. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . EEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. 93 get at me here she thought: its far toolarge to squeeze itself in among the I wish it wouldnt flap its wings so—it makes quite a hurricane in the wood•—heres somebodys shawl being blownaway!1 CHAPTER V. WOOL AND WATER. SHE caught the shawl as she spoke, andlooked about for the owner: in anothermoment the White Queen came runningwildly through the wood, with both armsstretched out wide, as if she were flying, andAlice very civilly went to meet her with theshawl. Im very glad I happened to be in thew
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . EEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE. 93 get at me here she thought: its far toolarge to squeeze itself in among the I wish it wouldnt flap its wings so—it makes quite a hurricane in the wood•—heres somebodys shawl being blownaway!1 CHAPTER V. WOOL AND WATER. SHE caught the shawl as she spoke, andlooked about for the owner: in anothermoment the White Queen came runningwildly through the wood, with both armsstretched out wide, as if she were flying, andAlice very civilly went to meet her with theshawl. Im very glad I happened to be in theway, Alice said, as she helped her to put onher shawl again. The White Queen only looked at her in ahelpless frightened sort of way, and keptrepeating something in a whisper to herselfthat sounded like Bread-and-butter, bread-and-butter, and Alice felt that if there wasto be any conversation at all, she mustmanage it herself. So she began rather WOOL AND WATER. 95 timidly : Am I addressing the WhiteQueen ? Well, yes, if you call that a-dressing, the. Queen said. It isnt my notion of the thing1,at all. Alice thought it would never do to havean argument at the very beginning of theirconversation, so she smiled and said, If THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. your Majesty will only tell me the right wayto begin, Ill do it as well as I can. .But I dont want it done at all! groanedthe poor Queen. Ive been a-dressingmyself for the last two hours. It would have been all the better, as itseemed to Alice, if she had got some oneelse to dress her, she was so dreadfullyuntidy. Every single things crooked,Alice thought to herself, and shes all overpins!- -May I put your shawl straight foryou ? she added aloud. I dont know whats the matter with it!the Queen said in a melancholy voice. Itsout of temper, I think. Ive pinned it here,and Ive pinned it there, but theres no pleas- * *_L I ing it! It cant go straight, you know, if you pinit all on one side, Alice said, as she gentlyput it right for he
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