Through the Looking-Glass

as which in a moment, because one of them had 'DUM' embroidered on his collar, and the other 'DE

looking round to see if the word "TWEEDLE" was written at the back of each

ou ought to pay, you know. Wax-works weren'

marked 'DEE,' 'if you think we

ds of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticki

dum and

o have a

edum said

d his nice

ew down a mo

as a ta

ened both th

forgot thei

ng about,' said Tweedledum

as so, it might be; and if it were so, it woul

'which is the best way out of this wood: it'

only looked at each

choolboys, that Alice couldn't help pointing he

out briskly, and shut his

edee, though she felt quite certain he would

How d'ye do?" and shake hands!' And here the two brothers gave each other a hu

once: the next moment they were dancing round in a ring. This seemed quite natural (she remembered afterwards), and she was not even surprised to hear music playing: it seemed to

history of all this,) 'to find myself singing "Here we go round the mulberry bush." I do

ound is enough for one dance,' Tweedledum panted out, and they left off da

se, as Alice didn't know how to begin a conversation with people she had just been dancing with. 'It wou

ot much tired?'

u very much for aski

added Tweedledee.

ice said doubtfully. 'Would you tell

e, looking round at Tweedledum with great so

he longest,' Tweedledum replied, giv

e began i

n was s

very long,' she said, as politely as she coul

led gently, an

as shining

ith all h

s very be

s smooth a

as odd, be

le of th

was shini

he though

business

he day

rude of him

and spoil

s wet as w

s were d

ot see a cl

was in

ere flying

e no bird

s and the

ing close

like anyth

ntities

re only cle

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maids with

for hal

ose," the W

could get

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rus did

walk, a pl

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k his he

say he di

the oys

ung oysters

r for th

e brushed, thei

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dn't an

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anothe

d fast they

and more

through the

bling to

s and the

on a mi

hey rested

nient

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ited i

s come," the

of many

d ships-and

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er pigs h

bit," the Oy

we have

us are out

of us

" said the

ed him muc

bread," the

we chie

nd vineg

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re ready Oy

begin t

us!" the O

a litt

kindness,

l thing

s fine," the

admire t

kind of y

are ve

ter said n

anothe

were not qu

to ask yo

shame," the

them such

brought them

them trot

ter said n

r's spread

you," the

ly symp

nd tears he

the lar

s pocket h

is strea

," said th

ad a plea

trotting h

r came th

s scarcely

aten eve

ice: 'because you see he was a li

. 'You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the

ly. 'Then I like the Carpenter best-i

y as he could get,

lf in some alarm, at hearing something that sounded to her like the puffing of a large steam-engine in the wood near them

ed King snoring,

and they each took one of Alice's hands, a

vely sight?' s

, with a tassel, and he was lying crumpled up into a sort of untidy hea

ing on the damp grass,' said Alice,

weedledee: 'and what do you

'Nobody can

his hands triumphantly. 'And if he left off dre

ow, of course

ptuously. 'You'd be nowhere. Why, you

e,' added Tweedledum, 'you'd g

'Besides, if I'm only a sort of thing in his

said Twe

tto' cried

't help saying, 'Hush! You'll be waking h

aid Tweedledum, 'when you're only one of the thing

said Alice an

ller by crying,' Tweedledee remark

hing through her tears, it all seemed so

re real tears?' Tweedledum interr

So she brushed away her tears, and went on as cheerfully as she could. 'At any rate I'd better

his brother, and looked up into it. 'No, I don't thi

may rain

aid Tweedledee: 'we've no

o say 'Good-night' and leave them, when Tweedledum sprang

his eyes grew large and yellow all in a moment, as he pointed wit

ttle white thing. 'Not a rattle-snake, you know,' she added hastily, th

his hair. 'It's spoilt, of course!' Here he looked at Tweedledee, who imme

d said in a soothing tone, 'You need

han ever. 'It's new, I tell you-I bought it yesterday-my

took off Alice's attention from the angry brother. But he couldn't quite succeed, and it ended in his rolling over, bundled up in the umbrella, wit

have a battle?' Tweedled

, as he crawled out of the umbrella: 'onl

such as bolsters, blankets, hearth-rugs, table-cloths, dish-covers and coal-scuttles. 'I hope you're a good hand

put on-and the trouble they gave her in tying strings and fastening buttons-'Really they'll be more like bundles of old clothes than anything else, by

the most serious things that can possibly happ

naged to turn it into a cough,

have his helmet tied on. (He called it a helmet, th

ttle,' Alice r

ent on in a low voice: 'only to-

weedledee, who had overheard the r

-day,' said Alice, thinking it

I don't care about going on long,' s

t his watch, and sa

x, and then have din

h us-only you'd better not come very close,' he added: 'I ge

reach,' cried Tweedledum, '

it the trees pretty often,

don't suppose,' he said, 'there'll be a tree left stand

still hoping to make them a little a

so much,' said Tweedledum, '

ous crow would com

brother: 'but you can have the umbrella-it's quite as sharp

r,' said T

a thunderstorm coming on. 'What a thick black cloud that is!' she

ll voice of alarm: and the two brothers took to

,' she thought: 'it's far too large to squeeze itself in among the trees. But I wish it wouldn't f