Oldal 28 [28]
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for she could not remember ever having seen
such a thing.
After a while, finding that nothing more
happened, she decided on going into the garden
at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got
to the door, she found she had forgotten the
little golden key, and when she went back to
the table for it, she found she could not possibly
reach it: she could see it quite plainly through
the glass, and she tried her best to climb up
one of the legs of the table, but it was too
slippery ; and when she had tired herself out
with trying, the poor little thing sat down
and cried,
“Come, there’s no use in crying like that!”
said Alice to herself, rather sharply; “1 advise
you to leave off this minute!” She generally
gave herself very good advice, (though she
very seldom followed ait, and sometimes she
scolded herself so severely as_ to bring tears
into her eyes; and once she remembered trying
to box her own ears for having cheated herself