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yourself。'



  The baby grunted again; and Alice looked very anxiously into

its face to see what was the matter with it。  There could be no

doubt that it had a VERY turn…up nose; much more like a snout

than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for

a baby:  altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at

all。  ‘But perhaps it was only sobbing;' she thought; and looked

into its eyes again; to see if there were any tears。



  No; there were no tears。  ‘If you're going to turn into a pig;

my dear;' said Alice; seriously; ‘I'll have nothing more to do

with you。  Mind now!'  The poor little thing sobbed again (or

grunted; it was impossible to say which); and they went on for

some while in silence。



  Alice was just beginning to think to herself; ‘Now; what am I

to do with this creature when I get it home?' when it grunted

again; so violently; that she looked down into its face in some

alarm。  This time there could be NO mistake about it:  it was

neither more nor less than a pig; and she felt that it would be

quite absurd for her to carry it further。



  So she set the little creature down; and felt quite relieved to

see it trot away quietly into the wood。  ‘If it had grown up;'

she said to herself; ‘it would have made a dreadfully ugly child:

but it makes rather a handsome pig; I think。'  And she began

thinking over other children she knew; who might do very well as

pigs; and was just saying to herself; ‘if one only knew the right

way to change them' when she was a little startled by seeing

the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off。



  The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice。  It looked good…

natured; she thought:  still it had VERY long claws and a great

many teeth; so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect。



  ‘Cheshire Puss;' she began; rather timidly; as she did not at

all know whether it would like the name:  however; it only

grinned a little wider。  ‘Come; it's pleased so far;' thought

Alice; and she went on。  ‘Would you tell me; please; which way I

ought to go from here?'



  ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to;' said

the Cat。



  ‘I don't much care where' said Alice。



  ‘Then it doesn't matter which way you go;' said the Cat。



  ‘so long as I get SOMEWHERE;' Alice added as an explanation。



  ‘Oh; you're sure to do that;' said the Cat; ‘if you only walk

long enough。'



  Alice felt that this could not be denied; so she tried another

question。  ‘What sort of people live about here?'



  ‘In THAT direction;' the Cat said; waving its right paw round;

‘lives a Hatter:  and in THAT direction;' waving the other paw;

‘lives a March Hare。  Visit either you like:  they're both mad。'



  ‘But I don't want to go among mad people;' Alice remarked。



  ‘Oh; you can't help that;' said the Cat:  ‘we're all mad here。

I'm mad。  You're mad。'



  ‘How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice。



  ‘You must be;' said the Cat; ‘or you wouldn't have come here。'



  Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however; she went on

‘And how do you know that you're mad?'



  ‘To begin with;' said the Cat; ‘a dog's not mad。  You grant

that?'



  ‘I suppose so;' said Alice。



  ‘Well; then;' the Cat went on; ‘you see; a dog growls when it's

angry; and wags its tail when it's pleased。  Now I growl when I'm

pleased; and wag my tail when I'm angry。  Therefore I'm mad。'



  ‘I call it purring; not growling;' said Alice。



  ‘Call it what you like;' said the Cat。  ‘Do you play croquet

with the Queen to…day?'



  ‘I should like it very much;' said Alice; ‘but I haven't been

invited yet。'



  ‘You'll see me there;' said the Cat; and vanished。



  Alice was not much surprised at this; she was getting so used

to queer things happening。  While she was looking at the place

where it had been; it suddenly appeared again。



  ‘By…the…bye; what became of the baby?' said the Cat。  ‘I'd

nearly forgotten to ask。'



  ‘It turned into a pig;' Alice quietly said; just as if it had

come back in a natural way。



  ‘I thought it would;' said the Cat; and vanished again。



  Alice waited a little; half expecting to see it again; but it

did not appear; and after a minute or two she walked on in the

direction in which the March Hare was said to live。  ‘I've seen

hatters before;' she said to herself; ‘the March Hare will be

much the most interesting; and perhaps as this is May it won't be

raving madat least not so mad as it was in March。'  As she said

this; she looked up; and there was the Cat again; sitting on a

branch of a tree。



  ‘Did you say pig; or fig?' said the Cat。



  ‘I said pig;' replied Alice; ‘and I wish you wouldn't keep

appearing and vanishing so suddenly:  you make one quite giddy。'



  ‘All right;' said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly;

beginning with the end of the tail; and ending with the grin;

which remained some time after the rest of it had gone。



  ‘Well!  I've often seen a cat without a grin;' thought Alice;

‘but a grin without a cat!  It's the most curious thing I ever

saw in my life!'



  She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the

house of the March Hare:  she thought it must be the right house;

because the chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was

thatched with fur。  It was so large a house; that she did not

like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand

bit of mushroom; and raised herself to about two feet high:  even

then she walked up towards it rather timidly; saying to herself

‘Suppose it should be raving mad after all!  I almost wish I'd

gone to see the Hatter instead!'




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