returned to the tree, and then began slowly
953 `While you're refreshing yourself,' said the walking down the row.
Queen, Ì'll just take the measurements.' And At the two-yard peg she faced round, and said, 959
she took a ribbon out of her pocket, marked in À pawn goes two squares in its first move, you

know. So you'll go VERY quickly through the where she turned for a moment to say `good-
Third Square--by railway, I should think--and bye,' and then hurried on to the last.
you'll find yourself in the Fourth Square in no How it happened, Alice never knew, but ex- 963
time. Well, THAT square belongs to Twee- actly as she came to the last peg, she was
dledum and Tweedledee--the Fifth is mostly gone. Whether she vanished into the air, or
water--the Sixth belongs to Humpty Dumpty- whether she ran quickly into the wood ('and
-But you make no remark?' she CAN run very fast!' thought Alice), there
960 Ì--I didn't know I had to make one--just then,' was no way of guessing, but she was gone,
Alice faltered out. and Alice began to remember that she was a
961 `You SHOULD have said, “It's extremely kind Pawn, and that it would soon be time for her
of you to tell me all this”--however, we'll sup- to move.
pose it said--the Seventh Square is all forest-
-however, one of the Knights will show you
the way--and in the Eighth Square we shall
be Queens together, and it's all feasting and
fun!' Alice got up and curtseyed, and sat down
again.
962 At the next peg the Queen turned again, and
this time she said, `Speak in French when you
can't think of the English for a thing --turn out
your toes as you walk--and remember who you
are!' She did not wait for Alice to curtsey this
time, but walked on quickly to the next peg,

964 CHAPTER III - Looking-Glass they must be!' was her next idea. `Some-
Insects thing like cottages with the roofs taken off,
and stalks put to them--and what quantities
965 Of course the first thing to do was to make a of honey they must make! I think I'll go
grand survey of the country she was going to down and--no, I won't JUST yet,' she went on,
travel through. Ìt's something very like learn- checking herself just as she was beginning to
ing geography,' thought Alice, as she stood on run down the hill, and trying to find some ex-
tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little cuse for turning shy so suddenly. Ìt'll never
further. `Principal rivers-- there ARE none. do to go down among them without a good
Principal mountains--I'm on the only one, but long branch to brush them away--and what
I don't think it's got any name. Principal fun it'll be when they ask me how I like my
towns--why, what ARE those creatures, mak- walk. I shall say-- “Oh, I like it well enough-
ing honey down there? They can't be bees-- -”' (here came the favourite little toss of the
nobody ever saw bees a mile off, you know--' head), `“only it was so dusty and hot, and the
and for some time she stood silent, watching elephants did tease so!”'
one of them that was bustling about among Ì think I'll go down the other way,' she said 967
the flowers, poking its proboscis into them, after a pause: ànd perhaps I may visit the
`just as if it was a regular bee,' thought Al- elephants later on. Besides, I do so want to
ice. get into the Third Square!'
966 However, this was anything but a regular bee: So with this excuse she ran down the hill 968
in fact it was an elephant--as Alice soon found and jumped over the first of the six little
out, though the idea quite took her breath brooks.
away at first. Ànd what enormous flowers ******* 969

970 ****** went on with `The man that drives the

971 ******* engine. Why, the smoke alone is worth a
thousand pounds a puff!'
972 `Tickets, please!' said the Guard, putting his
head in at the window. In a moment every- Alice thought to herself, `Then there's no use 976
body was holding out a ticket: they were about in speaking.' The voices didn't join in this
the same size as the people, and quite seemed time, as she hadn't spoken, but to her great
to fill the carriage. surprise, they all THOUGHT in chorus (I hope
you understand what THINKING IN CHO-
973 `Now then! Show your ticket, child!' the RUS means--for I must confess that I don't),
Guard went on, looking angrily at Alice. And `Better say nothing at all. Language is worth
a great many voices all said together ('like the a thousand pounds a word!'
chorus of a song,' thought Alice), `Don't keep
him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a Ì shall dream about a thousand pounds 977
thousand pounds a minute!' tonight, I know I shall!' thought Alice.

974 Ì'm afraid I haven't got one,' Alice said in a All this time the Guard was looking at her, 978
frightened tone: `there wasn't a ticket-office first through a telescope, then through a mi-
where I came from.' And again the chorus of croscope, and then through an opera- glass. At
voices went on. `There wasn't room for one last he said, `You're travelling the wrong way,'
where she came from. The land there is worth and shut up the window and went away.
a thousand pounds an inch!' `So young a child,' said the gentleman sitting 979
975 `Don't make excuses,' said the Guard: `you opposite to her (he was dressed in white pa-
should have bought one from the engine- per), òught to know which way she's going,
driver.' And once more the chorus of voices even if she doesn't know her own name!'

980 A Goat, that was sitting next to the gentle- know--'

man in white, shut his eyes and said in a And after that other voices went on ('What 985
loud voice, `She ought to know her way to a number of people there are in the carriage!'
the ticket-office, even if she doesn't know her thought Alice), saying, `She must go by post,
alphabet!' as she's got a head on her--' `She must be sent
981 There was a Beetle sitting next to the Goat as a message by the telegraph--' `She must
(it was a very queer carriage-full of passen- draw the train herself the rest of the way--'
gers altogether), and, as the rule seemed to be and so on.
that they should all speak in turn, HE went But the gentleman dressed in white paper 986
on with `She'll have to go back from here as leaned forwards and whispered in her ear,
luggage!' `Never mind what they all say, my dear,
982 Alice couldn't see who was sitting beyond but take a return-ticket every time the train
the Beetle, but a hoarse voice spoke next. stops.'
`Change engines--' it said, and was obliged to Ìndeed I shan't!' Alice said rather impa- 987
leave off. tiently. Ì don't belong to this railway journey
983 Ìt sounds like a horse,' Alice thought to her- at all--I was in a wood just now --and I wish I
self. And an extremely small voice, close to could get back there.'
her ear, said, `You might make a joke on that- `You might make a joke on THAT,' said the 988
-something about “horse” and “hoarse,” you little voice close to her ear: `something about
know.' “you WOULD if you could,” you know.'
984 Then a very gentle voice in the distance said, `Don't tease so,' said Alice, looking about in 989
`She must be labelled “Lass, with care,” you vain to see where the voice came from; ìf

you're so anxious to have a joke made, why from the engine, and everybody jumped up in
don't you make one yourself?' alarm, Alice among the rest.
990 The little voice sighed deeply: it was VERY The Horse, who had put his head out of the 994
unhappy, evidently, and Alice would have said window, quietly drew it in and said, Ìt's only
something pitying to comfort it, Ìf it would a brook we have to jump over.' Everybody
only sigh like other people!' she thought. But seemed satisfied with this, though Alice felt
this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that a little nervous at the idea of trains jumping
she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't at all. `However, it'll take us into the Fourth
come QUITE close to her ear. The conse- Square, that's some comfort!' she said to her-
quence of this was that it tickled her ear very self. In another moment she felt the carriage
much, and quite took off her thoughts from the rise straight up into the air, and in her fright
unhappiness of the poor little creature. she caught at the thing nearest to her hand,
which happened to be the Goat's beard.
991 Ì know you are a friend,' the little voice went
on; à dear friend, and an old friend. And you ******* 995
won't hurt me, though I AM an insect.' ****** 996
992 `What kind of insect?' Alice inquired a little ******* 997
anxiously. What she really wanted to know

But the beard seemed to melt away as she 998
was, whether it could sting or not, but she
touched it, and she found herself sitting quietly
thought this wouldn't be quite a civil question
under a tree--while the Gnat (for that was the
to ask.
insect she had been talking to) was balancing
993 `What, then you don't--' the little voice be- itself on a twig just over her head, and fanning
gan, when it was drowned by a shrill scream her with its wings.

999 It certainly was a VERY large Gnat: àbout the Gnat said, ìf they won't answer to
the size of a chicken,' Alice thought. Still, she them?'
couldn't feel nervous with it, after they had `No use to THEM,' said Alice; `but it's useful 1007
been talking together so long. to the people who name them, I suppose. If
1000 `--then you don't like all insects?' the Gnat not, why do things have names at all?'
went on, as quietly as if nothing had hap- Ì can't say,' the Gnat replied. `Further on, in 1008
pened. the wood down there, they've got no names--
1001 Ì like them when they can talk,' Alice however, go on with your list of insects: you're
said. `None of them ever talk, where I come wasting time.'
from.' `Well, there's the Horse-fly,' Alice began, 1009
counting off the names on her fingers.

1002 `What sort of insects do you rejoice in, where
YOU come from?' the Gnat inquired. Àll right,' said the Gnat: `half way up 1010
that bush, you'll see a Rocking-horse-fly, if

1003 Ì don't REJOICE in insects at all,' Alice ex-
you look. It's made entirely of wood, and
plained, `because I'm rather afraid of them--
gets about by swinging itself from branch to
at least the large kinds. But I can tell you the
branch.'
names of some of them.'
`What does it live on?' Alice asked, with great 1011
1004 Òf course they answer to their names?' the curiosity.
Gnat remarked carelessly.
`Sap and sawdust,' said the Gnat. `Go on 1012
1005 Ì never knew them do it.' with the list.'

1006 `What's the use of their having names,' Alice looked up at the Rocking-horse-fly with 1013

great interest, and made up her mind that it thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a
must have been just repainted, it looked so crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.'
bright and sticky; and then she went on.
Ànd what does IT live on?' 1020
1014 Ànd there's the Dragon-fly.'

`Weak tea with cream in it.' 1021
1015 `Look on the branch above your head,' said
the Gnat, ànd there you'll find a snap- A new difficulty came into Alice's head. 1022
dragon-fly. Its body is made of plum-pudding, `Supposing it couldn't find any?' she
its wings of holly-leaves, and its head is a suggested.
raisin burning in brandy.' `Then it would die, of course.' 1023
1016 Ànd what does it live on?' `But that must happen very often,' Alice re- 1024
1017 `Frumenty and mince pie,' the Gnat replied; marked thoughtfully.
ànd it makes its nest in a Christmas Ìt always happens,' said the Gnat. 1025
box.'
After this, Alice was silent for a minute or two, 1026
1018 Ànd then there's the Butterfly,' Alice went
pondering. The Gnat amused itself meanwhile
on, after she had taken a good look at the
by humming round and round her head: at last
insect with its head on fire, and had thought to
it settled again and remarked, Ì suppose you
herself, Ì wonder if that's the reason insects
don't want to lose your name?'
are so fond of flying into candles--because they
want to turn into Snap-dragon-flies!' `No, indeed,' Alice said, a little anx- 1027
iously.
1019 `Crawling at your feet,' said the Gnat (Alice
drew her feet back in some alarm), `you may Ànd yet I don't know,' the Gnat went on in 1028
observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are a careless tone: ònly think how convenient it

would be if you could manage to go home with- Then came another of those melancholy lit- 1034
out it! For instance, if the governess wanted tle sighs, and this time the poor Gnat really
to call you to your lessons, she would call out seemed to have sighed itself away, for, when
“come here--,” and there she would have to Alice looked up, there was nothing whatever
leave off, because there wouldn't be any name to be seen on the twig, and, as she was getting
for her to call, and of course you wouldn't have quite chilly with sitting still so long, she got
to go, you know.' up and walked on.
1029 `That would never do, I'm sure,' said Alice: She very soon came to an open field, with a 1035
`the governess would never think of excusing wood on the other side of it: it looked much
me lessons for that. If she couldn't remember darker than the last wood, and Alice felt a
my name, she'd call me “Miss!” as the servants LITTLE timid about going into it. However,
do.' on second thoughts, she made up her mind to
1030 `Well, if she said “Miss,” and didn't say any- go on: `for I certainly won't go BACK,' she
thing more,' the Gnat remarked, òf course thought to herself, and this was the only way
you'd miss your lessons. That's a joke. I wish to the Eighth Square.
YOU had made it.' `This must be the wood,' she said thought- 1036
1031 `Why do you wish I had made it?' Alice asked. fully to herself, `where things have no names.
Ìt's a very bad one.' I wonder what'll become of MY name when I
go in? I shouldn't like to lose it at all--because
1032 But the Gnat only sighed deeply, while two they'd have to give me another, and it would
large tears came rolling down its cheeks. be almost certain to be an ugly one. But then
1033 `You shouldn't make jokes,' Alice said, ìf it the fun would be trying to find the creature
makes you so unhappy.' that had got my old name! That's just like

the advertisements, you know, when people of puzzling, was, `L, I KNOW it begins with
lose dogs--“ANSWERS TO THE NAME OF L!'
`DASH:' HAD ON A BRASS COLLAR”--just
Just then a Fawn came wandering by: it 1039
fancy calling everything you met “Alice,” till
looked at Alice with its large gentle eyes, but
one of them answered! Only they wouldn't an-
didn't seem at all frightened. `Here then!
swer at all, if they were wise.'
Here then!' Alice said, as she held out her
1037 She was rambling on in this way when she hand and tried to stroke it; but it only started
reached the wood: it looked very cool and back a little, and then stood looking at her
shady. `Well, at any rate it's a great comfort,' again.
she said as she stepped under the trees, àfter
`What do you call yourself?' the Fawn said at 1040
being so hot, to get into the--into WHAT?' she
last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!
went on, rather surprised at not being able to
think of the word. Ì mean to get under the-- Ì wish I knew!' thought poor Alice. She 1041
under the--under THIS, you know!' putting answered, rather sadly, `Nothing, just
her hand on the trunk of the tree. `What now.'
DOES it call itself, I wonder? I do believe it's
`Think again,' it said: `that won't do.' 1042
got no name--why, to be sure it hasn't!'
Alice thought, but nothing came of it. `Please, 1043
1038 She stood silent for a minute, thinking: then
would you tell me what YOU call yourself?'
she suddenly began again. `Then it really
she said timidly. Ì think that might help a
HAS happened, after all! And now, who am
little.'
I? I WILL remember, if I can! I'm determined
to do it!' But being determined didn't help Ì'll tell you, if you'll move a little further on,' 1044
much, and all she could say, after a great deal the Fawn said. Ì can't remember here.'

