The pepper when he pleases!’ 🔊
‘Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!’ the Duchess said to Alice,
flinging the baby at her as she spoke. 🔊 ‘I must go and get ready to play
croquet with the Queen,’ and she hurried out of the room. 🔊 The cook threw
a frying-pan after her as she went out, but it just missed her. 🔊
Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer-shaped
little creature, and held out its arms and legs in all directions, 🔊 ‘just
like a star-fish,’ thought Alice. 🔊 The poor little thing was snorting
like a steam-engine when she caught it, and kept doubling itself up and
straightening itself out again, 🔊 so that altogether, for the first minute