Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / HTML Edition

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ivery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)--and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles. It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large e

other, saying, in a solemn tone, 'For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.' The Frog-Footman repeated, in th

low, and their curls

their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and t

dly up to the d

re; secondly, because they're making such a noise inside, no one could possibly hear you.' And certainly there was a most extraordinary noi

said Alice, 'how

knock, and I could let you out, you know.' He was looking up into the sky all the time he was speaking, and this Alice thought decidedly uncivil. 'But perhaps he can't

the Footman remark

me skimming out, straight at the Footman's head: it just grazed h

an continued in the same tone, ex

?' asked Alice agai

said the Footman. 'That's th

'It's really dreadful,' she muttered to herself, 'the way

for repeating his remark, with variations. 'I shall

m I to do?'

' said the Footman,

id Alice desperately: 'he's perfectly idio

er: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the c

in that soup!' Alice said to hersel

, it was sneezing and howling alternately without a moment's pause. The only things in the kitchen that d

, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners

' said the Duchess, '

jumped; but she saw in another moment that it was addressed to t

ts always grinned; in fact, I d

id the Duchess; 'a

said very politely, feeling quite ple

,' said the Duchess;

auldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby --the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, pl

in an agony of terror. 'Oh, there goes his precious nose'; as an unu

e Duchess said in a hoarse growl, 'the world

of showing off a little of her knowledge. 'Just think of what work it would make with

said the Duchess, '

hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listen

d with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby t

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her as she spoke. 'I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen,' and she hurried o

, 'just like a star-fish,' thought Alice. The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling

tself,) she carried it out into the open air. 'If I don't take this child away with me,' thought Alice, 'they're sure to kill it in a day or two: wouldn't it be murder to leave it behind?' She

very turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby: altogether Alice did not li

sly, 'I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind now!' The poor little thing sobbed again

runted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm. This time there could be no mistake abo

dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.' And she began thinking over other children she knew, who might do very well as pigs, and was just sa

ed, she thought: still it had very long claws and a great man

ike the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far,' thoug

al on where you want to

care where--

atter which way yo

somewhere,' Alice ad

at,' said the Cat, 'if yo

ied, so she tried another question. '

'lives a Hatter: and in that direction,' waving the other paw

o go among mad peop

said the Cat: 'we're all ma

know I'm mad

the Cat, 'or you wou

at all; however, she went on 'An

the Cat, 'a dog's no

e so,' sa

angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I

ing, not growli

id the Cat. 'Do you play cr

ch,' said Alice, 'but I h

here,' said the

used to queer things happening. While she was looking a

the baby?' said the Cat. '

quietly said, just as if it

d,' said the Cat,

Hare was said to live. 'I've seen hatters before,' she said to herself; 'the March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it

pig, or fig?'

you wouldn't keep appearing and vanishi

owly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the

thought Alice; 'but a grin without a cat! It's

roof was thatched with fur. It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to abou