1045 So they walked on together though the wood, ways.'

Alice with her arms clasped lovingly round the But this did not seem likely to happen. 1048
soft neck of the Fawn, till they came out into She went on and on, a long way, but
another open field, and here the Fawn gave wherever the road divided there were sure
a sudden bound into the air, and shook it- to be two finger-posts pointing the same
self free from Alice's arms. Ì'm a Fawn!' way, one marked `TO TWEEDLEDUM'S
it cried out in a voice of delight, ànd, dear HOUSE' and the other `TO THE HOUSE
me! you're a human child!' A sudden look of OF TWEEDLEDEE.'
alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes, and
in another moment it had darted away at full Ì do believe,' said Alice at last, `that they live 1049
speed. in the same house! I wonder I never thought

of that before--But I can't stay there long. I'll
1046 Alice stood looking after it, almost ready to just call and say “how d'you do?” and ask them
cry with vexation at having lost her dear lit- the way out of the wood. If I could only get to
tle fellow-traveller so suddenly. `However, I the Eighth Square before it gets dark!' So she
know my name now.' she said, `that's SOME wandered on, talking to herself as she went,
comfort. Alice--Alice--I won't forget it again. till, on turning a sharp corner, she came upon
And now, which of these finger-posts ought I two fat little men, so suddenly that she could
to follow, I wonder?' not help starting back, but in another moment
1047 It was not a very difficult question to answer, she recovered herself, feeling sure that they
as there was only one road through the wood, must be.
and the two finger-posts both pointed along
it. Ì'll settle it,' Alice said to herself, `when
the road divides and they point different

1050 CHAPTER IV - Tweedledum and Ì'm sure I'm very sorry,' was all Alice could 1055
Tweedledee say; for the words of the old song kept ringing
through her head like the ticking of a clock,
1051 They were standing under a tree, each with an and she could hardly help saying them out
arm round the other's neck, and Alice knew loud:-- 1056
which was which in a moment, because one of `Tweedledum and Tweedledee

them had `DUM' embroidered on his collar, Agreed to have a battle;
and the other `DEE.' Ì suppose they've each
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
got “TWEEDLE” round at the back of the
Had spoiled his nice new rattle. 1057
collar,' she said to herself.
Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
1052 They stood so still that she quite forgot they
As black as a tar-barrel;
were alive, and she was just looking round to
Which frightened both the heroes so,
see if the word “TWEEDLE” was written at
the back of each collar, when she was star- They quite forgot their quarrel.'
tled by a voice coming from the one marked Ì know what you're thinking about,' said 1058
`DUM.' Tweedledum: `but it isn't so, nohow.'

1053 Ìf you think we're wax-works,' he said, `Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, ìf it 1059
`you ought to pay, you know. Wax-works was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would
weren't made to be looked at for nothing, be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.'
nohow!' Ì was thinking,' Alice said very politely, 1060
1054 `Contrariwise,' added the one marked `DEE,' `which is the best way out of this wood:
ìf you think we're alive, you ought to it's getting so dark. Would you tell me,
speak.' please?'

1061 But the little men only looked at each other once: the next moment they were dancing
and grinned. round in a ring. This seemed quite natural
1062 They looked so exactly like a couple of great (she remembered afterwards), and she was
schoolboys, that Alice couldn't help pointing not even surprised to hear music playing: it
her finger at Tweedledum, and saying `First seemed to come from the tree under which
Boy!' they were dancing, and it was done (as well
as she could make it out) by the branches
1063 `Nohow!' Tweedledum cried out briskly, and rubbing one across the other, like fiddles and
shut his mouth up again with a snap. fiddle-sticks.
1064 `Next Boy!' said Alice, passing on to Twee- `But it certainly WAS funny,' (Alice said af- 1067
dledee, though she felt quite certain he would terwards, when she was telling her sister the
only shout out `Contrariwise!' and so he history of all this,) `to find myself singing
did. “HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY
1065 `You've been wrong!' cried Tweedledum. BUSH.” I don't know when I began it, but
`The first thing in a visit is to say “How d'ye somehow I felt as if I'd been singing it a long
do?” and shake hands!' And here the two long time!'
brothers gave each other a hug, and then they The other two dancers were fat, and very soon 1068
held out the two hands that were free, to out of breath. `Four times round is enough for
shake hands with her. one dance,' Tweedledum panted out, and they
1066 Alice did not like shaking hands with either left off dancing as suddenly as they had begun:
of them first, for fear of hurting the other the music stopped at the same moment.
one's feelings; so, as the best way out of the Then they let go of Alice's hands, and stood 1069
difficulty, she took hold of both hands at looking at her for a minute: there was a rather

awkward pause, as Alice didn't know how to Tweedledee began instantly: 1076
begin a conversation with people she had just `The sun was shining--' 1077
been dancing with. Ìt would never do to
say “How d'ye do?” NOW,' she said to her- Here Alice ventured to interrupt him. Ìf it's 1078
self: `we seem to have got beyond that, some- VERY long,' she said, as politely as she could,
how!' `would you please tell me first which road--
'
1070 Ì hope you're not much tired?' she said at
last. Tweedledee smiled gently, and began 1079
again: 1080
1071 `Nohow. And thank you VERY much for ask-
`The sun was shining on the sea,
ing,' said Tweedledum.
Shining with all his might:
1072 `So much obliged!' added Tweedledee. `You
He did his very best to make
like poetry?'
The billows smooth and bright--
1073 `Ye-es, pretty well--SOME poetry,' Alice said
And this was odd, because it was
doubtfully. `Would you tell me which road
The middle of the night. 1081
leads out of the wood?'
The moon was shining sulkily,
1074 `What shall I repeat to her?' said Twee-
Because she thought the sun
dledee, looking round at Tweedledum with
great solemn eyes, and not noticing Alice's Had got no business to be there
question. After the day was done--
1075 `“THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER” “It's very rude of him,” she said,
is the longest,' Tweedledum replied, giving his “To come and spoil the fun!” 1082
brother an affectionate hug. The sea was wet as wet could be,

The sands were dry as dry. We cannot do with more than four,
You could not see a cloud, because To give a hand to each.” 1086
No cloud was in the sky: The eldest Oyster looked at him.

No birds were flying over head-- But never a word he said:
1083 There were no birds to fly. The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
The Walrus and the Carpenter And shook his heavy head--
Were walking close at hand; Meaning to say he did not choose
They wept like anything to see To leave the oyster-bed. 1087
Such quantities of sand: But four young oysters hurried up,

“If this were only cleared away,” All eager for the treat:
1084 They said, “it WOULD be grand!” Their coats were brushed, their faces
“If seven maids with seven mops washed,
Swept it for half a year, Their shoes were clean and neat--
Do you suppose,” the Walrus said, And this was odd, because, you know,
“That they could get it clear?” They hadn't any feet. 1088
“I doubt it,” said the Carpenter, Four other Oysters followed them,
1085 And shed a bitter tear. And yet another four;
“O Oysters, come and walk with us!” And thick and fast they came at last,
The Walrus did beseech. And more, and more, and more--
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, All hopping through the frothy waves,
Along the briny beach: And scrambling to the shore. 1089

The Walrus and the Carpenter Are very good indeed--

Walked on a mile or so, Now if you're ready Oysters dear,
And then they rested on a rock We can begin to feed.” 1093
Conveniently low: “But not on us!” the Oysters cried,

And all the little Oysters stood Turning a little blue,
1090 And waited in a row. “After such kindness, that would be
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, A dismal thing to do!”
“To talk of many things: “The night is fine,” the Walrus said
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- “Do you admire the view? 1094
Of cabbages--and kings-- “It was so kind of you to come!

And why the sea is boiling hot-- And you are very nice!”
1091 And whether pigs have wings.” The Carpenter said nothing but
“But wait a bit,” the Oysters cried, “Cut us another slice:
“Before we have our chat; I wish you were not quite so deaf--
For some of us are out of breath, I've had to ask you twice!” 1095
And all of us are fat!” “It seems a shame,” the Walrus said,
“No hurry!” said the Carpenter. “To play them such a trick,
1092 They thanked him much for that. After we've brought them out so far,
“A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said, And made them trot so quick!”
“Is what we chiefly need: The Carpenter said nothing but
Pepper and vinegar besides “The butter's spread too thick!” 1096

“I weep for you,” the Walrus said. `Then I like the Carpenter best--if he didn't
“I deeply sympathize.” eat so many as the Walrus.'
With sobs and tears he sorted out `But he ate as many as he could get,' said 1101
Those of the largest size. Tweedledum.

Holding his pocket handkerchief This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice be- 1102
1097 Before his streaming eyes. gan, `Well! They were BOTH very unpleasant
“O Oysters,” said the Carpenter.
characters--' Here she checked herself in some
alarm, at hearing something that sounded to
“You've had a pleasant run!
her like the puffing of a large steam-engine in
Shall we be trotting home again?”
the wood near them, though she feared it was
But answer came there none-- more likely to be a wild beast. Àre there
And that was scarcely odd, because any lions or tigers about here?' she asked
They'd eaten every one.' timidly.
1098 Ì like the Walrus best,' said Alice: `because Ìt's only the Red King snoring,' said Twee- 1103
you see he was a LITTLE sorry for the poor dledee.

oysters.' `Come and look at him!' the brothers cried, 1104
1099 `He ate more than the Carpenter, though,' and they each took one of Alice's hands,
said Tweedledee. `You see he held his and led her up to where the King was
handkerchief in front, so that the Car- sleeping.
penter couldn't count how many he took: Ìsn't he a LOVELY sight?' said Tweedle- 1105
contrariwise.' dum.
1100 `That was mean!' Alice said indignantly. Alice couldn't say honestly that he was. He 1106

had a tall red night-cap on, with a tassel, and dledum, `you'd go out--bang!--just like a can-
he was lying crumpled up into a sort of untidy dle!'
heap, and snoring loud--'fit to snore his head Ì shouldn't!' Alice exclaimed indignantly. 1114
off!' as Tweedledum remarked. `Besides, if I'M only a sort of thing in his
1107 Ì'm afraid he'll catch cold with lying on dream, what are YOU, I should like to
the damp grass,' said Alice, who was a very know?'
thoughtful little girl. `Ditto' said Tweedledum. 1115
1108 `He's dreaming now,' said Tweedledee: `Ditto, ditto' cried Tweedledee. 1116
ànd what do you think he's dreaming He shouted this so loud that Alice couldn't 1117
about?' help saying, `Hush! You'll be waking him, I'm
1109 Alice said `Nobody can guess that.' afraid, if you make so much noise.'
`Well, it no use YOUR talking about waking 1118
1110 `Why, about YOU!' Tweedledee exclaimed,
him,' said Tweedledum, `when you're only one
clapping his hands triumphantly. Ànd if he
of the things in his dream. You know very well
left off dreaming about you, where do you
you're not real.'
suppose you'd be?'
Ì AM real!' said Alice and began to 1119
1111 `Where I am now, of course,' said Alice. cry.
1112 `Not you!' Tweedledee retorted contemptu- `You won't make yourself a bit realler by cry- 1120
ously. `You'd be nowhere. Why, you're only ing,' Tweedledee remarked: `there's nothing
a sort of thing in his dream!' to cry about.'
1113 Ìf that there King was to wake,' added Twee- Ìf I wasn't real,' Alice said--half-laughing 1121

through her tears, it all seemed so ridiculous- when Tweedledum sprang out from under the
-'I shouldn't be able to cry.' umbrella and seized her by the wrist.
1122 Ì hope you don't suppose those are real `Do you see THAT?' he said, in a voice chok- 1128
tears?' Tweedledum interrupted in a tone of ing with passion, and his eyes grew large and
great contempt. yellow all in a moment, as he pointed with a
trembling finger at a small white thing lying
1123 Ì know they're talking nonsense,' Alice under the tree.
thought to herself: ànd it's foolish to cry
about it.' So she brushed away her tears, and Ìt's only a rattle,' Alice said, after a careful 1129
went on as cheerfully as she could. Àt any examination of the little white thing. `Not a
rate I'd better be getting out of the wood, for rattleSNAKE, you know,' she added hastily,
really it's coming on very dark. Do you think thinking that he was frightened: ònly an old
it's going to rain?' rattle--quite old and broken.'
1124 Tweedledum spread a large umbrella over him- Ì knew it was!' cried Tweedledum, begin- 1130
self and his brother, and looked up into it. ning to stamp about wildly and tear his hair.
`No, I don't think it is,' he said: àt least-- Ìt's spoilt, of course!' Here he looked at
not under HERE. Nohow.' Tweedledee, who immediately sat down on the
ground, and tried to hide himself under the
1125 `But it may rain OUTSIDE?' umbrella.
1126 Ìt may--if it chooses,' said Tweedledee: Alice laid her hand upon his arm, and said in a 1131
`we've no objection. Contrariwise.' soothing tone, `You needn't be so angry about

1127 `Selfish things!' thought Alice, and she was an old rattle.'
just going to say `Good-night' and leave them, `But it isn't old!' Tweedledum cried, in a 1132

greater fury than ever. Ìt's new, I tell you--I coal-scuttles. Ì hope you're a good hand at
bought it yesterday--my nice new RATTLE!' pinning and tying strings?' Tweedledum re-
and his voice rose to a perfect scream. marked. Èvery one of these things has got to
go on, somehow or other.'
1133 All this time Tweedledee was trying his best to
fold up the umbrella, with himself in it: which Alice said afterwards she had never seen such 1137
was such an extraordinary thing to do, that it a fuss made about anything in all her life--the
quite took off Alice's attention from the angry way those two bustled about-- and the quan-
brother. But he couldn't quite succeed, and tity of things they put on--and the trouble
it ended in his rolling over, bundled up in the they gave her in tying strings and fastening
umbrella, with only his head out: and there buttons--'Really they'll be more like bundles
he lay, opening and shutting his mouth and of old clothes than anything else, by the time
his large eyes--'looking more like a fish than they're ready!' she said to herself, as she ar-
anything else,' Alice thought. ranged a bolster round the neck of Tweedledee,
1134 Òf course you agree to have a battle?' Twee- `to keep his head from being cut off,' as he
dledum said in a calmer tone. said.
1135 Ì suppose so,' the other sulkily replied, as he `You know,' he added very gravely, ìt's one 1138
crawled out of the umbrella: ònly SHE must of the most serious things that can possibly
help us to dress up, you know.' happen to one in a battle--to get one's head
cut off.'
1136 So the two brothers went off hand-in-hand
into the wood, and returned in a minute with Alice laughed aloud: but she managed to turn 1139
their arms full of things--such as bolsters, blan- it into a cough, for fear of hurting his feel-
kets, hearth-rugs, table-cloths, dish-covers and ings.

1140 `Do I look very pale?' said Tweedledum, Tweedledum.

coming up to have his helmet tied on. (He
`Very well,' the other said, rather sadly: ànd 1148
CALLED it a helmet, though it certainly
SHE can watch us--only you'd better not
looked much more like a saucepan.)
come VERY close,' he added: Ì generally
1141 `Well--yes--a LITTLE,' Alice replied gen- hit everything I can see--when I get really
tly. excited.'
1142 Ì'm very brave generally,' he went on in a Ànd I hit everything within reach,' cried 1149
low voice: ònly to-day I happen to have a Tweedledum, `whether I can see it or
headache.' not!'
1143 Ànd I'VE got a toothache!' said Tweedledee, Alice laughed. `You must hit the TREES 1150
who had overheard the remark. Ì'm far worse pretty often, I should think,' she said.
off than you!'
Tweedledum looked round him with a satisfied 1151
1144 `Then you'd better not fight to-day,' said Al- smile. Ì don't suppose,' he said, `there'll be
ice, thinking it a good opportunity to make a tree left standing, for ever so far round, by
peace. the time we've finished!'
1145 `We MUST have a bit of a fight, but I don't Ànd all about a rattle!' said Alice, still hop- 1152
care about going on long,' said Tweedledum. ing to make them a LITTLE ashamed of fight-
`What's the time now?' ing for such a trifle.
1146 Tweedledee looked at his watch, and said Ì shouldn't have minded it so much,' said 1153
`Half-past four.' Tweedledum, ìf it hadn't been a new
1147 `Let's fight till six, and then have dinner,' said one.'

