Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . 219 so that one could keep up a conversation ! Buthow can you talk with a person if they alwayssay the same thing ? On this occasion the kitten only purred:and it was impossible to guess whether it meant yes or no. So Alice hunted among the chessmen on thetable till she had found the Red Queen : thenshe went down on her knees on the hearth-rug,and put the kitten and the Queen to look ateach other. Now, Kitty ! she cried, clappingher hands triumphantly. Confess that waswhat you turned into ! (But it wouldnt look at it, she said,when she was
Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . 219 so that one could keep up a conversation ! Buthow can you talk with a person if they alwayssay the same thing ? On this occasion the kitten only purred:and it was impossible to guess whether it meant yes or no. So Alice hunted among the chessmen on thetable till she had found the Red Queen : thenshe went down on her knees on the hearth-rug,and put the kitten and the Queen to look ateach other. Now, Kitty ! she cried, clappingher hands triumphantly. Confess that waswhat you turned into ! (But it wouldnt look at it, she said,when she was explaining the thing afterwards toher sister: it turned away its head, and pre-tended not to see it : but it looked a littleashamed of itself, so I think it must have beenthe Red Queen.) Sit up a little more stiffly, dear! Alicecried with a merry laugh. And curtsey whileyoure thinking what to--what to purr. It 220 WHICH DREAMED IT ? saves time, remember ! And she caught it upand gave it one little kiss, just in honour of itshaving been a Red Snowdrop, my pet! she went on, lookingover her shoulder at the White Kitten, whichwas still patiently undergoing its toilet, whentrill Dinah have finished with your White Ma \/ jesty, I wonder ? That must be the reason you WHICH DREAMED IT? 221 were so untidy in my -Dinah! Doyou know that you re scrubbing a White Queen ?Really, its most disrespectful of you ! And what did Dinah turn to, I wonder?:she prattled on, as she settled comfortably down,with one elbow on the rug;, and her chin in her O hand, to watch the kittens. Tell me, Dinah,did you turn to Humpty Dumpty ? I thinkyou did- -however, you d better not mention itto your friends just yet, for Im not sure. By the way, Kitty, if only youd beenreally with me in my dream, there was onething you would have enjoyed- -I had sucha quantity of poetry said to me, all aboutfishes! To-morrow morning you shall have areal treat. All the time youre eating yourbreakfast, Ill repeat T
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