Oldal 98 [98]
82 | PIG AND PEPPER.
There was certainly too much of it in the
air. ven the Duchess sneezed occasionally ;
and as for the baby, it was sneezing and howl¬
ing alternately without a moments pause. The
only two creatures in the kitchen that did not
sneeze, were the cook, and a large cai whisk
was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear
to ear.
‘Please would you tell me,’ said Alice, a
little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether
it was good manners for her to speak first, “ why
your cat grins like that ?”
c [ts a Cheshire cat, said the Duchess, “ and
that’s why. Pig!”
She said the last word with such sudden
violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw
in another moment that it was addressed to the
baby, and not to her, so she took courage, and
went on again :—
“YT didn’t know that Cheshire cats always
erinned ; in fact, I didn’t know that cats could
grin.’