1154 Ì wish the monstrous crow would come!' makes quite a hurricane in the wood-- here's
thought Alice. somebody's shawl being blown away!'
1155 `There's only one sword, you know,' Tweedle-
dum said to his brother: `but you can have
the umbrella--it's quite as sharp. Only we
must begin quick. It's getting as dark as it
can.'
1156 Ànd darker,' said Tweedledee.
1157 It was getting dark so suddenly that Alice
thought there must be a thunderstorm com-
ing on. `What a thick black cloud that is!'
she said. Ànd how fast it comes! Why, I do
believe it's got wings!'
1158 Ìt's the crow!' Tweedledum cried out in a
shrill voice of alarm: and the two brothers
took to their heels and were out of sight in
a moment.
1159 Alice ran a little way into the wood, and
stopped under a large tree. Ìt can never
get at me HERE,' she thought: ìt's far too
large to squeeze itself in among the trees.
But I wish it wouldn't flap its wings so--it

1160 CHAPTER V - Wool and Water Alice thought it would never do to have an ar- 1165
gument at the very beginning of their conver-

1161 She caught the shawl as she spoke, and looked sation, so she smiled and said, Ìf your Majesty
about for the owner: in another moment the will only tell me the right way to begin, I'll do
White Queen came running wildly through the it as well as I can.'
wood, with both arms stretched out wide, as `But I don't want it done at all!' groaned the 1166
if she were flying, and Alice very civilly went poor Queen. Ì've been a-dressing myself for
to meet her with the shawl. the last two hours.'
1162 Ì'm very glad I happened to be in the way,' It would have been all the better, as it seemed 1167
Alice said, as she helped her to put on her to Alice, if she had got some one else to dress
shawl again. her, she was so dreadfully untidy. Èvery sin-
1163 The White Queen only looked at her in a gle thing's crooked,' Alice thought to herself,
helpless frightened sort of way, and kept ànd she's all over pins!--may I put your shawl
repeating something in a whisper to herself straight for you?' she added aloud.
that sounded like `bread-and-butter, bread- Ì don't know what's the matter with it!' the 1168
and-butter,' and Alice felt that if there was to Queen said, in a melancholy voice. Ìt's out
be any conversation at all, she must manage of temper, I think. I've pinned it here, and
it herself. So she began rather timidly: Àm I've pinned it there, but there's no pleasing
I addressing the White Queen?' it!'
1164 `Well, yes, if you call that a-dressing,' The Ìt CAN'T go straight, you know, if you pin it 1169
Queen said. Ìt isn't MY notion of the thing, all on one side,' Alice said, as she gently put
at all.' it right for her; ànd, dear me, what a state

your hair is in!' Ìt MUST come sometimes to “jam to-day,”' 1177
1170 `The brush has got entangled in it!' the Queen Alice objected.
said with a sigh. Ànd I lost the comb yester- `No, it can't,' said the Queen. Ìt's jam every 1178
day.' OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day,

you know.'
1171 Alice carefully released the brush, and did her
best to get the hair into order. `Come, you Ì don't understand you,' said Alice. Ìt's 1179
look rather better now!' she said, after altering dreadfully confusing!'
most of the pins. `But really you should have `That's the effect of living backwards,' the 1180
a lady's maid!' Queen said kindly: ìt always makes one a lit-
1172 Ì'm sure I'll take you with pleasure!' the tle giddy at first--'
Queen said. `Twopence a week, and jam every `Living backwards!' Alice repeated in great 1181
other day.' astonishment. Ì never heard of such a
1173 Alice couldn't help laughing, as she said, Ì thing!'
don't want you to hire ME--and I don't care `--but there's one great advantage in it, that 1182
for jam.' one's memory works both ways.'

1174 Ìt's very good jam,' said the Queen. Ì'm sure MINE only works one way,' Alice re- 1183
1175 `Well, I don't want any TO-DAY, at any marked. Ì can't remember things before they
rate.' happen.'
1176 `You couldn't have it if you DID want it,' the Ìt's a poor sort of memory that only works 1184
Queen said. `The rule is, jam to-morrow and backwards,' the Queen remarked.
jam yesterday--but never jam to-day.' `What sort of things do YOU remember best?' 1185

Alice ventured to ask. Ànd you were all the better for it, I know!' 1192
1186 Òh, things that happened the week after the Queen said triumphantly.
next,' the Queen replied in a careless tone. `Yes, but then I HAD done the things I was 1193
`For instance, now,' she went on, sticking a punished for,' said Alice: `that makes all the
large piece of plaster [band-aid] on her finger difference.'
as she spoke, `there's the King's Messenger.
He's in prison now, being punished: and the `But if you HADN'T done them,' the Queen 1194
trial doesn't even begin till next Wednes- said, `that would have been better still; better,
day: and of course the crime comes last of and better, and better!' Her voice went higher
all.' with each `better,' till it got quite to a squeak
at last.
1187 `Suppose he never commits the crime?' said
Alice. Alice was just beginning to say `There's a 1195
1188 `That would be all the better, wouldn't it?' mistake somewhere--,' when the Queen began
the Queen said, as she bound the plaster round screaming so loud that she had to leave the
her finger with a bit of ribbon. sentence unfinished. Òh, oh, oh!' shouted
the Queen, shaking her hand about as if she
1189 Alice felt there was no denying THAT. Òf
wanted to shake it off. `My finger's bleeding!
course it would be all the better,' she said:
Oh, oh, oh, oh!'
`but it wouldn't be all the better his being
punished.' Her screams were so exactly like the whistle of 1196
1190 `You're wrong THERE, at any rate,' said the a steam-engine, that Alice had to hold both
Queen: `were YOU ever punished?' her hands over her ears.
1191 Ònly for faults,' said Alice. `What IS the matter?' she said, as soon as 1197

there was a chance of making herself heard. `Why, I've done all the screaming already,' 1204
`Have you pricked your finger?' said the Queen. `What would be the good
of having it all over again?'
1198 Ì haven't pricked it YET,' the Queen said,
`but I soon shall-- oh, oh, oh!' By this time it was getting light. `The crow 1205
must have flown away, I think,' said Alice:

1199 `When do you expect to do it?' Alice asked, Ì'm so glad it's gone. I thought it was the
feeling very much inclined to laugh. night coming on.'
1200 `When I fasten my shawl again,' the poor Ì wish I could manage to be glad!' the Queen 1206
Queen groaned out: `the brooch will come un- said. Ònly I never can remember the rule.
done directly. Oh, oh!' As she said the words You must be very happy, living in this wood,
the brooch flew open, and the Queen clutched and being glad whenever you like!'
wildly at it, and tried to clasp it again.
Ònly it is so VERY lonely here!' Alice said in 1207
1201 `Take care!' cried Alice. `You're holding it all a melancholy voice; and at the thought of her
crooked!' And she caught at the brooch; but loneliness two large tears came rolling down
it was too late: the pin had slipped, and the her cheeks.
Queen had pricked her finger.
Òh, don't go on like that!' cried the poor 1208
1202 `That accounts for the bleeding, you see,' she Queen, wringing her hands in despair. `Con-
said to Alice with a smile. `Now you under- sider what a great girl you are. Consider what
stand the way things happen here.' a long way you've come to-day. Consider what
1203 `But why don't you scream now?' Alice asked, o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't
holding her hands ready to put over her ears cry!'
again. Alice could not help laughing at this, even 1209

in the midst of her tears. `Can YOU keep said the Queen. `When I was your age, I al-
from crying by considering things?' she ways did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, some-
asked. times I've believed as many as six impossible
1210 `That's the way it's done,' the Queen said with things before breakfast. There goes the shawl
great decision: `nobody can do two things at again!'
once, you know. Let's consider your age to The brooch had come undone as she spoke, 1217
begin with--how old are you?' and a sudden gust of wind blew the Queen's
shawl across a little brook. The Queen spread
1211 Ì'm seven and a half exactly.'
out her arms again, and went flying after it,
1212 `You needn't say “exactually,”' the Queen and this time she succeeded in catching it for
remarked: Ì can believe it without that. herself. Ì've got it!' she cried in a triumphant
Now I'll give YOU something to believe. I'm tone. `Now you shall see me pin it on again,
just one hundred and one, five months and a all by myself!'
day.' `Then I hope your finger is better now?' Al- 1218
1213 Ì can't believe THAT!' said Alice. ice said very politely, as she crossed the little
brook after the Queen.
1214 `Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone.
`Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your ******* 1219
eyes.' ****** 1220
1215 Alice laughed. `There's no use trying,' ******* 1221
she said: òne CAN'T believe impossible Òh, much better!' cried the Queen, her voice 1222
things.' rising to a squeak as she went on. `Much be-
1216 Ì daresay you haven't had much practice,' etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! Be-e-ehh!' The

last word ended in a long bleat, so like a sheep sides, if you like,' said the Sheep: `but you
that Alice quite started. can't look ALL round you--unless you've got
eyes at the back of your head.'
1223 She looked at the Queen, who seemed to have
suddenly wrapped herself up in wool. Al- But these, as it happened, Alice had NOT 1227
ice rubbed her eyes, and looked again. She got: so she contented herself with turning
couldn't make out what had happened at all. round, looking at the shelves as she came to
Was she in a shop? And was that really--was it them.
really a SHEEP that was sitting on the other The shop seemed to be full of all manner of cu- 1228
side of the counter? Rub as she could, she rious things-- but the oddest part of it all was,
could make nothing more of it: she was in a that whenever she looked hard at any shelf, to
little dark shop, leaning with her elbows on the make out exactly what it had on it, that par-
counter, and opposite to her was an old Sheep, ticular shelf was always quite empty: though
sitting in an arm-chair knitting, and every now the others round it were crowded as full as they
and then leaving off to look at her through a could hold.
great pair of spectacles. `Things flow about so here!' she said at last in 1229
1224 `What is it you want to buy?' the Sheep said a plaintive tone, after she had spent a minute
at last, looking up for a moment from her knit- or so in vainly pursuing a large bright thing,
ting. that looked sometimes like a doll and some-
times like a work-box, and was always in the
1225 Ì don't QUITE know yet,' Alice said, very
shelf next above the one she was looking at.
gently. Ì should like to look all round me
Ànd this one is the most provoking of all--
first, if I might.'
but I'll tell you what--' she added, as a sudden
1226 `You may look in front of you, and on both thought struck her, Ì'll follow it up to the very

top shelf of all. It'll puzzle it to go through the boat, gliding along between banks: so there
ceiling, I expect!' was nothing for it but to do her best.
1230 But even this plan failed: the `thing' went `Feather!' cried the Sheep, as she took up an- 1235
through the ceiling as quietly as possible, as other pair of needles.

if it were quite used to it.
This didn't sound like a remark that needed 1236
1231 Àre you a child or a teetotum?' the Sheep any answer, so Alice said nothing, but pulled
said, as she took up another pair of needles. away. There was something very queer about
`You'll make me giddy soon, if you go the water, she thought, as every now and then
on turning round like that.' She was now the oars got fast in it, and would hardly come
working with fourteen pairs at once, and out again.
Alice couldn't help looking at her in great
astonishment. `Feather! Feather!' the Sheep cried again, 1237
taking more needles. `You'll be catching a

1232 `How CAN she knit with so many?' the crab directly.'
puzzled child thought to herself. `She
gets more and more like a porcupine every À dear little crab!' thought Alice. Ì should 1238
minute!' like that.'

1233 `Can you row?' the Sheep asked, handing her `Didn't you hear me say “Feather”?' the 1239
a pair of knitting- needles as she spoke. Sheep cried angrily, taking up quite a bunch
of needles.
1234 `Yes, a little--but not on land--and not with
needles--' Alice was beginning to say, when Ìndeed I did,' said Alice: `you've said it very 1240
suddenly the needles turned into oars in her often--and very loud. Please, where ARE the
hands, and she found they were in a little crabs?'

1241 Ìn the water, of course!' said the Sheep, stick- `No, but I meant--please, may we wait and 1247
ing some of the needles into her hair, as her pick some?' Alice pleaded. Ìf you don't mind
hands were full. `Feather, I say!' stopping the boat for a minute.'
1242 `WHY do you say “feather” so often?' Al- `How am I to stop it?' said the Sheep. Ìf you 1248
ice asked at last, rather vexed. Ì'm not a leave off rowing, it'll stop of itself.'
bird!' So the boat was left to drift down the stream 1249
1243 `You are,' said the Sheep: `you're a little as it would, till it glided gently in among the
goose.' waving rushes. And then the little sleeves were
carefully rolled up, and the little arms were
1244 This offended Alice a little, so there was no
plunged in elbow-deep to get the rushes a good
more conversation for a minute or two, while
long way down before breaking them off--and
the boat glided gently on, sometimes among
for a while Alice forgot all about the Sheep
beds of weeds (which made the oars stick fast
and the knitting, as she bent over the side of
in the water, worse then ever), and sometimes
the boat, with just the ends of her tangled hair
under trees, but always with the same tall
dipping into the water--while with bright eager
river-banks frowning over their heads.
eyes she caught at one bunch after another of
1245 Òh, please! There are some scented rushes!' the darling scented rushes.
Alice cried in a sudden transport of delight. Ì only hope the boat won't tipple over!' she 1250
`There really are--and SUCH beauties!' said to herself. Òh, WHAT a lovely one!
1246 `You needn't say “please” to ME about èm,' Only I couldn't quite reach it.' Ànd it cer-
the Sheep said, without looking up from her tainly DID seem a little provoking ('almost as
knitting: Ì didn't put èm there, and I'm not if it happened on purpose,' she thought) that,
going to take èm away.' though she managed to pick plenty of beau-

tiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was was that the handle of it caught her under the
always a more lovely one that she couldn't chin, and, in spite of a series of little shrieks
reach. of Òh, oh, oh!' from poor Alice, it swept
1251 `The prettiest are always further!' she said at her straight off the seat, and down among the
last, with a sigh at the obstinacy of the rushes heap of rushes.
in growing so far off, as, with flushed cheeks However, she wasn't hurt, and was soon up 1254
and dripping hair and hands, she scrambled again: the Sheep went on with her knitting
back into her place, and began to arrange her all the while, just as if nothing had happened.
new-found treasures. `That was a nice crab you caught!' she
1252 What mattered it to her just then that the remarked, as Alice got back into her place,
rushes had begun to fade, and to lose all very much relieved to find herself still in the
their scent and beauty, from the very moment boat.
that she picked them? Even real scented `Was it? I didn't see it,' Said Alice, peeping 1255
rushes, you know, last only a very little cautiously over the side of the boat into the
while--and these, being dream-rushes, melted dark water. Ì wish it hadn't let go--I should
away almost like snow, as they lay in heaps at so like to see a little crab to take home with
her feet-- but Alice hardly noticed this, there me!' But the Sheep only laughed scornfully,
were so many other curious things to think and went on with her knitting.
about.
Àre there many crabs here?' said Al- 1256
1253 They hadn't gone much farther before the
ice.
blade of one of the oars got fast in the water
and WOULDN'T come out again (so Alice `Crabs, and all sorts of things,' said the Sheep: 1257
explained it afterwards), and the consequence `plenty of choice, only make up your mind.

