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AND A LONG TALE. 39 and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter "Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!" “Hold your tongue, Ma!” said the young Crab, a little snappishly. “You're enough to try the c] wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!” said Alice aloud, addressing nobody in “And who is Dinab, if I might venture to ask the question?” said the Lory. Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about. her pet: “Dinah’s our eat. And shes such a capital one for catching mice, you cant think! And oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! Why, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!” This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. Some of the birds hurried of at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully, remarking, “I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn’t
