‘You promised to tell me your history, you know,’ said Alice, ‘and why

it is you hate--C and D,’ she added in a whisper, half afraid that it

would be offended again. 🔊

‘Mine is a long and a sad tale!’ said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and

sighing. 🔊

‘It is a long tail, certainly,’ said Alice, looking down with wonder at

the Mouse’s tail; ‘but why do you call it sad?’ 🔊 And she kept on puzzling

about it while the Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was

something like this:-- 🔊