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PIG AND PEPPEK. 87 or two: wouldnt it be murder to leave it behind?” 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 expressing 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.
