Alice in Wonderland the Original 1865 Edition With No Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel (A Classic Novel of Lewis Carroll): Alice Adventure in the Wonderland Lewis Carroll Novel for Kids by Carroll Lewis

Author:Carroll, Lewis [Carroll, Lewis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9798493883910
Amazon: B09J79FQB7
Goodreads: 59443900
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2021-10-11T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

There was a lovely long table under a tree in front of the house, and it turned out that both the Mad Hatter and the March Hare were there, having tea. A dormouse sat between them, fast asleep. They were all bunched up together at one end of the table.

Alice’s stomach rumbled.

“No room! No room!” the Mad Hatter and the March Hare cried as Alice walked closer.

“Don’t be silly,” said Alice, sitting down. “There’s plenty of room.”

“Would you like a scone?” asked the Mad Hatter. He had one hat stacked on top of another on his head, a purple velvet suit, and a necklace of thimbles. Interesting sense of fashion in this place, thought Alice.

“Oh, yes, please!” she said. Now, this was more like it.

“We don’t have any scones,” said the March Hare.

Alice’s stomach rumbled again. “It wasn’t very nice of you to offer,” she said.

“It wasn’t very nice of you to just sit down uninvited,” said the March Hare.

“B-but there really is a lot of extra room,” Alice sputtered.

“Your hair looks hilarious,” said the Mad Hatter. The March Hare nodded.

Alice reached up. Her half-done braids had unraveled when she’d fallen down the rabbit hole. “That’s extremely rude,” she snapped.

“Why is a raven like a writing desk?” asked the Mad Hatter.

Alice leaned forward. “Ooh, riddles! I can do this one.”

“You mean you can find out the answer?” asked the Hatter.

“Yes, exactly,” said Alice.

“Then you should say what you mean,” said the Hatter. The March Hare nodded.

“I do—I mean what I say! It’s the same thing,” said Alice.

“Is ‘I see what I eat’ the same as ‘I eat what I see’?” asked the Hatter. “I think not.” The March Hare shook his head.

“Or ‘I like what I get’ the same as ‘I get what I like’?” the March Hare asked.

“Or ‘I breathe when I sleep’ the same as ‘I sleep when I breathe’?” murmured the Dormouse.

“That is the same for you,” said the Hatter. He poured some tea on the Dormouse’s nose.

“Yes, exactly,” murmured the Dormouse. Then he started snoring.

The Hatter looked at his pocket watch. “What day is it?” he said, shaking it.

“The fourth,” said Alice after a quick think.

“I knew it!” said the Hatter. “My watch is two days off!” Disgusted, he handed it to the March Hare, who dipped the watch in a cup of tea.

“Your watch tells days, not time?” asked Alice.

“Why not?” asked the Hatter. “Did you guess the riddle yet?”

“I give up,” said Alice. “So why is a raven like a writing desk?”

“How should I know?” The Hatter shrugged. So did the Hare.

Alice opened her mouth, then closed it again.

“Tell us a story!” said the March Hare to Alice.

“Uh…,” Alice stuttered. “I don’t know a good one.”

“Then the Dormouse shall!” cried the other two. And they pinched the Dormouse awake.

“I wasn’t asleep,” said the Dormouse. “I heard everything. Very interesting.”

“Just tell us a story before you fall asleep again,” said the March Hare.

“Yes, please do,” Alice chimed in. She was hoping they’d bring out sandwiches, or even just a cracker, if she was polite.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.