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Wouldn’t it be a nice thing to have a curious dream, just like Alice?
The best plan is this. First lie down under a tree, and wait till a White Rabbit runs by, with a watch in his hand: then shut your eyes, and pretend to be dear little Alice.
Good-bye, Alice dear, good-bye!
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 14 The Shower Of Cards
OH dear, oh dear! What is it all about? And what’s happening to Alice?
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...Alice said “Stuff and nonsense!”
So the Queen said “Off with her head!” (Just what she always said, when she was angry.)
So Alice said “Who cares for you? You’re nothing but a pack of cards!”
So they were all very angry, and flew up into the air, and came tumbling down again, all over Alice, just like a shower of rain.
And I think you’ll never guess what happened next. The next thing was, Alice woke up out of her curious dream. And she found that the cards were only some leaves off the tree, that the wind had blown down upon her face.
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 14 The Shower Of Cards
The way the trial ended was this. The King wanted the Jury to settle whether the Knave of Hearts was guilty or not guilty—that means that they were to settle whether he had stolen the Tarts, or if somebody else had taken them. But the wicked Queen wanted to have his punishment settled, first of all. That wasn’t at all fair, was it? Because, you know, supposing he never took the Tarts, then of course he oughtn’t to be punished. Would you like to be punished for something you hadn’t done?
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 14 the Shower of Cards
Mr. Tenniel says the screaming bird is a Storkling (of course you know what that is?) and the little white head is a Mouseling. Isn’t it a little darling?
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 13 Who Stole The Tarts?
You see, she was sitting close by the Jury-box: and she was called as a witness. You know what a “witness” is? A “witness” is a person who has seen the prisoner do whatever he’s accused of, or at any rate knows something that’s important in the trial.
But Alice hadn’t seen the Queen make the tarts: and she hadn’t seen the Knave take the tarts: and, in fact, she didn’t know anything about it: so why in the world they wanted her to be a witness, I’m sure I ca’n’t tell you!
Anyhow, they did want her. And the White Rabbit blew his big trumpet, and shouted out “Alice!” And so Alice jumped up in a great hurry.
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 13 Who Stole The Tarts?
DID you ever hear how the Queen of Hearts made some tarts? And can you tell me what became of them ?
“Why, of course I can! Doesn’t the song tell all about it?
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts: All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away! ”
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 13 Who Stole the Tarts?
That creature with a red head, and red claws, and green scales, is the Gryphon. Now you know.
And the other’s the Mock Turtle. It’s got a calf’s-head, because calf’s- head is used to make Mock Turtle Soup. Now you know.
“But what are they doing, going round and round Alice like that?”
Why, I thought of course you’d know that! They’re dancing a Lobster-Quadrille.
And next time you meet a Gryphon and a Mock Turtle, I daresay they’ll dance it for you, if you ask them prettily. Only don’t let them come quite close, of they’ll be treading on your toes, as they did on poor Alice’s.
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The Nursery alice - Chapter 12 The Lobster-Quadrille
So Alice is just resting from the Game, for a minute, to have a chat with that dear old thing, the Duchess: and of course she keeps her mallet under her arm, so as not to lose it.
“But I don’t think she was a dear old thing, one bit! To call her Baby a Pig, and to want to chop off Alice’s head!”
Oh, that was only a joke, about chopping off Alice’s head: and as to the Baby—why, it was a Pig, you know! And just look at her smile! Why, it’s wider than all Alice’s head: and yet you can only see half of it!
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The Nursery Alice - Chapter 12 The Lobster-Quadrille
