Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . nd, getting no answerto this, she quietly walked away: but shecouldnt help saying to herself, as she went,:: Of all the unsatisfactory— (she repeatedthis aloud, as it was a great comfort to havesuch a long word to say) of all the unsatisfac-tory people I ever met She never finished the sentence, for at this moment a heavy crashshook the forest from end to end. CHAPTER VII. THE LION AND THE UNICORN. THE next moment soldiers came runningthrough the wood, at first in twos and threes,then ten or twenty together, and at last in suchcrowds that
Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . nd, getting no answerto this, she quietly walked away: but shecouldnt help saying to herself, as she went,:: Of all the unsatisfactory— (she repeatedthis aloud, as it was a great comfort to havesuch a long word to say) of all the unsatisfac-tory people I ever met She never finished the sentence, for at this moment a heavy crashshook the forest from end to end. CHAPTER VII. THE LION AND THE UNICORN. THE next moment soldiers came runningthrough the wood, at first in twos and threes,then ten or twenty together, and at last in suchcrowds that they seemed to fill the whole forest,Alice got behind a tree, for fear of being runover, and watched them go by. She thought that in all her life she hadnever seen soldiers so uncertain on their feet :they were always tripping over something orother, and whenever one went down, severalmore always fell over him, so that the groundwas soon covered with little heaps of men. 138 THE LION AND / sji (tellifllMli i. ^A V il&Jl \ji »((&-«! »i!|f. Then came the horses. Having four feet,,these managed rather better than the foot-sol-diers ; but even tliey stumbled now and then; THE UXICORN. 139 and it seemed to be a regular rule that, when-ever a horse stumbled, the rider fell off confusion got worse every moment, andAlice was very glad to get out of the woodinto an open place, where she found the WhiteKing seated on the ground, busily writing inhis memorandum-book. I ve sent them all! the King cried ina tone of delight, on seeing Alice. Did youhappen to meet any soldiers, my dear, as youcame through the wood ? o Yes, I did, said Alice : several thousand,I should think. Four thousand two hundred and seven,thats the exact number, the King said, referringto his book. I couldnt send all the know, because two of them are wanted in «/ the game. And I havent sent the two Mes-sengers, either. They re both gone to the look along the road, and tell me if y
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