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“ Well, I never heard it before,’ said the Mock
Turtle; "but it sounds uncommon nonsense,”
Alice said nothing: she had sat down again
with her face in her hands, wondering if any¬
thing would ever happen in a natural way
again.
“T should like to have it explained,” said the
Mock Turtle. |
“She can't explain it,’ said the Gryphon
hastily. ‘‘Go on with the next verse.”
“But about his toes?” the Mock Turtle
persisted. “ How could he turn them out with
his nose, you know ?”
“It’s the first position in dancing,’ Alice
said; but she was dreadfully puzzled by the
whole thing, and longed to change the subject.
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the Gryphon
“Go on with the next verse,
repeated impatiently: “it begins ‘J passed by
his garden.”
Alice did not dare to disobey, though she
felt sure it would all come wrong, and she went
on in a trembling voice :—