Now, what DO you want to buy?' must get it for yourself.' And so saying, she
1258 `To buy!' Alice echoed in a tone that was half went off to the other end of the shop, and set
astonished and half frightened--for the oars, the egg upright on a shelf.
and the boat, and the river, had vanished all Ì wonder WHY it wouldn't do?' thought Al- 1265
in a moment, and she was back again in the ice, as she groped her way among the tables
little dark shop. and chairs, for the shop was very dark towards
the end. `The egg seems to get further away
1259 Ì should like to buy an egg, please,' she said
the more I walk towards it. Let me see, is
timidly. `How do you sell them?'
this a chair? Why, it's got branches, I declare!
1260 `Fivepence farthing for one--Twopence for How very odd to find trees growing here! And
two,' the Sheep replied. actually here's a little brook! Well, this is the
1261 `Then two are cheaper than one?' Alice said in very queerest shop I ever saw!'
a surprised tone, taking out her purse. ******* 1266
1262 Ònly you MUST eat them both, if you buy ****** 1267
two,' said the Sheep. ******* 1268
1263 `Then I'll have ONE, please,' said Alice, as So she went on, wondering more and more at 1269
she put the money down on the counter. For every step, as everything turned into a tree
she thought to herself, `They mightn't be at the moment she came up to it, and she quite
all nice, you know.' expected the egg to do the same.
1264 The Sheep took the money, and put it away
in a box: then she said Ì never put things
into people's hands--that would never do--you

1270 CHAPTER VI - Humpty Dumpty him, for she was every moment expecting him
to fall.
1271 However, the egg only got larger and larger,
Ìt's VERY provoking,' Humpty Dumpty said 1274
and more and more human: when she had
after a long silence, looking away from Alice as
come within a few yards of it, she saw that
he spoke, `to be called an egg-- VERY!'
it had eyes and a nose and mouth; and when
she had come close to it, she saw clearly that Ì said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir,' Alice 1275
it was HUMPTY DUMPTY himself. Ìt can't gently explained. Ànd some eggs are very
be anybody else!' she said to herself. Ì'm as pretty, you know' she added, hoping to turn
certain of it, as if his name were written all her remark into a sort of a compliment.
over his face.'
`Some people,' said Humpty Dumpty, looking 1276
1272 It might have been written a hundred times, away from her as usual, `have no more sense
easily, on that enormous face. Humpty than a baby!'
Dumpty was sitting with his legs crossed,
like a Turk, on the top of a high wall--such Alice didn't know what to say to this: it wasn't 1277
a narrow one that Alice quite wondered how at all like conversation, she thought, as he
he could keep his balance--and, as his eyes never said anything to HER; in fact, his last re-
were steadily fixed in the opposite direction, mark was evidently addressed to a tree--so she
and he didn't take the least notice of her, stood and softly repeated to herself:-- 1278
she thought he must be a stuffed figure after `Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall:
all. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
1273 Ànd how exactly like an egg he is!' she said All the King's horses and all the King's
aloud, standing with her hands ready to catch men

Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place not wishing to begin an argument.
again.'
`Why, because there's nobody with me!' 1286
1279 `That last line is much too long for the po- cried Humpty Dumpty. `Did you think
etry,' she added, almost out loud, forgetting I didn't know the answer to THAT? Ask
that Humpty Dumpty would hear her. another.'
1280 `Don't stand there chattering to yourself like `Don't you think you'd be safer down on the 1287
that,' Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for ground?' Alice went on, not with any idea of
the first time, `but tell me your name and your making another riddle, but simply in her good-
business.' natured anxiety for the queer creature. `That
1281 `My NAME is Alice, but--' wall is so VERY narrow!'
`What tremendously easy riddles you ask!' 1288
1282 Ìt's a stupid enough name!' Humpty
Humpty Dumpty growled out. Òf course
Dumpty interrupted impatiently. `What does
I don't think so! Why, if ever I DID fall
it mean?'
off-- which there's no chance of--but IF I
1283 `MUST a name mean something?' Alice asked did--' Here he pursed his lips and looked so
doubtfully. solemn and grand that Alice could hardly
1284 Òf course it must,' Humpty Dumpty said help laughing. ÌF I did fall,' he went on,
with a short laugh: `MY name means the `THE KING HAS PROMISED ME--WITH
shape I am--and a good handsome shape it HIS VERY OWN MOUTH--to--to--'
is, too. With a name like yours, you might be `To send all his horses and all his men,' Alice 1289
any shape, almost.' interrupted, rather unwisely.

1285 `Why do you sit out here all alone?' said Alice, `Now I declare that's too bad!' Humpty 1290

Dumpty cried, breaking into a sudden pas- in a minute, THEY would! However, this con-
sion. `You've been listening at doors--and versation is going on a little too fast: let's go
behind trees-- and down chimneys--or you back to the last remark but one.'
couldn't have known it!' Ì'm afraid I can't quite remember it,' Alice 1294
1291 Ì haven't, indeed!' Alice said very gently. said very politely.
Ìt's in a book.'
Ìn that case we start fresh,' said Humpty 1295
1292 Àh, well! They may write such things in Dumpty, ànd it's my turn to choose a
a BOOK,' Humpty Dumpty said in a calmer subject--' ('He talks about it just as if it
tone. `That's what you call a History of Eng- was a game!' thought Alice.) `So here's a
land, that is. Now, take a good look at me! I'm question for you. How old did you say you
one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap were?'
you'll never see such another: and to show you
I'm not proud, you may shake hands with me!' Alice made a short calculation, and said 1296
And he grinned almost from ear to ear, as he `Seven years and six months.'
leant forwards (and as nearly as possible fell `Wrong!' Humpty Dumpty exclaimed tri- 1297
off the wall in doing so) and offered Alice his umphantly. `You never said a word like
hand. She watched him a little anxiously as it!'
she took it. Ìf he smiled much more, the ends
Ì though you meant “How old ARE you?”' 1298
of his mouth might meet behind,' she thought:
Alice explained.
ànd then I don't know what would happen to
his head! I'm afraid it would come off!' Ìf I'd meant that, I'd have said it,' said 1299
1293 `Yes, all his horses and all his men,' Humpty Humpty Dumpty.
Dumpty went on. `They'd pick me up again Alice didn't want to begin another argument, 1300

so she said nothing. second thoughts, à beautiful cravat, I should

1301 `Seven years and six months!' Humpty have said--no, a belt, I mean--I beg your
Dumpty repeated thoughtfully. Àn uncom- pardon!' she added in dismay, for Humpty
fortable sort of age. Now if you'd asked MY Dumpty looked thoroughly offended, and she
advice, I'd have said “Leave off at seven”--but began to wish she hadn't chosen that subject.
it's too late now.' Ìf I only knew,' she thought to herself,
`which was neck and which was waist!'
1302 Ì never ask advice about growing,' Alice said
indignantly. Evidently Humpty Dumpty was very angry, 1308
though he said nothing for a minute or two.

1303 `Too proud?' the other inquired. When he DID speak again, it was in a deep
1304 Alice felt even more indignant at this sugges- growl.
tion. Ì mean,' she said, `that one can't help
Ìt is a--MOST--PROVOKING--thing,' he 1309
growing older.'
said at last, `when a person doesn't know a
1305 ÒNE can't, perhaps,' said Humpty Dumpty, cravat from a belt!'
`but TWO can. With proper assistance, you
might have left off at seven.' Ì know it's very ignorant of me,' Alice said, 1310
in so humble a tone that Humpty Dumpty re-

1306 `What a beautiful belt you've got on!' Alice lented.
suddenly remarked.
Ìt's a cravat, child, and a beautiful one, as 1311
1307 (They had had quite enough of the subject
you say. It's a present from the White King
of age, she thought: and if they really were
and Queen. There now!'
to take turns in choosing subjects, it was her
turn now.) Àt least,' she corrected herself on Ìs it really?' said Alice, quite pleased to find 1312

that she HAD chosen a good subject, after Òne.' 1322
all. Ànd if you take one from three hundred and 1323
1313 `They gave it me,' Humpty Dumpty continued sixty-five, what remains?'
thoughtfully, as he crossed one knee over the
`Three hundred and sixty-four, of 1324
other and clasped his hands round it, `they
course.'
gave it me--for an un-birthday present.'
Humpty Dumpty looked doubtful. Ì'd rather 1325
1314 Ì beg your pardon?' Alice said with a puzzled
see that done on paper,' he said.
air.
Alice couldn't help smiling as she took out her 1326
1315 Ì'm not offended,' said Humpty Dumpty.
memorandum- book, and worked the sum for
1316 Ì mean, what IS an un-birthday him: 1327
present?' 365
1
1317 À present given when it isn't your birthday,
___
of course.' 364
1318 Alice considered a little. Ì like birthday ___
presents best,' she said at last. Humpty Dumpty took the book, and looked 1328
1319 `You don't know what you're talking about!' at it carefully. `That seems to be done right--'
cried Humpty Dumpty. `How many days are he began.
there in a year?' `You're holding it upside down!' Alice inter- 1329
1320 `Three hundred and sixty-five,' said Al- rupted.

ice. `To be sure I was!' Humpty Dumpty said 1330
1321 Ànd how many birthdays have you?' gaily, as she turned it round for him. Ì

thought it looked a little queer. As I was `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you 1337
saying, that SEEMS to be done right--though CAN make words mean so many different
I haven't time to look it over thoroughly just things.'
now--and that shows that there are three `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 1338
hundred and sixty-four days when you might `which is to be master-- that's all.'
get un-birthday presents--'
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so 1339
1331 `Certainly,' said Alice. after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again.
1332 Ànd only ONE for birthday presents, you `They've a temper, some of them-- partic-
know. There's glory for you!' ularly verbs, they're the proudest--adjectives
you can do anything with, but not verbs--
1333 Ì don't know what you mean by “glory,”' Al- however, I can manage the whole lot of them!
ice said. Impenetrability! That's what I say!'
1334 Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Would you tell me, please,' said Alice `what 1340
Òf course you don't-- till I tell you. I meant that means?'
“there's a nice knock-down argument for
you!”' `Now you talk like a reasonable child,' said 1341
Humpty Dumpty, looking very much pleased.

1335 `But “glory” doesn't mean “a nice knock-down Ì meant by “impenetrability” that we've had
argument,”' Alice objected. enough of that subject, and it would be just
1336 `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said as well if you'd mention what you mean to do
in rather a scornful tone, ìt means just next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here
what I choose it to mean--neither more nor all the rest of your life.'
less.' `That's a great deal to make one word mean,' 1342

Alice said in a thoughtful tone. the first verse: 1350
1343 `When I make a word do a lot of work like `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
that,' said Humpty Dumpty, Ì always pay it Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
extra.' All mimsy were the borogoves,
1344 Òh!' said Alice. She was too much puzzled And the mome raths outgrabe.
to make any other remark. `That's enough to begin with,' Humpty 1351
1345 Àh, you should see èm come round me of Dumpty interrupted: `there are plenty of
a Saturday night,' Humpty Dumpty went on, hard words there. “BRILLIG” means four
wagging his head gravely from side to side: o'clock in the afternoon--the time when you
`for to get their wages, you know.' begin BROILING things for dinner.'
1346 (Alice didn't venture to ask what he paid them `That'll do very well,' said Alice: ànd 1352
with; and so you see I can't tell YOU.) “SLITHY”?'

1347 `You seem very clever at explaining words, `Well, “SLITHY” means “lithe and slimy.” 1353
Sir,' said Alice. `Would you kindly tell me “Lithe” is the same as “active.” You see it's
the meaning of the poem called “Jabber- like a portmanteau--there are two meanings
wocky”?' packed up into one word.'
1348 `Let's hear it,' said Humpty Dumpty. Ì can Ì see it now,' Alice remarked thoughtfully: 1354
explain all the poems that were ever invented- ànd what are “TOVES”?'
-and a good many that haven't been invented `Well, “TOVES” are something like badgers- 1355
just yet.' -they're something like lizards--and they're
1349 This sounded very hopeful, so Alice repeated something like corkscrews.'

1356 `They must be very curious looking crea- thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers
tures.' sticking out all round-- something like a live
1357 `They are that,' said Humpty Dumpty: àlso mop.'
they make their nests under sun-dials--also Ànd then “MOME RATHS”?' said Alice. 1364
they live on cheese.' Ì'm afraid I'm giving you a great deal of trou-
ble.'
1358 Ànd what's the “GYRE” and to “GIM-
BLE”?' `Well, a “RATH” is a sort of green pig: but 1365
“MOME” I'm not certain about. I think it's

1359 `To “GYRE” is to go round and round like short for “from home”--meaning that they'd
a gyroscope. To “GIMBLE” is to make holes lost their way, you know.'
like a gimlet.'
Ànd what does “OUTGRABE” mean?' 1366
1360 Ànd “THE WABE” is the grass-plot round a
sun-dial, I suppose?' said Alice, surprised at `Well, “OUTGRABING” is something be- 1367
her own ingenuity. tween bellowing and whistling, with a kind of

sneeze in the middle: however, you'll hear it
1361 Òf course it is. It's called “WABE,” you done, maybe--down in the wood yonder--and
know, because it goes a long way before it, when you've once heard it you'll be QUITE
and a long way behind it--' content. Who's been repeating all that hard
1362 Ànd a long way beyond it on each side,' Alice stuff to you?'
added. Ì read it in a book,' said Alice. `But I had 1368
1363 Èxactly so. Well, then, “MIMSY” is “flimsy some poetry repeated to me, much easier than
and miserable” (there's another portman- that, by--Tweedledee, I think it was.'
teau for you). And a “BOROGOVE” is a Às to poetry, you know,' said Humpty 1369

Dumpty, stretching out one of his great Ìn spring, when woods are getting
hands, Ì can repeat poetry as well as other green,
folk, if it comes to that--' I'll try and tell you what I mean.'
1370 Òh, it needn't come to that!' Alice `Thank you very much,' said Alice. 1378
1379
hastily said, hoping to keep him from Ìn summer, when the days are long,
beginning. Perhaps you'll understand the song:
1371 `The piece I'm going to repeat,' he went on In autumn, when the leaves are brown,
without noticing her remark, `was written en- Take pen and ink, and write it down.'
tirely for your amusement.'
Ì will, if I can remember it so long,' said Al- 1380
1372 Alice felt that in that case she really OUGHT ice.
to listen to it, so she sat down, and said `You needn't go on making remarks like that,' 1381
1373 `Thank you' rather sadly. Humpty Dumpty said: `they're not sensible,
Ìn winter, when the fields are white, and they put me out.' 1382
I sing this song for your delight-- Ì sent a message to the fish:
1374 only I don't sing it,' he added, as an explana- I told them “This is what I wish.” 1383
tion. The little fishes of the sea,
1375 Ì see you don't,' said Alice. They sent an answer back to me. 1384
The little fishes' answer was

1376 Ìf you can SEE whether I'm singing or not,
“We cannot do it, Sir, because--”'
you've sharper eyes than most.' Humpty
Dumpty remarked severely. Alice was Ì'm afraid I don't quite understand,' said Al- 1385
1377 silent. ice.

