Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . tshe didnt get on very fast, as she was talkingall the time, sometimes to the kitten, andsometimes to herself. Kitty sat very demurelyon her knee, pretending to watch the progressof the winding, and now and then putting outone paw and gently touching the ball, as if itwould be glad to help if it might. Do you know what to-morrow is, Kitty?Alice began. Youd have guessed if youdbeen up in the window with me—only Dinahwas making you tidy, so you couldnt. I waswatching the boys getting in sticks for thebonfire—and it wants plenty of sticks, Ki
Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . tshe didnt get on very fast, as she was talkingall the time, sometimes to the kitten, andsometimes to herself. Kitty sat very demurelyon her knee, pretending to watch the progressof the winding, and now and then putting outone paw and gently touching the ball, as if itwould be glad to help if it might. Do you know what to-morrow is, Kitty?Alice began. Youd have guessed if youdbeen up in the window with me—only Dinahwas making you tidy, so you couldnt. I waswatching the boys getting in sticks for thebonfire—and it wants plenty of sticks, Kitty!Only it got so cold, and it snowed so, they hadto leave off. Never mind, Kitty, well go andsee the bonfire to-morrow. Here Alicewound two or three turns of the worsted roundthe kittens neck, just to see how it would look:this led to a scramble, in which the ball rolleddown upon the floor, and yards and yards of itgot unwound again. Do you know, T was so angry, Kitty, Alicewent on, as soon as they were comfortably THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. 13. settled again, when I saw all the mischiefyou had been doing, I was very nearly openingthe window, and putting you out into the snow!And youd have deserved it, you little mis-chievous darling! What have you got to sayfor yourself? Now dont interrupt me! shewent on, holding up one finger. Im going to tell you all your faults. Number one: you 14 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. squeaked twice while Dinah was washing yourface this morning. Now you cant deny it,Kitty: I heard you! Whats that you say?(pretending that the kitten was speaking).Her paw went into your eye? Well, thatsyour fault, for keeping your eyes open—ifyoud shut them tight up, it wouldnt havehappened. Now dont make any more ex-cuses, but listen! Number two: you pulledSnowdrop away by the tail just as I had putdown the saucer of milk before her! What,you were thirsty, were you? How do youknow she wasnt thirsty too? Now for num-ber three: you unwound every bit of theworsted
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