A Mad Tea-Party

           Therewasatablesetoutunderatreeinfrontofthehouse,andtheMarchHareandtheHatterwerehavingteaatit: aDormousewassittingbetweenthem,fastasleep,andtheothertwowereusingitasacushion,restingtheirelbowsonit,andtalkingoveritshead. "VeryuncomfortablefortheDormouse,"thoughtAlice; "onlyasit’sasleep,Isupposeitdoesn’tmind." 

           Thetablewasalargeone,butthethreewereallcrowdedtogetheratonecornerofit. "Noroom! Noroom! "theycriedoutwhentheysawAlicecoming. "There’splentyofroom! "saidAliceindignantly,andshesatdowninalargearm-chairatoneendofthetable. 

           "Havesomewine,"theMarchHaresaidinanencouragingtone. 

           Alicelookedallroundthetable,buttherewasnothingonitbuttea. "Idon’tseeanywine,"sheremarked. 

           "Thereisn’tany,"saidtheMarchHare. 

           "Thenitwasn’tverycivilofyoutoofferit,"saidAliceangrily. 

           "Itwasn’tverycivilofyoutositdownwithoutbeinginvited,"saidtheMarchHare. 

           "Ididn’tknowitwasyourtable,"saidAlice: "it’slaidforagreatmanymorethanthree." 

           "Yourhairwantscutting,"saidtheHatter. HehadbeenlookingatAliceforsometimewithgreatcuriosity,andthiswashisfirstspeech.