1386 Ìt gets easier further on,' Humpty Dumpty thought with a shudder, Ì wouldn't have been
1387 replied. the messenger for ANYTHING!' 1396
Ì sent to them again to say `But he was very stiff and proud;
1388 “It will be better to obey.” He said “You needn't shout so loud!” 1397
The fishes answered with a grin, And he was very proud and stiff;
1389 “Why, what a temper you are in!” He said “I'd go and wake them, if--” 1398
I told them once, I told them twice: I took a corkscrew from the shelf:
1390 They would not listen to advice. I went to wake them up myself. 1399
I took a kettle large and new, And when I found the door was locked,
1391 Fit for the deed I had to do. I pulled and pushed and kicked and
knocked. 1400
My heart went hop, my heart went
thump; And when I found the door was shut,
1392 I filled the kettle at the pump. I tried to turn the handle, but--'
Then some one came to me and said, There was a long pause. 1401
1393 “The little fishes are in bed.” Ìs that all?' Alice timidly asked. 1402
I said to him, I said it plain,

`That's all,' said Humpty Dumpty. `Good- 1403
1394 “Then you must wake them up again.”
bye.'
I said it very loud and clear;
This was rather sudden, Alice thought: but, 1404
I went and shouted in his ear.'
after such a VERY strong hint that she ought
1395 Humpty Dumpty raised his voice almost to a to be going, she felt that it would hardly be
scream as he repeated this verse, and Alice civil to stay. So she got up, and held out her

hand. `Good-bye, till we meet again!' she said bye!' once more, and, getting no answer to
as cheerfully as she could. this, she quietly walked away: but she couldn't
1405 Ì shouldn't know you again if we DID meet,' help saying to herself as she went, Òf all the
Humpty Dumpty replied in a discontented unsatisfactory--' (she repeated this aloud, as
tone, giving her one of his fingers to shake; it was a great comfort to have such a long
`you're so exactly like other people.' word to say) òf all the unsatisfactory people I
EVER met--' She never finished the sentence,
1406 `The face is what one goes by, generally,' Alice for at this moment a heavy crash shook the
remarked in a thoughtful tone. forest from end to end.
1407 `That's just what I complain of,' said Humpty
Dumpty. `Your face is the same as everybody
has--the two eyes, so--' (marking their places in
the air with this thumb) `nose in the middle,
mouth under. It's always the same. Now if
you had the two eyes on the same side of the
nose, for instance--or the mouth at the top--
that would be SOME help.'
1408 Ìt wouldn't look nice,' Alice objected. But
Humpty Dumpty only shut his eyes and said
`Wait till you've tried.'
1409 Alice waited a minute to see if he would speak
again, but as he never opened his eyes or took
any further notice of her, she said `Good-

1410 CHAPTER VII - The Lion and the into an open place, where she found the White
Unicorn King seated on the ground, busily writing in
his memorandum-book.
1411 The next moment soldiers came running
through the wood, at first in twos and threes, Ì've sent them all!' the King cried in a tone 1414
then ten or twenty together, and at last in of delight, on seeing Alice. `Did you happen
such crowds that they seemed to fill the to meet any soldiers, my dear, as you came
whole forest. Alice got behind a tree, for through the wood?'
fear of being run over, and watched them go `Yes, I did,' said Alice: `several thousand, I 1415
by. should think.'
1412 She thought that in all her life she had never `Four thousand two hundred and seven, that's 1416
seen soldiers so uncertain on their feet: they the exact number,' the King said, referring to
were always tripping over something or other, his book. Ì couldn't send all the horses, you
and whenever one went down, several more al- know, because two of them are wanted in the
ways fell over him, so that the ground was soon game. And I haven't sent the two Messengers,
covered with little heaps of men. either. They're both gone to the town. Just
1413 Then came the horses. Having four feet, these look along the road, and tell me if you can see
managed rather better than the foot-soldiers: either of them.'
but even THEY stumbled now and then; and
Ì see nobody on the road,' said Alice. 1417
it seemed to be a regular rule that, whenever
a horse stumbled the rider fell off instantly. Ì only wish I had such eyes,' the King re- 1418
The confusion got worse every moment, and marked in a fretful tone. `To be able to see
Alice was very glad to get out of the wood Nobody! And at that distance, too! Why, it's

as much as I can do to see real people, by this ply, without the least idea that he was join-
light!' ing in the game, while Alice was still hesitat-
ing for the name of a town beginning with H.
1419 All this was lost on Alice, who was still look-
`The other Messenger's called Hatta. I must
ing intently along the road, shading her eyes
have TWO, you know--to come and go. One
with one hand. Ì see somebody now!' she ex-
to come, and one to go.'
claimed at last. `But he's coming very slowly-
-and what curious attitudes he goes into!' (For Ì beg your pardon?' said Alice. 1423
the messenger kept skipping up and down, and Ìt isn't respectable to beg,' said the 1424
wriggling like an eel, as he came along, with King.

his great hands spread out like fans on each
Ì only meant that I didn't understand,' 1425
side.)
said Alice. `Why one to come and one to
1420 `Not at all,' said the King. `He's an Anglo- go?'
Saxon Messenger-- and those are Anglo-Saxon `Didn't I tell you?' the King repeated impa- 1426
attitudes. He only does them when he's happy. tiently. Ì must have Two--to fetch and carry.
His name is Haigha.' (He pronounced it so as One to fetch, and one to carry.'
to rhyme with `mayor.')
At this moment the Messenger arrived: he was 1427
1421 Ì love my love with an H,' Alice couldn't help far too much out of breath to say a word, and
beginning, `because he is Happy. I hate him could only wave his hands about, and make
with an H, because he is Hideous. I fed him the most fearful faces at the poor King.
with--with--with Ham-sandwiches and Hay.
`This young lady loves you with an H,' the 1428
His name is Haigha, and he lives--'
King said, introducing Alice in the hope of
1422 `He lives on the Hill,' the King remarked sim- turning off the Messenger's attention from

himself--but it was no use--the Anglo-Saxon would be better,' Alice suggested: òr some
attitudes only got more extraordinary every sal-volatile.'
moment, while the great eyes rolled wildly Ì didn't say there was nothing BETTER,' 1436
from side to side. the King replied. Ì said there was nothing
1429 `You alarm me!' said the King. Ì feel faint-- LIKE it.' Which Alice did not venture to
Give me a ham sandwich!' deny.
1430 On which the Messenger, to Alice's great `Who did you pass on the road?' the King 1437
amusement, opened a bag that hung round went on, holding out his hand to the Messenger
his neck, and handed a sandwich to the King, for some more hay.
who devoured it greedily. `Nobody,' said the Messenger. 1438
1431 Ànother sandwich!' said the King. `Quite right,' said the King: `this young lady 1439
saw him too. So of course Nobody walks slower

1432 `There's nothing but hay left now,' the Mes-
than you.'
senger said, peeping into the bag.
Ì do my best,' the Messenger said in a sulky 1440
1433 `Hay, then,' the King murmured in a faint tone. Ì'm sure nobody walks much faster
whisper. than I do!'
1434 Alice was glad to see that it revived him a `He can't do that,' said the King, òr else he'd 1441
good deal. `There's nothing like eating hay have been here first. However, now you've got
when you're faint,' he remarked to her, as he your breath, you may tell us what's happened
munched away. in the town.'
1435 Ì should think throwing cold water over you Ì'll whisper it,' said the Messenger, putting 1442

his hands to his mouth in the shape of a trum- `The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the
pet, and stooping so as to get close to the crown:
King's ear. Alice was sorry for this, as she The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the
wanted to hear the news too. However, in- town.
stead of whispering, he simply shouted at the Some gave them white bread, some gave them
top of his voice `They're at it again!' brown;
Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out
1443 `Do you call THAT a whisper?' cried the poor of town.'
King, jumping up and shaking himself. Ìf you
do such a thing again, I'll have you buttered! `Does--the one--that wins--get the crown?' 1449
It went through and through my head like an she asked, as well as she could, for the run
earthquake!' was putting her quite out of breath.
1444 Ìt would have to be a very tiny earthquake!' `Dear me, no!' said the King. `What an 1450
thought Alice. `Who are at it again?' she idea!'

ventured to ask. `Would you--be good enough,' Alice panted 1451
1445 `Why the Lion and the Unicorn, of course,' out, after running a little further, `to
said the King. stop a minute--just to get--one's breath
again?'
1446 `Fighting for the crown?'
Ì'm GOOD enough,' the King said, ònly I'm 1452
1447 `Yes, to be sure,' said the King: ànd the best
of the joke is, that it's MY crown all the while! not strong enough. You see, a minute goes by
so fearfully quick. You might as well try to
Let's run and see them.' And they trotted off,
Alice repeating to herself, as she ran, the words stop a Bandersnatch!'
1448 of the old song:-- Alice had no more breath for talking, so they 1453

trotted on in silence, till they came in sight Hatta looked round once more, and this time 1458
of a great crowd, in the middle of which the a tear or two trickled down his cheek: but not
Lion and Unicorn were fighting. They were a word would he say.
in such a cloud of dust, that at first Alice `Speak, can't you!' Haigha cried impatiently. 1459
could not make out which was which: but she But Hatta only munched away, and drank
soon managed to distinguish the Unicorn by some more tea.
his horn.
`Speak, won't you!' cried the King. `How are 1460
1454 They placed themselves close to where Hatta, they getting on with the fight?'
the other messenger, was standing watching
Hatta made a desperate effort, and swallowed 1461
the fight, with a cup of tea in one hand and a
a large piece of bread-and-butter. `They're
piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
getting on very well,' he said in a choking
1455 `He's only just out of prison, and he hadn't voice: èach of them has been down about
finished his tea when he was sent in,' Haigha eighty-seven times.'
whispered to Alice: ànd they only give them `Then I suppose they'll soon bring the white 1462
oyster-shells in there--so you see he's very hun- bread and the brown?' Alice ventured to re-
gry and thirsty. How are you, dear child?' he mark.
went on, putting his arm affectionately round
Hatta's neck. Ìt's waiting for èm now,' said Hatta: `this 1463
is a bit of it as I'm eating.'

1456 Hatta looked round and nodded, and went on
There was a pause in the fight just then, and 1464
with his bread and butter.
the Lion and the Unicorn sat down, panting,
1457 `Were you happy in prison, dear child?' said while the King called out `Ten minutes al-
Haigha. lowed for refreshments!' Haigha and Hatta set

to work at once, carrying rough trays of white orandum about her, if you like--She's a dear
and brown bread. Alice took a piece to taste, good creature,' he repeated softly to himself,
but it was VERY dry. as he opened his memorandum-book. `Do you
1465 Ì don't think they'll fight any more to-day,' spell “creature” with a double “e”?'
the King said to Hatta: `go and order the At this moment the Unicorn sauntered by 1470
drums to begin.' And Hatta went bounding them, with his hands in his pockets. Ì had
away like a grasshopper. the best of it this time?' he said to the King,
1466 For a minute or two Alice stood silent, watch- just glancing at him as he passed.
ing him. Suddenly she brightened up. `Look, À little--a little,' the King replied, rather ner- 1471
look!' she cried, pointing eagerly. `There's the vously. `You shouldn't have run him through
White Queen running across the country! She with your horn, you know.'
came flying out of the wood over yonder--How Ìt didn't hurt him,' the Unicorn said care- 1472
fast those Queens CAN run!' lessly, and he was going on, when his eye
1467 `There's some enemy after her, no doubt,' the happened to fall upon Alice: he turned round
King said, without even looking round. `That rather instantly, and stood for some time
wood's full of them.' looking at her with an air of the deepest
1468 `But aren't you going to run and help her?' disgust.
Alice asked, very much surprised at his taking `What--is--this?' he said at last. 1473
it so quietly. `This is a child!' Haigha replied eagerly, com- 1474
1469 `No use, no use!' said the King. `She runs ing in front of Alice to introduce her, and
so fearfully quick. You might as well try to spreading out both his hands towards her in
catch a Bandersnatch! But I'll make a mem- an Anglo-Saxon attitude. `We only found it

to-day. It's as large as life, and twice as natu- whispered. `Quick! Not that one-- that's full
ral!' of hay!'
1475 Ì always thought they were fabulous mon- Haigha took a large cake out of the bag, and 1483
sters!' said the Unicorn. Ìs it alive?' gave it to Alice to hold, while he got out a
dish and carving-knife. How they all came out
1476 Ìt can talk,' said Haigha, solemnly. of it Alice couldn't guess. It was just like a
1477 The Unicorn looked dreamily at Alice, and conjuring-trick, she thought.
said `Talk, child.' The Lion had joined them while this was going 1484
1478 Alice could not help her lips curling up into a on: he looked very tired and sleepy, and his
smile as she began: `Do you know, I always eyes were half shut. `What's this!' he said,
thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! blinking lazily at Alice, and speaking in a deep
I never saw one alive before!' hollow tone that sounded like the tolling of a
great bell.
1479 `Well, now that we HAVE seen each other,'
Àh, what IS it, now?' the Unicorn cried ea- 1485
said the Unicorn, ìf you'll believe in me, I'll
gerly. `You'll never guess! I couldn't.'
believe in you. Is that a bargain?'
The Lion looked at Alice wearily. Àre you 1486
1480 `Yes, if you like,' said Alice. animal--vegetable --or mineral?' he said,
1481 `Come, fetch out the plum-cake, old man!' the yawning at every other word.
Unicorn went on, turning from her to the King. Ìt's a fabulous monster!' the Unicorn cried 1487
`None of your brown bread for me!' out, before Alice could reply.
1482 `Certainly--certainly!' the King muttered, `Then hand round the plum-cake, Monster,' 1488
and beckoned to Haigha. Òpen the bag!' he the Lion said, lying down and putting his chin

on this paws. Ànd sit down, both of you,' (to by the old bridge, or the market-place? You
the King and the Unicorn): `fair play with the get the best view by the old bridge.'
cake, you know!'
Ì'm sure I don't know,' the Lion growled out 1495
1489 The King was evidently very uncomfortable as he lay down again. `There was too much
at having to sit down between the two great dust to see anything. What a time the Mon-
creatures; but there was no other place for ster is, cutting up that cake!'
him.
Alice had seated herself on the bank of a lit- 1496
1490 `What a fight we might have for the crown, tle brook, with the great dish on her knees,
NOW!' the Unicorn said, looking slyly up and was sawing away diligently with the knife.
at the crown, which the poor King was Ìt's very provoking!' she said, in reply to
nearly shaking off his head, he trembled so the Lion (she was getting quite used to being
much. called `the Monster'). Ì've cut several slices
1491 Ì should win easy,' said the Lion. already, but they always join on again!'
1492 Ì'm not so sure of that,' said the Uni- `You don't know how to manage Looking-glass 1497
corn. cakes,' the Unicorn remarked. `Hand it round

1493 `Why, I beat you all round the town, you first, and cut it afterwards.'
chicken!' the Lion replied angrily, half getting This sounded nonsense, but Alice very obe- 1498
up as he spoke. diently got up, and carried the dish round,
1494 Here the King interrupted, to prevent the and the cake divided itself into three pieces
quarrel going on: he was very nervous, and his as she did so. `NOW cut it up,' said the Lion,
voice quite quivered. Àll round the town?' as she returned to her place with the empty
he said. `That's a good long way. Did you go dish.

