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A Mad Tea-Party
"andtheydrewallmannerofthings—everythingthatbeginswithanM——"
"WhywithanM? "saidAlice.
"Whynot? "saidtheMarchHare.
Alicewassilent.
TheDormousehadcloseditseyesbythistime,andwasgoingoffintoadoze; but,onbeingpinchedbytheHatter,itwokeupagainwithalittleshriek,andwenton: "——thatbeginswithanM,suchasmouse-traps,andthemoon,andmemory,andmuchness—youknowyousaythingsare‘muchofamuchness’—didyoueverseesuchathingasadrawingofamuchness!"
"Really,nowyouaskme,"saidAlice,verymuchconfused,"Idon’tthink——"
"Thenyoushouldn’ttalk,"saidtheHatter.
ThispieceofrudenesswasmorethanAlicecouldbear: shegotupingreatdisgust,andwalkedoff: theDormousefellasleepinstantly,andneitheroftheotherstooktheleastnoticeofhergoing,thoughshelookedbackonceortwice,halfhopingthattheywouldcallafterher: thelasttimeshesawthem,theyweretryingtoputtheDormouseintotheteapot.
"AtanyrateI’llnevergothereagain! "saidAlice,asshepickedherwaythroughthewood. "It’sthestupidesttea-partyIeverwasatinallmylife!"
Justasshesaidthis,shenoticedthatoneofthetreeshadadoorleadingrightintoit. "That’sverycurious! "shethought. "Buteverything’scuriousto-day.IthinkImayaswellgoinatonce. "Andinshewent.