Alice in Wonderland (44)

Alice in Wonderland (44)

" How are you getting on ? " said the Cat, as soon as there was mouth enough for it to speak with.

In another minute the whole head appeared, and then Alice put down her flamingo, and began an account of the game, feeling very glad she had someone to listen to her.

The Cat seemed to think that there was enough of in sight, and no more of it appeared.

" I don't think they play at all fairly, " Alice began, in rather complaining tone, "and they don't seem to have any rules in particular, and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things alive."

" For instance, I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehoge just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming ? "

" How do you like the Queen ? " said the Cat in a low voice.

" Not at all, "said Alice.
" She's so extremelyー"

Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening.

So she went on, " ーlikely to win, that it's hardly worth while finishing the game. "

The Queen smiled and passed on.

" Who are you talking to ? " said the King, coming up to Alice, and looking at the Cheshire Cat's head with great curiousty.

" It's a friend of mineーa Cheshire Cat, " said Alice, " allow me to introduce it. "

" I don't like the look of it at all, " said the King, " however, it may kiss my hand if it likes. "

" I'd rather not, " the Cat remarked.

" Don't look at me like that ! ", he got behind Alice as he spoke.
" well, it must be removed, " said the King and he called to the Queen, who was passing at the moment.

" My dear ! I wish you would have this cat removed ! "

The Queenhad only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small.
" Off with his head ! " she said.

" I'll fetch the executioner myself, " said the king eagerly, and he hurried off.

Alice thought she might as well go back, and see how the game was going on.
So she went in serch of her hedgehog and flamingo.

Her hedgehog was fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the other.

But her flamingo was gone across to the other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless sort of way to fly up into a tree.
 
By the time she had caught her flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the hedeghogs were out of sight.

So Alice went back for a little more conversation with her friend.

When she got back to the cheshire Cat, she was surprised that a large crowd collected round it. 

 
 
The executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once, while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable.

The execuioner's argument was, that you couldn't cut off a head unless there was a body to cut it off from.

The King's argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren't to talk nonsense.

The Quee's argument was, that if something wasn't done about it in less than no time, she 'd have everybody executed, all round.

Alice could think of nothing else to say but, " It belongs to the Duchess.
You 'd better ask her about it. "

" She's in prison, " the Queen said to the executioner and ordered," Fetch her here."

The executioner went off like an arrow.

Just then The Cat's head began fading away.

By the time he had come back with the Duchess, it had entirely disappeared.

So the King and executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it, while rest of the party went back to the game.


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