. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . ll the unsatisfactory— (she re-peated this aloud, as it was a great comfortto have such a long word to say) of all theunsatisfactory people I ever met- Shenever finished the sentence, for at this mo-ment a heavy crash shook the forest fromend to end. Q — Through, t/ig L&oking-Gla&S CHAPTER VII. THE LION AND THE UNICORN. THE next moment soldiers came runningthrough the wood, at first in twos andthrees, then ten or twenty together, and atlast in such crowds that they seemed to fillthe whole forest. Alice got behind a tree;for fear of bei
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . ll the unsatisfactory— (she re-peated this aloud, as it was a great comfortto have such a long word to say) of all theunsatisfactory people I ever met- Shenever finished the sentence, for at this mo-ment a heavy crash shook the forest fromend to end. Q — Through, t/ig L&oking-Gla&S CHAPTER VII. THE LION AND THE UNICORN. THE next moment soldiers came runningthrough the wood, at first in twos andthrees, then ten or twenty together, and atlast in such crowds that they seemed to fillthe whole forest. Alice got behind a tree;for fear of being run over, and watchedthem go by. She thought that in all her life she hadnever seen soldiers so uncertain on theirfeet: they were always tripping over some-thing or other, and whenever one wentdown, several more always fell over him, sothat the ground was soon covered with lit tieheaps of men. Then came the horses. Having four feet,these managed rather better than the foot-Boldiers : but even they stumbled now and THE LION AND THE then; and it seemed to be a regular rule that,whenever a horse stumbled, the rider fell off 136 THRO UGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. instantly. The confusion got worse everymoment, and Alice was very glad to get outof the wood into an open place, where shefound the White King seated on the ground,busily writing in his memorandom-book. Ive sent them all! the King cried in atone of delight, on seeing Alice. Did youhappen to meet any soldiers, my dear, asyou came through the wood ? Yes, I did, said Alice: several thousand,I should think. Four thousand two hundred and seven,thats the exact number, the King said,referring to his book. I couldnt send allthe horses, you know, because two of themare wanted in the game. And I havent sentthe two Messengers, either. Theyre bothgone to the town. Just look along the road,and tell me if you can see either of them. I see nobody on the road, said Alice. I only wish / had such eyes, the Kingremarked in a fretf
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