. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . CHAPTER XII. WHICH DREAMED IT? YOUR Red Majesty shouldnt purr so loud/Alice said, rubbing her eyes, and addressingthe kitten, respectfully, yet with some sever-ity. You woke me out of oh ! such a nicedream! And youve been along1 with me,Kittyâall through the Looking-Glass you know it, dear? It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens(Alicehad once made the remark) that, what-ever you say to them, they always purr. Ifthey would only purr for * yes, and mew for* no, or any rule of that sort, she had said, so that one could keep
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . CHAPTER XII. WHICH DREAMED IT? YOUR Red Majesty shouldnt purr so loud/Alice said, rubbing her eyes, and addressingthe kitten, respectfully, yet with some sever-ity. You woke me out of oh ! such a nicedream! And youve been along1 with me,Kittyâall through the Looking-Glass you know it, dear? It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens(Alicehad once made the remark) that, what-ever you say to them, they always purr. Ifthey would only purr for * yes, and mew for* no, or any rule of that sort, she had said, so that one could keep up a conservation!But how can you talk with a person t if theyalways say the same thing? On this occasion the kitten only purred: WHICH DREAMED IT. 207 it was impossible to guess whether itmeant yes or no. So Alice hunted among the chessmen on. the table till she had found the Red Queensthen she went down on her knees on thehearth-rug, and put the kitten and the Queento look at each other, Now, Kitty! she 208 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. cried, clapping her hands triumphantly, Confess that was what you turned into! (4l But it wouldnt look at it, she said,when she was explaining the thing after-wards to her sister: it turned away itbhead, and pretended not to see it: but itlooked a little ashamed of itself, so I think itmust have been the Red Queen.) Sit up a little more stiffly, dear! Alicecried with a merry laugh. And curtseywhile youre thinking what toâwhat to saves time, remember! And she caughtit up and gave it one little kiss, just inhonor of its having been a Red Queen. Snowdrop, my pet! she went on, look-ing over her shoulder at the White Kitten,which was still patiently undergoing itstoilet, when will Dinah have finished withyour White Majesty, I wonder? That mustbe the reason you were so untidy in mydream.â
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