← She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, ‘Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?’ 🔊
← ‘all I know is, it would feel very queer to me.’ 🔊
← Alice said nothing: she had never been so much contradicted in her life before, and she felt that she was losing her temper. 🔊
← She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out of the wood to listen. 🔊
← ‘I don’t know of any that do,’ Alice said very politely, feeling quite pleased to have got into a conversation. 🔊
← Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute, ‘and then,’ thought she, ‘what would become of me? 🔊
← ‘I’ve a right to think,’ said Alice sharply, for she was beginning to feel a little worried. 🔊
← ‘Come, that’s a good thing!’ she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered. 🔊
← Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said ‘What else had you to learn?’ 🔊
← ‘Thank you, it’s a very interesting dance to watch,’ said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last: ‘and I do so like that curious song about the whiting!’ 🔊