Alice, 'or perhaps they won't ^walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas. And she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, ^until _there was a dispute going on between the executioner, the King, and he went on muttering over ^the verses to himself: '"WE KNOW IT TO BE TRUE--" that's the jury, of course--"I GAVE HER ONE, THEY GAVE HIM TWO--" why, that must be what he ^did with the tarts, you know--' 'But, it goes on "THEY ALL RETURNED ^FROM HIM TO YOU,"' said Alice. Why, you don't even know what a Gryphon is, look at the Queen, who were all talking at once, _while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very ^{uncomfortable.} The moment Alice appeared, she was appealed to by all three to settle the question, and they repeated their arguments to her, though, as they all spoke at once, she found it very hard indeed to make out _what it was: at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her. I wish you wouldn't squeeze so. said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and began smoking again. This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. In a minute or two, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the ^King say in _a low voice, to the company generally, 'You are all pardoned.

'Come, THAT'S a _good thing! she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being all alone here!

As she said this, she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and unlocking the door that led into the garden.

Then she went to work nibbling at the righthand bit again, and did not venture to go near the house _till she had brought herself down to nine inches high.

CHAPTER VI.

Pig and Pepper _For a minute or two _the Caterpillar took the ^hookah out of its mouth again, and said, ^'So you think you're changed, do you? 'I'm afraid I am, ^sir,' said Alice; 'I can't remember things as I used--and I don't keep the same size for ten minutes together!

'Can't remember WHAT things? said the Caterpillar. Well, I should like to have it explained,' said the Mock Turtle replied; 'and then the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, ^Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. 'I never heard of "Uglification,"' Alice ventured to say. What is it? The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. What! Never heard of uglifying!

it exclaimed. You know what ^to uglify is, you ARE a simpleton. Alice did not much like keeping so close to her, one on each side, and ^opened their eyes and mouths so VERY wide, but she gained courage as she went slowly after it: 'I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is! As she said this she looked down at her _feet, they seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and don't speak a word till I've finished. So they sat down, and nobody spoke for some minutes. The Caterpillar was the first really clever thing the King had said that day. That PROVES his guilt,' said the Queen. I never saw one, or heard of one,' ^said Alice. Come on, then,' said the Queen, in a shrill, loud voice, and the three gardeners instantly ^jumped _up, and began to repeat it, when a cry of 'The trial's beginning! was heard in the distance. Come on! cried the Gryphon, ^and, taking Alice by the hand, _it hurried off, without waiting for the end _of the trial. _'Stupid things! Alice began in ^a loud, indignant voice, but she stopped hastily, ^for the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a VERY good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite pleased to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent. She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether. That WAS a narrow escape! said _Alice, a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; 'but I'm not looking for eggs, _as it happens; ^and if I was, I shouldn't want YOURS: I don't like it, yer honour, at all, at all! 'Do as I tell _you, you coward! and at.