← First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; 🔊
← ‘What is a Caucus-race?’ said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. 🔊
← and, as she could not think of anything to say, she simply bowed, and took the thimble, looking as solemn as she could. 🔊
← Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances. 🔊
← Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished. 🔊
← It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at first; 🔊
← ‘Anything you like,’ said the Footman, and began whistling. 🔊
← The King’s argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren’t to talk nonsense. 🔊
← Alice said nothing; she had sat down with her face in her hands, wondering if anything would ever happen in a natural way again. 🔊
← ‘What are they doing?’ Alice whispered to the Gryphon. ‘They can’t have anything to put down yet, before the trial’s begun.’ 🔊