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PIG AND PEPPEK. 87
or two: wouldnt it be murder to leave it be¬
hind?” She said the last words out loud, and
the little thing grunted in reply (it had left off
sneezing by this time). "Dont grunt,’ said
Alice; “that’s not at all a proper way of ex¬
pressing yourself.”
The baby grunted again, aud Alice looked
very anxiously into its face to see what was the
matter with it. There could be no doubt that
it had a very turn-up nose, much more like a
snout than a real nose; also its eyes were
getting extremely small for a baby: altogether
Alice did not like the look of the thing at all.
“But perhaps it was only sobbing,” she thought,
and looked into its eyes again, to see if there
were any tears.
No, there were no tears. “If you're going to
turn into a pig, my dear,’ said Alice, seriously,
“T'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind
now!” The poor little thing sobbed again (or
srunted, it was impossible to say which), and
they went on for some while in silence.