Stranica 114 [114]
98 A MAD TEA-PARTY.
“Then you should say what you mean, the
March Hare went on.
“T do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least—at
least I mean what I ‘say—that’s the same thing,
you know.”
“Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter.
“Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see
what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I
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“You might just as well say,’ added, the
March Hare, “that ‘I like what I get’ is the
same thing as ‘I get what I like!"
“You might just as well say,’ added the
Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his
sleep, “that ‘I breathe when I sleep’ is the same
thing as ‘I sleep when I breathe’!”
“It zw the same thing with you,’ said the
Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and
the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice
thought over all she could remember about
ravens and writing-desks, which wasn’t much.
The Hatter was the first to break the silenee.