‘You’ll get used to it in time,’ said the Caterpillar; 🔊 and it put the
hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. 🔊
This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. 🔊 In
a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth
and yawned once or twice, and shook itself. 🔊 Then it got down off the
mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, merely remarking as it went,
‘One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you
‘One side of what? The other side of what?’ thought Alice to herself. 🔊
‘Of the mushroom,’ said the Caterpillar, just as if she had asked it
aloud; 🔊 and in another moment it was out of sight. 🔊
Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying
to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly
round, she found this a very difficult question. 🔊 However, at last she
stretched her arms round it as far as they would go, and broke off a bit
‘And now which is which?’ she said to herself, and nibbled a little of
the right-hand bit to try the effect: 🔊 the next moment she felt a violent