← Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: 🔊
← This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. 🔊
← ‘I shall sit here,’ he said, ‘on and off, for days and days.’ 🔊
← a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head. 🔊
← and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn’t much. 🔊
← Alice was very nearly getting up and saying, ‘Thank you, sir, for your interesting story,’ but she could not help thinking there must be more to come, so she sat still and said nothing. 🔊
← and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice, who felt ready to sink into the earth. 🔊
← ‘I wish you wouldn’t squeeze so.’ said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her. ‘I can hardly breathe.’ 🔊
← all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court. 🔊
← But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her head on her hand, watching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful Adventures, till she too began dreaming after a fashion, and this was her dream:-- 🔊