1499 Ì say, this isn't fair!' cried the Unicorn, as her ears, vainly trying to shut out the dreadful
Alice sat with the knife in her hand, very much uproar.
puzzled how to begin. `The Monster has given Ìf THAT doesn't “drum them out of 1507
the Lion twice as much as me!' town,”' she thought to herself, `nothing ever
1500 `She's kept none for herself, anyhow,' said will!'
the Lion. `Do you like plum-cake, Mon-
ster?'
1501 But before Alice could answer him, the drums
began.
1502 Where the noise came from, she couldn't make
out: the air seemed full of it, and it rang
through and through her head till she felt quite
deafened. She started to her feet and sprang
across the little brook in her terror,
1503 *******
1504 ******
1505 *******
1506 and had just time to see the Lion and the
Unicorn rise to their feet, with angry looks
at being interrupted in their feast, before she
dropped to her knees, and put her hands over

1508 CHAPTER VIII - Ìt's my own club. Just as he reached her, the horse stopped
Invention' suddenly: `You're my prisoner!' the Knight
cried, as he tumbled off his horse.
1509 After a while the noise seemed gradually to Startled as she was, Alice was more frightened 1511
die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice for him than for herself at the moment, and
lifted up her head in some alarm. There was no watched him with some anxiety as he mounted
one to be seen, and her first thought was that again. As soon as he was comfortably in the
she must have been dreaming about the Lion saddle, he began once more `You're my--' but
and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon here another voice broke in Àhoy! Ahoy!
Messengers. However, there was the great dish Check!' and Alice looked round in some sur-
still lying at her feet, on which she had tried prise for the new enemy.
to cut the plum- cake, `So I wasn't dream-
ing, after all,' she said to herself, ùnless-- This time it was a White Knight. He drew 1512
unless we're all part of the same dream. Only up at Alice's side, and tumbled off his horse
I do hope it's MY dream, and not the Red just as the Red Knight had done: then he got
King's! I don't like belonging to another per- on again, and the two Knights sat and looked
son's dream,' she went on in a rather complain- at each other for some time without speaking.
ing tone: Ì've a great mind to go and wake Alice looked from one to the other in some
him, and see what happens!' bewilderment.
`She's MY prisoner, you know!' the Red 1513
1510 At this moment her thoughts were interrupted
Knight said at last.
by a loud shouting of Àhoy! Ahoy! Check!'
and a Knight dressed in crimson armour came `Yes, but then I came and rescued her!' the 1514
galloping down upon her, brandishing a great White Knight replied.

1515 `Well, we must fight for her, then,' said the horses are! They let them get on and off them
Red Knight, as he took up his helmet (which just as if they were tables!'
hung from the saddle, and was something the Another Rule of Battle, that Alice had not no- 1519
shape of a horse's head), and put it on. ticed, seemed to be that they always fell on
1516 `You will observe the Rules of Battle, of their heads, and the battle ended with their
course?' the White Knight remarked, putting both falling off in this way, side by side: when
on his helmet too. they got up again, they shook hands, and
then the Red Knight mounted and galloped
1517 Ì always do,' said the Red Knight, and they off.
began banging away at each other with such
Ìt was a glorious victory, wasn't it?' said the 1520
fury that Alice got behind a tree to be out of
White Knight, as he came up panting.
the way of the blows.
Ì don't know,' Alice said doubtfully. Ì don't 1521
1518 Ì wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are,' want to be anybody's prisoner. I want to be a
she said to herself, as she watched the fight, Queen.'
timidly peeping out from her hiding-place:
òne Rule seems to be, that if one Knight `So you will, when you've crossed the next 1522
hits the other, he knocks him off his horse, brook,' said the White Knight. Ì'll see you
and if he misses, he tumbles off himself--and safe to the end of the wood--and then I must
another Rule seems to be that they hold their go back, you know. That's the end of my
clubs with their arms, as if they were Punch move.'
and Judy--What a noise they make when they `Thank you very much,' said Alice. `May I 1523
tumble! Just like a whole set of fire- irons help you off with your helmet?' It was evi-
falling into the fender! And how quiet the dently more than he could manage by himself;

however, she managed to shake him out of it the things must have fallen out! And the box
at last. is no use without them.' He unfastened it as
1524 `Now one can breathe more easily,' said the he spoke, and was just going to throw it into
Knight, putting back his shaggy hair with both the bushes, when a sudden thought seemed to
hands, and turning his gentle face and large strike him, and he hung it carefully on a tree.
mild eyes to Alice. She thought she had never `Can you guess why I did that?' he said to
seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her Alice.
life. Alice shook her head. 1529
1525 He was dressed in tin armour, which seemed to Ìn hopes some bees may make a nest in it-- 1530
fit him very badly, and he had a queer-shaped then I should get the honey.'
little deal box fastened across his shoulder, `But you've got a bee-hive--or something like 1531
upside-down, and with the lid hanging open. one--fastened to the saddle,' said Alice.
Alice looked at it with great curiosity.
`Yes, it's a very good bee-hive,' the Knight 1532
1526 Ì see you're admiring my little box.' the said in a discontented tone, òne of the best
Knight said in a friendly tone. Ìt's my own kind. But not a single bee has come near it yet.
invention--to keep clothes and sandwiches in. And the other thing is a mouse-trap. I suppose
You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain the mice keep the bees out--or the bees keep
can't get in.' the mice out, I don't know which.'
1527 `But the things can get OUT,' Alice gently re- Ì was wondering what the mouse-trap was 1533
marked. `Do you know the lid's open?' for,' said Alice. Ìt isn't very likely there
1528 Ì didn't know it,' the Knight said, a shade would be any mice on the horse's back.'
of vexation passing over his face. `Then all `Not very likely, perhaps,' said the Knight: 1534

`but if they DO come, I don't choose to have a last; `There are so many candlesticks in the
them running all about.' bag.' And he hung it to the saddle, which was
1535 `You see,' he went on after a pause, ìt's already loaded with bunches of carrots, and
as well to be provided for EVERYTHING. fire-irons, and many other things.
That's the reason the horse has all those Ì hope you've got your hair well fastened on?' 1541
anklets round his feet.' he continued, as they set off.

1536 `But what are they for?' Alice asked in a tone Ònly in the usual way,' Alice said, smil- 1542
of great curiosity. ing.
1537 `To guard against the bites of sharks,' the `That's hardly enough,' he said, anxiously. 1543
Knight replied. Ìt's an invention of my own. `You see the wind is so VERY strong here.
And now help me on. I'll go with you to the It's as strong as soup.'
end of the wood--What's the dish for?'
`Have you invented a plan for keeping the hair 1544
1538 Ìt's meant for plum-cake,' said Alice. from being blown off?' Alice enquired.
1539 `We'd better take it with us,' the Knight said.
`Not yet,' said the Knight. `But I've got a 1545
Ìt'll come in handy if we find any plum-cake.
plan for keeping it from FALLING off.'
Help me to get it into this bag.'
1540 This took a very long time to manage, though Ì should like to hear it, very much.' 1546
Alice held the bag open very carefully, because `First you take an upright stick,' said the 1547
the Knight was so VERY awkward in putting Knight. `Then you make your hair creep
in the dish: the first two or three times that up it, like a fruit-tree. Now the reason hair
he tried he fell in himself instead. Ìt's rather falls off is because it hangs DOWN--things
a tight fit, you see,' he said, as they got it in never fall UPWARDS, you know. It's a plan

of my own invention. You may try it if you a little offended at the remark. `What makes
like.' you say that?' he asked, as he scrambled back
into the saddle, keeping hold of Alice's hair
1548 It didn't sound a comfortable plan, Alice
with one hand, to save himself from falling over
thought, and for a few minutes she walked
on the other side.
on in silence, puzzling over the idea, and
every now and then stopping to help the `Because people don't fall off quite so often, 1552
poor Knight, who certainly was NOT a good when they've had much practice.'
rider.
Ì've had plenty of practice,' the Knight said 1553
1549 Whenever the horse stopped (which it did very very gravely: `plenty of practice!'
often), he fell off in front; and whenever it went
Alice could think of nothing better to say than 1554
on again (which it generally did rather sud-
Ìndeed?' but she said it as heartily as she
denly), he fell off behind. Otherwise he kept
could. They went on a little way in silence
on pretty well, except that he had a habit of
after this, the Knight with his eyes shut, mut-
now and then falling off sideways; and as he
tering to himself, and Alice watching anxiously
generally did this on the side on which Al-
for the next tumble.
ice was walking, she soon found that it was
the best plan not to walk QUITE close to the `The great art of riding,' the Knight suddenly 1555
horse. began in a loud voice, waving his right arm

as he spoke, ìs to keep--' Here the sentence
1550 Ì'm afraid you've not had much practice in
ended as suddenly as it had begun, as the
riding,' she ventured to say, as she was helping
Knight fell heavily on the top of his head ex-
him up from his fifth tumble.
actly in the path where Alice was walking. She
1551 The Knight looked very much surprised, and was quite frightened this time, and said in an

anxious tone, as she picked him up, Ì hope no just in time to save himself from tumbling off
bones are broken?' again.
1556 `None to speak of,' the Knight said, as if he `Much more smoothly than a live horse,' Alice 1561
didn't mind breaking two or three of them. said, with a little scream of laughter, in spite
`The great art of riding, as I was saying, is-- of all she could do to prevent it.
to keep your balance properly. Like this, you Ì'll get one,' the Knight said thoughtfully to 1562
know--' himself. Òne or two--several.'
1557 He let go the bridle, and stretched out both his There was a short silence after this, and then 1563
arms to show Alice what he meant, and this the Knight went on again. Ì'm a great hand
time he fell flat on his back, right under the at inventing things. Now, I daresay you no-
horse's feet. ticed, that last time you picked me up, that I
was looking rather thoughtful?'
1558 `Plenty of practice!' he went on repeating, all
the time that Alice was getting him on his feet `You WERE a little grave,' said Alice. 1564
again. `Plenty of practice!' `Well, just then I was inventing a new way 1565
1559 Ìt's too ridiculous!' cried Alice, losing of getting over a gate--would you like to hear
all her patience this time. `You ought to it?'
have a wooden horse on wheels, that you `Very much indeed,' Alice said politely. 1566
ought!'
Ì'll tell you how I came to think of it,' said the 1567
1560 `Does that kind go smoothly?' the Knight Knight. `You see, I said to myself, “The only
asked in a tone of great interest, clasping difficulty is with the feet: the HEAD is high
his arms round the horse's neck as he spoke, enough already.” Now, first I put my head on

the top of the gate--then I stand on my head- get out again, the other White Knight came
-then the feet are high enough, you see--then and put it on. He thought it was his own hel-
I'm over, you see.' met.'
1568 `Yes, I suppose you'd be over when that was The knight looked so solemn about it that Al- 1572
done,' Alice said thoughtfully: `but don't you ice did not dare to laugh. Ì'm afraid you must
think it would be rather hard?' have hurt him,' she said in a trembling voice,
`being on the top of his head.'
1569 Ì haven't tried it yet,' the Knight said,
gravely: `so I can't tell for certain--but I'm Ì had to kick him, of course,' the Knight said, 1573
afraid it WOULD be a little hard.' very seriously. Ànd then he took the helmet
off again--but it took hours and hours to get
1570 He looked so vexed at the idea, that Alice me out. I was as fast as--as lightning, you
changed the subject hastily. `What a curious know.'
helmet you've got!' she said cheerfully. Ìs
that your invention too?' `But that's a different kind of fastness,' Alice 1574
objected.
1571 The Knight looked down proudly at his hel-
met, which hung from the saddle. `Yes,' he The Knight shook his head. Ìt was all kinds 1575
said, `but I've invented a better one than that- of fastness with me, I can assure you!' he said.
-like a sugar loaf. When I used to wear it, if I He raised his hands in some excitement as he
fell off the horse, it always touched the ground said this, and instantly rolled out of the saddle,
directly. So I had a VERY little way to fall, and fell headlong into a deep ditch.
you see--But there WAS the danger of falling Alice ran to the side of the ditch to look for 1576
INTO it, to be sure. That happened to me him. She was rather startled by the fall, as for
once--and the worst of it was, before I could some time he had kept on very well, and she

was afraid that he really WAS hurt this time. Knight said in a slow thoughtful tone: `no,
However, though she could see nothing but the certainly not the next COURSE.'
soles of his feet, she was much relieved to hear `Then it would have to be the next day. I sup- 1581
that he was talking on in his usual tone. Àll pose you wouldn't have two pudding-courses in
kinds of fastness,' he repeated: `but it was one dinner?'
careless of him to put another man's helmet
on--with the man in it, too.' `Well, not the NEXT day,' the Knight re- 1582
peated as before: `not the next DAY. In fact,'

1577 `How CAN you go on talking so quietly, head he went on, holding his head down, and his
downwards?' Alice asked, as she dragged him voice getting lower and lower, Ì don't be-
out by the feet, and laid him in a heap on the lieve that pudding ever WAS cooked! In fact,
bank. I don't believe that pudding ever WILL be
1578 The Knight looked surprised at the question. cooked! And yet it was a very clever pudding
`What does it matter where my body happens to invent.'
to be?' he said. `My mind goes on working `What did you mean it to be made of?' Al- 1583
all the same. In fact, the more head down- ice asked, hoping to cheer him up, for the
wards I am, the more I keep inventing new poor Knight seemed quite low-spirited about
things.' it.
1579 `Now the cleverest thing of the sort that I ever Ìt began with blotting paper,' the Knight an- 1584
did,' he went on after a pause, `was inventing a swered with a groan.

new pudding during the meat- course.' `That wouldn't be very nice, I'm afraid-- 1585
1580 Ìn time to have it cooked for the next course?' '
said Alice. `Well, not the NEXT course,' the `Not very nice ALONE,' he interrupted, quite 1586

eagerly: `but you've no idea what a difference said, trying to feel interested.
it makes mixing it with other things--such as
`No, you don't understand,' the Knight said, 1594
gunpowder and sealing-wax. And here I must
looking a little vexed. `That's what the name
leave you.' They had just come to the end of
is CALLED. The name really IS “THE AGED
the wood.
AGED MAN.”'
1587 Alice could only look puzzled: she was think-
`Then I ought to have said “That's what 1595
ing of the pudding.
the SONG is called”?' Alice corrected
1588 `You are sad,' the Knight said in an anx- herself.
ious tone: `let me sing you a song to comfort
you.' `No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! 1596
The SONG is called “WAYS AND MEANS”:

1589 Ìs it very long?' Alice asked, for she had but that's only what it's CALLED, you
heard a good deal of poetry that day. know!'
1590 Ìt's long,' said the Knight, `but very, VERY `Well, what IS the song, then?' said Alice, 1597
beautiful. Everybody that hears me sing it-- who was by this time completely bewil-
either it brings the TEARS into their eyes, or dered.
else--'
Ì was coming to that,' the Knight said. `The 1598
1591 Òr else what?' said Alice, for the Knight had song really IS “A-SITTING ON A GATE”:
made a sudden pause. and the tune's my own invention.'
1592 Òr else it doesn't, you know. The name of the So saying, he stopped his horse and let the 1599
song is called “HADDOCKS' EYES.”' reins fall on its neck: then, slowly beating time
1593 Òh, that's the name of the song, is it?' Alice with one hand, and with a faint smile lighting

up his gentle foolish face, as if he enjoyed the eyes. 1602
music of his song, he began. Ì'll tell thee everything I can;

1600 Of all the strange things that Alice saw in There's little to relate.
her journey Through The Looking-Glass, this I saw an aged aged man,
was the one that she always remembered A-sitting on a gate.
most clearly. Years afterwards she could “Who are you, aged man?” I said,
bring the whole scene back again, as if it had
“and how is it you live?”
been only yesterday--the mild blue eyes and
kindly smile of the Knight--the setting sun And his answer trickled through my
head
gleaming through his hair, and shining on his
Like water through a sieve. 1603
armour in a blaze of light that quite dazzled
her--the horse quietly moving about, with the He said “I look for butterflies
reins hanging loose on his neck, cropping the That sleep among the wheat:
grass at her feet--and the black shadows of I make them into mutton-pies,
the forest behind--all this she took in like a And sell them in the street.
picture, as, with one hand shading her eyes,
I sell them unto men,” he said,
she leant against a tree, watching the strange
“Who sail on stormy seas;
pair, and listening, in a half dream, to the
melancholy music of the song. And that's the way I get my bread--
A trifle, if you please.” 1604
1601 `But the tune ISN'T his own invention,' she
said to herself: ìt's “I GIVE THEE ALL, But I was thinking of a plan
I CAN NO MORE.”' She stood and listened To dye one's whiskers green,
very attentively, but no tears came into her And always use so large a fan

