Stranica 88 [88]
72 ADVICE FROM A
the look-out for serpents night and day! Why,
IT haven't had a wink of sleep these three
weeks !”
“I’m very sorry you’ve’ been annoyed,” said
Alice, who was beginning to see its meaning.
“And just as I’d taken the highest tree in
the wood,’ continued the Pigeon, raising its
voice to a shriek, “and just as I was thinking
I should. be free of them at last, they must
needs come wriggling down from the sky! Ugh,
Serpent !”
‘But I’m not a serpent, | tell you!” said Alice.
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“T’m a—— Im a
“Well! What are you?” said the Pigeon. “I
can see you're trying to invent something!”
“T—-I’m a little girl,’ said Alice, rather
doubtfully, as she remembered the number of
changes she had gone through that day.
‘““A likely story mdeed!” said the Pigeon in
a tone of the deepest contempt. “I’ve seen a
good many little girls in my time, but never one
with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a