Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . Glass you know it, dear? It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens(Alice had once made the remark) that, what-ever you say to them, they always purr. Ifthey would only purr foryes, and mew forno, or any rule of that sort, she had said,so that one could keep up a conversation!But how can you talk with a person if theyalways say the same thing? On this occasion the kitten only purred; andit was impossible to guess whether it meantyes or no. So Alice hunted among the chessmen on thetable till she had found the Red Queen; thenshe we
Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . Glass you know it, dear? It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens(Alice had once made the remark) that, what-ever you say to them, they always purr. Ifthey would only purr foryes, and mew forno, or any rule of that sort, she had said,so that one could keep up a conversation!But how can you talk with a person if theyalways say the same thing? On this occasion the kitten only purred; andit was impossible to guess whether it meantyes 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 lookat each other. Now, Kitty! she cried, clap-ping her hands triumphantly. Confess thatwas what you turned into! 164 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. (But it wouldnt look at it, she said, whenshe was explaining the thing afterwards to hersister; it turned away its head, and pretendednot to see it; but it looked a little ashamed ofitself, so I think it must have been the RedQueen.). Sit up a little more stiffly, dear! Alicecried with a merry laugh. And curtseywhile youre thinking what to—what to saves time, remember! And she caughtit up and gave it one little kiss, just in honorof its havinsr been a Red Oueen. THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. 165 Snowdrop, my pet! she went on, lookingover her shoulder at the White Kitten, whichwas still patiently undergoing its toilet, whenwill Dinah have finished with your WhiteMajesty, I wonder? That must be the reasonyou were so untidy in my dream—Dinah! Doyou know that youre scrubbing a WhiteQueen? Really, its most disrespectful ofyou! And what did Dinah turn to I wonder?she prattled on, as she settled comfortablydown, with one elbow on the rug, and her chinin her hand, to watch the kittens. Tell me,Dinah, did you turn to Humpty Dumpty? Ithink you did—however, youd better not men-tion it to your friends just yet, for Im notsure. By the way, Kitty, if only youd bee
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