That they could not be seen. He said “I hunt for haddocks' eyes
So, having no reply to give Among the heather bright,
To what the old man said, And work them into waistcoat-buttons
I cried, “Come, tell me how you live!” In the silent night.
1605 And thumped him on the head. And these I do not sell for gold
His accents mild took up the tale: Or coin of silvery shine
He said “I go my ways, But for a copper halfpenny,
And when I find a mountain-rill, And that will purchase nine. 1608
I set it in a blaze; “I sometimes dig for buttered rolls,

And thence they make a stuff they call Or set limed twigs for crabs;
Rolands' Macassar Oil-- I sometimes search the grassy knolls
Yet twopence-halfpenny is all For wheels of Hansom-cabs.
1606 They give me for my toil.” And that's the way” (he gave a wink)
But I was thinking of a way “By which I get my wealth--
To feed oneself on batter, And very gladly will I drink
And so go on from day to day Your Honour's noble health.” 1609
Getting a little fatter. I heard him then, for I had just

I shook him well from side to side, Completed my design
Until his face was blue: To keep the Menai bridge from rust
“Come, tell me how you live,” I cried, By boiling it in wine.
1607 “And what it is you do!” I thanked him much for telling me

The way he got his wealth, That summer evening, long ago,
But chiefly for his wish that he A-sitting on a gate.'
1610 Might drink my noble health. As the Knight sang the last words of the bal- 1612
And now, if e'er by chance I put lad, he gathered up the reins, and turned his
My fingers into glue horse's head along the road by which they had
Or madly squeeze a right-hand foot come. `You've only a few yards to go,' he said,
Into a left-hand shoe,
`down the hill and over that little brook, and
then you'll be a Queen-- But you'll stay and
Or if I drop upon my toe
see me off first?' he added as Alice turned
A very heavy weight, with an eager look in the direction to which
I weep, for it reminds me so, he pointed. Ì shan't be long. You'll wait and
1611 Of that old man I used to know-- wave your handkerchief when I get to that turn
Whose look was mild, whose speech was in the road? I think it'll encourage me, you
slow, see.'
Whose hair was whiter than the snow, Òf course I'll wait,' said Alice: ànd thank 1613
Whose face was very like a crow, you very much for coming so far--and for the
With eyes, like cinders, all aglow, song--I liked it very much.'
Who seemed distracted with his woe, Ì hope so,' the Knight said doubtfully: `but 1614
Who rocked his body to and fro, you didn't cry so much as I thought you
And muttered mumblingly and low, would.'
As if his mouth were full of dough, So they shook hands, and then the Knight rode 1615
Who snorted like a buffalo-- slowly away into the forest. Ìt won't take long

to see him OFF, I expect,' Alice said to herself, soft as moss, with little flower-beds dotted
as she stood watching him. `There he goes! about it here and there. Òh, how glad I am to
Right on his head as usual! However, he gets get here! And what IS this on my head?' she
on again pretty easily--that comes of having exclaimed in a tone of dismay, as she put her
so many things hung round the horse--' So she hands up to something very heavy, and fitted
went on talking to herself, as she watched the tight all round her head.
horse walking leisurely along the road, and the `But how CAN it have got there without my 1621
Knight tumbling off, first on one side and then knowing it?' she said to herself, as she lifted
on the other. After the fourth or fifth tumble it off, and set it on her lap to make out what
he reached the turn, and then she waved her it could possibly be.
handkerchief to him, and waited till he was out
of sight. It was a golden crown. 1622
1616 Ì hope it encouraged him,' she said, as she

turned to run down the hill: ànd now for the
last brook, and to be a Queen! How grand
it sounds!' A very few steps brought her to
the edge of the brook. `The Eighth Square at
last!' she cried as she bounded across,
1617 *******
1618 ******
1619 *******
1620 and threw herself down to rest on a lawn as

1623 CHAPTER IX - Queen Alice asking if the game was over. `Please, would
you tell me--' she began, looking timidly at
1624 `Well, this IS grand!' said Alice. Ì never the Red Queen.
expected I should be a Queen so soon--and I'll
`Speak when you're spoken to!' The Queen 1627
tell you what it is, your majesty,' she went on
sharply interrupted her.
in a severe tone (she was always rather fond
of scolding herself), ìt'll never do for you to `But if everybody obeyed that rule,' said Al- 1628
be lolling about on the grass like that! Queens ice, who was always ready for a little argu-
have to be dignified, you know!' ment, ànd if you only spoke when you were
spoken to, and the other person always waited
1625 So she got up and walked about--rather stiffly
for YOU to begin, you see nobody would ever
just at first, as she was afraid that the crown
say anything, so that--'
might come off: but she comforted herself with
the thought that there was nobody to see her, `Ridiculous!' cried the Queen. `Why, don't 1629
ànd if I really am a Queen,' she said as she you see, child--' here she broke off with a
sat down again, Ì shall be able to manage it frown, and, after thinking for a minute, sud-
quite well in time.' denly changed the subject of the conversation.
`What do you mean by “If you really are a
1626 Everything was happening so oddly that she
Queen”? What right have you to call yourself
didn't feel a bit surprised at finding the Red
so? You can't be a Queen, you know, till
Queen and the White Queen sitting close to
you've passed the proper examination. And
her, one on each side: she would have liked
the sooner we begin it, the better.'
very much to ask them how they came there,
but she feared it would not be quite civil. How- Ì only said “if”!' poor Alice pleaded in a 1630
ever, there would be no harm, she thought, in piteous tone.

1631 The two Queens looked at each other, and the `Nobody said you did,' said the Red Queen. 1637
Red Queen remarked, with a little shudder, Ì said you couldn't if you tried.'
`She SAYS she only said “if”--' `She's in that state of mind,' said the 1638
1632 `But she said a great deal more than that!' White Queen, `that she wants to deny
the White Queen moaned, wringing her hands. SOMETHING--only she doesn't know what
Òh, ever so much more than that!' to deny!'
1633 `So you did, you know,' the Red Queen À nasty, vicious temper,' the Red Queen re- 1639
said to Alice. Àlways speak the truth-- marked; and then there was an uncomfortable
think before you speak--and write it down silence for a minute or two.
afterwards.'
The Red Queen broke the silence by saying 1640
1634 Ì'm sure I didn't mean--' Alice was begin- to the White Queen, Ì invite you to Alice's
ning, but the Red Queen interrupted her im- dinner-party this afternoon.'
patiently.
The White Queen smiled feebly, and said Ànd 1641
1635 `That's just what I complain of! You I invite YOU.'

SHOULD have meant! What do you suppose
Ì didn't know I was to have a party at all,' 1642
is the use of child without any meaning?
said Alice; `but if there is to be one, I think I
Even a joke should have some meaning--and
ought to invite the guests.'
a child's more important than a joke, I hope.
You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with `We gave you the opportunity of doing it,' the 1643
both hands.' Red Queen remarked: `but I daresay you've

1636 Ì don't deny things with my HANDS,' Alice not had many lessons in manners yet?'
objected. `Manners are not taught in lessons,' said Al- 1644

ice. `Lessons teach you to do sums, and things of course, if I took it--and the dog wouldn't
of that sort.' remain; it would come to bite me --and I'm
1645 Ànd you do Addition?' the White Queen sure I shouldn't remain!'
asked. `What's one and one and one and one `Then you think nothing would remain?' said 1652
and one and one and one and one and one and the Red Queen.
one?' Ì think that's the answer.' 1653
1646 Ì don't know,' said Alice. Ì lost `Wrong, as usual,' said the Red Queen: `the 1654
count.' dog's temper would remain.'

1647 `She can't do Addition,' the Red Queen inter- `But I don't see how--' 1655
rupted. `Can you do Subtraction? Take nine `Why, look here!' the Red Queen cried. `The 1656
from eight.' dog would lose its temper, wouldn't it?'
1648 `Nine from eight I can't, you know,' Alice `Perhaps it would,' Alice replied cau- 1657
replied very readily: `but--' tiously.
1649 `She can't do Subtraction,' said the White `Then if the dog went away, its temper 1658
Queen. `Can you do Division? Divide a loaf would remain!' the Queen exclaimed tri-
by a knife--what's the answer to that?' umphantly.
1650 Ì suppose--' Alice was beginning, but the Red Alice said, as gravely as she could, `They 1659
Queen answered for her. `Bread-and-butter, might go different ways.' But she couldn't
of course. Try another Subtraction sum. Take help thinking to herself, `What dreadful
a bone from a dog: what remains?' nonsense we ARE talking!'
1651 Alice considered. `The bone wouldn't remain, `She can't do sums a BIT!' the Queens said 1660

together, with great emphasis. `Where do you pick the flower?' the White 1668
1661 `Can YOU do sums?' Alice said, turning sud- Queen asked. Ìn a garden, or in the
denly on the White Queen, for she didn't like hedges?'
being found fault with so much. `Well, it isn't PICKED at all,' Alice explained: 1669
1662 The Queen gasped and shut her eyes. Ì ìt's GROUND--'
can do Addition, if you give me time--but `How many acres of ground?' said the White 1670
I can do Subtraction, under ANY circum- Queen. `You mustn't leave out so many
stances!' things.'
1663 Òf course you know your A B C?' said the `Fan her head!' the Red Queen anxiously in- 1671
Red Queen. terrupted. `She'll be feverish after so much

1664 `To be sure I do.' said Alice. thinking.' So they set to work and fanned her
with bunches of leaves, till she had to beg them
1665 `So do I,' the White Queen whispered: `we'll to leave off, it blew her hair about so.
often say it over together, dear. And I'll tell
you a secret--I can read words of one letter! `She's all right again now,' said the Red 1672
Isn't THAT grand! However, don't be discour- Queen. `Do you know Languages? What's
aged. You'll come to it in time.' the French for fiddle-de-dee?'
1666 Here the Red Queen began again. `Can you `Fiddle-de-dee's not English,' Alice replied 1673
answer useful questions?' she said. `How is gravely.

bread made?' `Who ever said it was?' said the Red 1674
1667 Ì know THAT!' Alice cried eagerly. `You take Queen.

some flour--' Alice thought she saw a way out of the dif- 1675

ficulty this time. Ìf you'll tell me what lan- storm last Tuesday--I mean one of the last set
guage “fiddle-de-dee” is, I'll tell you the French of Tuesdays, you know.'
for it!' she exclaimed triumphantly. Alice was puzzled. Ìn OUR country,' 1682
1676 But the Red Queen drew herself up rather she remarked, `there's only one day at a
stiffly, and said `Queens never make bar- time.'
gains.' The Red Queen said, `That's a poor thin 1683
1677 Ì wish Queens never asked questions,' Alice way of doing things. Now HERE, we mostly
thought to herself. have days and nights two or three at a time,
and sometimes in the winter we take as
1678 `Don't let us quarrel,' the White Queen said in many as five nights together--for warmth, you
an anxious tone. `What is the cause of light- know.'
ning?'
Àre five nights warmer than one night, then?' 1684
1679 `The cause of lightning,' Alice said very de- Alice ventured to ask.
cidedly, for she felt quite certain about this,
ìs the thunder--no, no!' she hastily corrected `Five times as warm, of course.' 1685
herself. Ì meant the other way.' `But they should be five times as COLD, by 1686
1680 Ìt's too late to correct it,' said the Red Queen: the same rule--'
`when you've once said a thing, that fixes it, `Just so!' cried the Red Queen. `Five times 1687
and you must take the consequences.' as warm, AND five times as cold--just as I'm
1681 `Which reminds me--' the White Queen said, five times as rich as you are, AND five times
looking down and nervously clasping and un- as clever!'
clasping her hands, `we had SUCH a thunder- Alice sighed and gave it up. Ìt's exactly like 1688

a riddle with no answer!' she thought. Queen.) Ànd part of the roof came off, and
1689 `Humpty Dumpty saw it too,' the White ever so much thunder got in--and it went
Queen went on in a low voice, more as if she rolling round the room in great lumps--and
were talking to herself. `He came to the door knocking over the tables and things--till I was
with a corkscrew in his hand--' so frightened, I couldn't remember my own
name!'
1690 `What did he want?' said the Red
Queen. Alice thought to herself, Ì never should TRY 1696
to remember my name in the middle of an ac-

1691 `He said he WOULD come in,' the White cident! Where would be the use of it?' but she
Queen went on, `because he was looking for did not say this aloud, for fear of hurting the
a hippopotamus. Now, as it happened, there poor Queen's feeling.
wasn't such a thing in the house, that morn-
ing.' `Your Majesty must excuse her,' the Red 1697
Queen said to Alice, taking one of the White

1692 Ìs there generally?' Alice asked in an aston- Queen's hands in her own, and gently stroking
ished tone. it: `she means well, but she can't help saying
1693 `Well, only on Thursdays,' said the foolish things, as a general rule.'
Queen. The White Queen looked timidly at Alice, who 1698
1694 Ì know what he came for,' said Alice: `he felt she OUGHT to say something kind, but
wanted to punish the fish, because--' really couldn't think of anything at the mo-
ment.
1695 Here the White Queen began again. Ìt was
SUCH a thunderstorm, you can't think!' `She never was really well brought up,' the 1699
('She NEVER could, you know,' said the Red Red Queen went on: `but it's amazing how

good-tempered she is! Pat her on the head,1706 Ànd now you know the words,' she added, as
and see how pleased she'll be!' But this was she put her head down on Alice's other shoul-
more than Alice had courage to do. der, `just sing it through to ME. I'm getting
sleepy, too.' In another moment both Queens
1700 À little kindness--and putting her hair in
were fast asleep, and snoring loud.
papers--would do wonders with her--'
`What AM I to do?' exclaimed Alice, looking 1707
1701 The White Queen gave a deep sigh, and
about in great perplexity, as first one round
laid her head on Alice's shoulder. Ì AM so
head, and then the other, rolled down from
sleepy?' she moaned.
her shoulder, and lay like a heavy lump in her
1702 `She's tired, poor thing!' said the Red Queen. lap. Ì don't think it EVER happened before,
`Smooth her hair --lend her your nightcap-- that any one had to take care of two Queens
and sing her a soothing lullaby.' asleep at once! No, not in all the History of
1703 Ì haven't got a nightcap with me,' said Alice, England--it couldn't, you know, because there
as she tried to obey the first direction: ànd I never was more than one Queen at a time. Do
don't know any soothing lullabies.' wake up, you heavy things!' she went on in an
impatient tone; but there was no answer but
1704 Ì must do it myself, then,' said the Red a gentle snoring.
1705 Queen, and she began:
The snoring got more distinct every minute, 1708
`Hush-a-by lady, in Alice's lap!
and sounded more like a tune: at last she
Till the feast's ready, we've time for a nap: could even make out the words, and she
When the feast's over, we'll go to the ball-- listened so eagerly that, when the two great
Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and heads vanished from her lap, she hardly
all! missed them.

