← ‘No, I’ll look first,’ she said, ‘and see whether it’s marked “poison” or not’; 🔊
← and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison,’ it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later. 🔊
← However, this bottle was not marked ‘poison,’ so Alice ventured to taste it, 🔊
← she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words ‘EAT ME’ were beautifully marked in currants. 🔊
← First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (‘the exact shape doesn’t matter,’ it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there. 🔊
← So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly:-- 🔊
← ‘I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye, How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie--’ 🔊
← so, after hunting all about for it, he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day; and this was of very little use, as it left no mark on the slate. 🔊
← (The unfortunate little Bill had left off writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no mark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that was trickling down his face, as long as it lasted.) 🔊