. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there. them ever talk, where / come from. What sort of insects do you rejoice in,where you come from ? the Gnat inquired. I dont rejoice in insects at all, Alice ex-plained, because Im rather afraid of them at least the large kinds. But I can tell you thenames of some of them. Of course they answer to their names?-the Gnat remarked carelessly. I never knew them do it. Whats the use of their having names, theGnat said, if they wont answer to them? No use to them, said Alice ; but its usefulto the people that name them, I suppose. If not,why do
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there. them ever talk, where / come from. What sort of insects do you rejoice in,where you come from ? the Gnat inquired. I dont rejoice in insects at all, Alice ex-plained, because Im rather afraid of them at least the large kinds. But I can tell you thenames of some of them. Of course they answer to their names?-the Gnat remarked carelessly. I never knew them do it. Whats the use of their having names, theGnat said, if they wont answer to them? No use to them, said Alice ; but its usefulto the people that name them, I suppose. If not,why do things have names at all ? I cant say, the Gnat replied. Further on,in the wood down there, theyve got no names however, go on with your list of insects : you re wasting time. m LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS. Well, theres the Horse-fly, Alice began,.counting off the names on her fingers. All right, said the Gnat: half way up,that bush, youll see a Rocking-horse-fly, if youlook. Its made entirely of wood, and gets aboutby swinonno; itself from branch to What does it live on ? Alice asked, withgreat curiosity. Sap and sawdust, said the Gnat. Go onwith the list. Alice looked at the Eocking-horse-fly with greatinterest, and made up her mind that it must have LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS. 57
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