1709 She was standing before an arched doorway hoarse whisper.

over which were the words QUEEN ALICE in Alice turned round, ready to find fault with 1714
large letters, and on each side of the arch there anybody. `Where's the servant whose busi-
was a bell-handle; one was marked `Visitors' ness it is to answer the door?' she began an-
Bell,' and the other `Servants' Bell.' grily.
1710 Ì'll wait till the song's over,' thought Alice, `Which door?' said the Frog. 1715
ànd then I'll ring--the--WHICH bell must I
ring?' she went on, very much puzzled by Alice almost stamped with irritation at the 1716
the names. Ì'm not a visitor, and I'm not slow drawl in which he spoke. `THIS door,
a servant. There OUGHT to be one marked of course!'
“Queen,” you know--' The Frog looked at the door with his large 1717
1711 Just then the door opened a little way, and dull eyes for a minute: then he went nearer
a creature with a long beak put its head out and rubbed it with his thumb, as if he were
for a moment and said `No admittance till the trying whether the paint would come off; then
week after next!' and shut the door again with he looked at Alice.
a bang. `To answer the door?' he said. `What's it 1718
1712 Alice knocked and rang in vain for a long time, been asking of?' He was so hoarse that Alice
but at last, a very old Frog, who was sitting could scarcely hear him.
under a tree, got up and hobbled slowly to- Ì don't know what you mean,' she said. 1719
wards her: he was dressed in bright yellow,

Ì talks English, doesn't I?' the Frog went 1720
and had enormous boots on.
on. Òr are you deaf? What did it ask
1713 `What is it, now?' the Frog said in a deep you?'

1721 `Nothing!' Alice said impatiently. Ì've been Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea--
knocking at it!' And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-
three!'
1722 `Shouldn't do that--shouldn't do that--' the
Frog muttered. `Vexes it, you know.' Then Then followed a confused noise of cheering, 1727
he went up and gave the door a kick with one and Alice thought to herself, `Thirty times
of his great feet. `You let IT alone,' he panted three makes ninety. I wonder if any one's
out, as he hobbled back to his tree, ànd it'll counting?' In a minute there was silence
let YOU alone, you know.' again, and the same shrill voice sang another
1723 At this moment the door was flung open, and verse; 1728
1724 a shrill voice was heard singing: `“O Looking-Glass creatures,” quothe Alice, “draw
near!
`To the Looking-Glass world it was Alice that
said, `Tis an honour to see me, a favour to hear:
“I've a sceptre in hand, I've a crown on my `Tis a privilege high to have dinner and tea
head; Along with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and
Let the Looking-Glass creatures, whatever they me!"'
be,
Then came the chorus again:-- 1729
Come and dine with the Red Queen, the White 1730
`Then fill up the glasses with treacle and
Queen, and me."'
ink,
1725 And hundreds of voices joined in the cho- Or anything else that is pleasant to drink:
1726 rus: Mix sand with the cider, and wool with the wine-
`Then fill up the glasses as quick as you can, -
And sprinkle the table with buttons and And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-
bran: nine!'

1731 `Ninety times nine!' Alice repeated in despair, `You look a little shy; let me introduce you 1735
Òh, that'll never be done! I'd better go in at to that leg of mutton,' said the Red Queen.
once--' and there was a dead silence the mo- Àlice--Mutton; Mutton--Alice.' The leg of
ment she appeared. mutton got up in the dish and made a little
1732 Alice glanced nervously along the table, as bow to Alice; and Alice returned the bow,
she walked up the large hall, and noticed that not knowing whether to be frightened or
there were about fifty guests, of all kinds: amused.
some were animals, some birds, and there were `May I give you a slice?' she said, taking up 1736
even a few flowers among them. Ì'm glad the knife and fork, and looking from one Queen
they've come without waiting to be asked,' to the other.
she thought: Ì should never have known who
were the right people to invite!' `Certainly not,' the Red Queen said, very 1737
decidedly: ìt isn't etiquette to cut any one

1733 There were three chairs at the head of the ta- you've been introduced to. Remove the joint!'
ble; the Red and White Queens had already And the waiters carried it off, and brought a
taken two of them, but the middle one was large plum-pudding in its place.
empty. Alice sat down in it, rather uncom-
fortable in the silence, and longing for some Ì won't be introduced to the pudding, please,' 1738
one to speak. Alice said rather hastily, òr we shall get no

dinner at all. May I give you some?'
1734 At last the Red Queen began. `You've missed
the soup and fish,' she said. `Put on the joint!' But the Red Queen looked sulky, and growled 1739
And the waiters set a leg of mutton before Al- `Pudding--Alice; Alice--Pudding. Remove
ice, who looked at it rather anxiously, as she the pudding!' and the waiters took it away
had never had to carve a joint before. so quickly that Alice couldn't return its

bow. tle frightened at finding that, the moment she

1740 However, she didn't see why the Red Queen opened her lips, there was dead silence, and
should be the only one to give orders, so, as all eyes were fixed upon her; ànd it's a very
an experiment, she called out `Waiter! Bring curious thing, I think-- every poem was about
back the pudding!' and there it was again in a fishes in some way. Do you know why they're
moment like a conjuring-trick. It was so large so fond of fishes, all about here?'
that she couldn't help feeling a LITTLE shy She spoke to the Red Queen, whose answer 1745
with it, as she had been with the mutton; how- was a little wide of the mark. Às to fishes,'
ever, she conquered her shyness by a great ef- she said, very slowly and solemnly, putting her
fort and cut a slice and handed it to the Red mouth close to Alice's ear, `her White Majesty
Queen. knows a lovely riddle--all in poetry--all about
1741 `What impertinence!' said the Pudding. Ì fishes. Shall she repeat it?'
wonder how you'd like it, if I were to cut a `Her Red Majesty's very kind to mention it,' 1746
slice out of YOU, you creature!' the White Queen murmured into Alice's other
1742 It spoke in a thick, suety sort of voice, and ear, in a voice like the cooing of a pigeon. Ìt
Alice hadn't a word to say in reply: she could would be SUCH a treat! May I?'
only sit and look at it and gasp. `Please do,' Alice said very politely. 1747
1743 `Make a remark,' said the Red Queen: ìt's The White Queen laughed with delight, and 1748
ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the stroked Alice's cheek. Then she began: 1749
pudding!' `“First, the fish must be caught.”

1744 `Do you know, I've had such a quantity of po- That is easy: a baby, I think, could have caught
etry repeated to me to-day,' Alice began, a lit- it.

“Next, the fish must be bought.” guests began drinking it directly, and very
That is easy: a penny, I think, would have bought queerly they managed it: some of them put
1750 it. their glasses upon their heads like extinguish-
“Now cook me the fish!” ers, and drank all that trickled down their
That is easy, and will not take more than a faces--others upset the decanters, and drank
minute. the wine as it ran off the edges of the table--
“Let it lie in a dish!” and three of them (who looked like kangaroos)
scrambled into the dish of roast mutton, and
1751 That is easy, because it already is in it.
began eagerly lapping up the gravy, `just like
“Bring it here! Let me sup!”
pigs in a trough!' thought Alice.
It is easy to set such a dish on the table.
`You ought to return thanks in a neat speech,' 1754
“Take the dish-cover up!”
the Red Queen said, frowning at Alice as she
1752 Ah, THAT is so hard that I fear I'm unable! spoke.
For it holds it like glue--
`We must support you, you know,' the White 1755
Holds the lid to the dish, while it lies in the mid- Queen whispered, as Alice got up to do it, very
dle:
obediently, but a little frightened.
Which is easiest to do,
`Thank you very much,' she whispered in re- 1756
Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the rid-
dle?'
ply, `but I can do quite well without.'
1753 `Take a minute to think about it, and then `That wouldn't be at all the thing,' the Red 1757
guess,' said the Red Queen. `Meanwhile, we'll Queen said very decidedly: so Alice tried to
drink your health--Queen Alice's health!' she submit to it with a good grace.
screamed at the top of her voice, and all the ('And they DID push so!' she said afterwards, 1758

when she was telling her sister the history as well as she could in the dreadful confusion
of the feast. `You would have thought they that was beginning.
wanted to squeeze me flat!')
At this moment she heard a hoarse laugh at 1762
1759 In fact it was rather difficult for her to keep in her side, and turned to see what was the mat-
her place while she made her speech: the two ter with the White Queen; but, instead of the
Queens pushed her so, one on each side, that Queen, there was the leg of mutton sitting in
they nearly lifted her up into the air: Ì rise the chair. `Here I am!' cried a voice from
to return thanks--' Alice began: and she really the soup tureen, and Alice turned again, just
DID rise as she spoke, several inches; but she in time to see the Queen's broad good-natured
got hold of the edge of the table, and managed face grinning at her for a moment over the edge
to pull herself down again. of the tureen, before she disappeared into the
1760 `Take care of yourself!' screamed the White soup.
Queen, seizing Alice's hair with both her
hands. `Something's going to happen!' There was not a moment to be lost. Already 1763
several of the guests were lying down in the

1761 And then (as Alice afterwards described it) dishes, and the soup ladle was walking up the
all sorts of things happened in a moment. table towards Alice's chair, and beckoning to
The candles all grew up to the ceiling, looking her impatiently to get out of its way.
something like a bed of rushes with fireworks
at the top. As to the bottles, they each took Ì can't stand this any longer!' she cried as 1764
a pair of plates, which they hastily fitted on she jumped up and seized the table-cloth with
as wings, and so, with forks for legs, went both hands: one good pull, and plates, dishes,
fluttering about in all directions: ànd very guests, and candles came crashing down to-
like birds they look,' Alice thought to herself, gether in a heap on the floor.

1765 Ànd as for YOU,' she went on, turning

fiercely upon the Red Queen, whom she con-
sidered as the cause of all the mischief--but
the Queen was no longer at her side--she
had suddenly dwindled down to the size of a
little doll, and was now on the table, merrily
running round and round after her own shawl,
which was trailing behind her.
1766 At any other time, Alice would have felt sur-
prised at this, but she was far too much ex-
cited to be surprised at anything NOW. Às
for YOU,' she repeated, catching hold of the
little creature in the very act of jumping over
a bottle which had just lighted upon the table,
Ì'll shake you into a kitten, that I will!'

1767 CHAPTER X - Shaking
1768 She took her off the table as she spoke, and

shook her backwards and forwards with all her
might.
1769 The Red Queen made no resistance whatever;
only her face grew very small, and her eyes got
large and green: and still, as Alice went on
shaking her, she kept on growing shorter--and
fatter--and softer--and rounder--and--

1770 CHAPTER XI - Waking
1771 --and it really WAS a kitten, after all.

1772 CHAPTER XII - Which Dreamed she went down on her knees on the hearth-rug,
it? and put the kitten and the Queen to look at
each other. `Now, Kitty!' she cried, clapping
1773 `Your majesty shouldn't purr so loud,' Alice her hands triumphantly. `Confess that was
said, rubbing her eyes, and addressing the kit- what you turned into!'
ten, respectfully, yet with some severity. `You
('But it wouldn't look at it,' she said, when 1777
woke me out of oh! such a nice dream! And
she was explaining the thing afterwards to her
you've been along with me, Kitty--all through
sister: ìt turned away its head, and pretended
the Looking-Glass world. Did you know it,
not to see it: but it looked a LITTLE ashamed
dear?'
of itself, so I think it MUST have been the Red
1774 It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice Queen.')
had once made the remark) that, whatever you `Sit up a little more stiffly, dear!' Alice cried 1778
say to them, they ALWAYS purr. Ìf they with a merry laugh. Ànd curtsey while you're
would only purr for “yes” and mew for “no,” thinking what to--what to purr. It saves time,
or any rule of that sort,' she had said, `so that remember!' And she caught it up and gave it
one could keep up a conversation! But how one little kiss, `just in honour of having been
CAN you talk with a person if they always a Red Queen.'
say the same thing?'
`Snowdrop, my pet!' she went on, looking 1779
1775 On this occasion the kitten only purred: and over her shoulder at the White Kitten, which
it was impossible to guess whether it meant was still patiently undergoing its toilet, `when
`yes' or `no.' WILL Dinah have finished with your White
1776 So Alice hunted among the chessmen on the Majesty, I wonder? That must be the rea-
table till she had found the Red Queen: then son you were so untidy in my dream-- Di-

nah! do you know that you're scrubbing a this morning! You see, Kitty, it MUST have
White Queen? Really, it's most disrespectful been either me or the Red King. He was part
of you! of my dream, of course--but then I was part of
1780 Ànd what did DINAH turn to, I wonder?' she his dream, too! WAS it the Red King, Kitty?
prattled on, as she settled comfortably down, You were his wife, my dear, so you ought to
with one elbow in the rug, and her chin in her know--Oh, Kitty, DO help to settle it! I'm sure
hand, to watch the kittens. `Tell me, Dinah, your paw can wait!' But the provoking kitten
did you turn to Humpty Dumpty? I THINK only began on the other paw, and pretended
you did--however, you'd better not mention it it hadn't heard the question.
to your friends just yet, for I'm not sure. Which do YOU think it was? 1783
1784
1781 `By the way, Kitty, if only you'd been really A boat beneath a sunny sky,
with me in my dream, there was one thing you Lingering onward dreamily
WOULD have enjoyed--I had such a quantity In an evening of July-- 1785
of poetry said to me, all about fishes! To- Children three that nestle near,
morrow morning you shall have a real treat. Eager eye and willing ear,
All the time you're eating your breakfast, I'll
Pleased a simple tale to hear-- 1786
repeat “The Walrus and the Carpenter” to
Long has paled that sunny sky:
you; and then you can make believe it's oys-
ters, dear! Echoes fade and memories die.
Autumn frosts have slain July. 1787
1782 `Now, Kitty, let's consider who it was that
dreamed it all. This is a serious question, my Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
dear, and you should NOT go on licking your Alice moving under skies
paw like that--as if Dinah hadn't washed you Never seen by waking eyes. 1788

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wise little Alice was not going to do THAT in ****** 26

a hurry. `No, I'll look ﬁrst,' she said, `and

she had read several nice little histories about

pened, she decided on going into the garden at

38 CHAPTER II - The Pool of Tears ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ.

`now I'm opening out like the largest telescope

ice, `a great girl like you,' (she might well say

and was surprised to see that she had put on

in the pool a little way oﬀ, and she swam

63 So she called softly after it, `Mouse dear! Do

Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the

prizes.' while the Dodo solemnly presented the thim-

breath." herself useful, and looking anxiously about

Said getting up and walking away. `You insult me

be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Di-

unhappy. there's hardly room for YOU, and no room at

dow?' thing more: at last came a rumbling of lit-

under the circumstances. There was a large

lar. WILLIAM,”' said the Caterpillar.

For anything tougher than suet; lar.

pillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth

to speak again. In a minute or two the Cater-

as if she had asked it aloud; and in another

Alice, who was beginning to see its mean-

open place, with a little house in it about four

to listen. the Footman, `and that for two reasons.

ing,' the Footman went on without attending louder tone.

and a large plate came skimming out, straight began whistling.

you only walk long enough.' mad. You grant that?'

growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when

ished again. thought Alice; `but a grin without a cat!

she remarked. Alice. `I'm glad they've begun asking

aloud. Hatter, and here the conversation dropped,

what I eat” is the same thing as “I eat what I fourth.'

Hatter. something better with the time,' she said,

ice. you could keep it to half-past one as long as

never even spoke to Time!' asked.