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Wool and Water

           ‘There’snousetrying,’shesaid:‘onecan’tbelieveimpossiblethings.

           ‘Idaresayyouhaven’thadmuchpractice,’saidtheQueen.‘WhenIwasyourage,Ialwaysdiditforhalf-an-houraday.Why,sometimesI’vebelievedasmanyassiximpossiblethingsbeforebreakfast.Theregoestheshawlagain!’

           Thebroochhadcomeundoneasshespoke,andasuddengustofwindblewtheQueen’sshawlacrossalittlebrook.TheQueenspreadoutherarmsagain,andwentflyingafterit,andthistimeshesucceededincatchingitforherself.‘I’vegotit!’shecriedinatriumphanttone.‘Nowyoushallseemepinitonagain,allbymyself!’

           ‘ThenIhopeyourfingerisbetternow?’Alicesaidverypolitely,asshecrossedthelittlebrookaftertheQueen.

           

           ‘Oh,muchbetter!’criedtheQueen,hervoicerisingtoasqueakasshewenton.‘Muchbe-etter!Be-etter!Be-e-e-etter!Be-e-ehh!’Thelastwordendedinalongbleat,solikeasheepthatAlicequitestarted.

           ShelookedattheQueen,whoseemedtohavesuddenlywrappedherselfupinwool.Alicerubbedhereyes,andlookedagain.Shecouldn’tmakeoutwhathadhappenedatall.Wassheinashop?Andwasthatreallywasitreallyasheepthatwassittingontheothersideofthecounter?Rubasshecould,shecouldmakenothingmoreofit:shewasinalittledarkshop,leaningwithherelbowsonthecounter,andoppositetoherwasanoldSheep,sittinginanarm-chairknitting,andeverynowandthenleavingofftolookatherthroughagreatpairofspectacles.

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