‘It is wrong from beginning to end,’ said the Caterpillar decidedly, and

there was silence for some minutes. 🔊

The Caterpillar was the first to speak. 🔊

‘What size do you want to be?’ it asked. 🔊

‘Oh, I’m not particular as to size,’ Alice hastily replied; ‘only one

doesn’t like changing so often, you know.’ 🔊

‘I don’t know,’ said the Caterpillar. 🔊

Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life

before, and she felt that she was losing her temper. 🔊

‘Are you content now?’ said the Caterpillar. 🔊

‘Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir, if you wouldn’t mind,’

said Alice: ‘three inches is such a wretched height to be.’ 🔊

‘It is a very good height indeed!’ said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing

itself upright as it spoke 🔊 (it was exactly three inches high). 🔊

‘But I’m not used to it!’ pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. 🔊 And

she thought of herself, ‘I wish the creatures wouldn’t be so easily

offended!’ 🔊