‘Well, perhaps not,’ said Alice in a soothing tone: ‘don’t be angry
about it. 🔊 And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you’d
take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. 🔊 She is such a dear quiet
thing,’ Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the
pool, 🔊 ‘and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and
washing her face-- 🔊and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse--and she’s
such a capital one for catching mice--oh, I beg your pardon!’ cried
Alice again, 🔊 for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she
felt certain it must be really offended. 🔊 ‘We won’t talk about her any
‘We indeed!’ cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his
tail. 🔊 ‘As if I would talk on such a subject! 🔊 Our family always hated
cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don’t let me hear the name again!’ 🔊
‘I won’t indeed!’ said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of
conversation. 🔊 ‘Are you--are you fond--of--of dogs?’ 🔊 The Mouse did not
answer, so Alice went on eagerly: ‘There is such a nice little dog near
our house I should like to show you! 🔊 A little bright-eyed terrier, you