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(Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.) 🔊

And then a voice she had never heard before, ‘Sure then Im here! Digging for apples, yer honour!’ 🔊

Digging for apples, indeed!’ said the Rabbit angrily. 🔊

Ah, well! It means much the same thing,’ said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alices shoulder as she added, ‘and the moral of that is--“Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.”’ 🔊

Thinking again?’ the Duchess asked, with another dig of her sharp little chin. 🔊

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