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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 3 see “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.