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Humpty Dumpty

           ‘They’dpickmeupagaininaminute,theywould!However,thisconversationisgoingonalittletoofast:let’sgobacktothelastremarkbutone.

           ‘I’mafraidIcan’tquiterememberit,’Alicesaidverypolitely.

           ‘Inthatcasewestartfresh,’saidHumptyDumpty,‘andit’smyturntochooseasubject(‘Hetalksaboutitjustasifitwasagame!’thoughtAlice.)‘Sohere’saquestionforyou.Howolddidyousayyouwere?’

           Alicemadeashortcalculation,andsaid‘Sevenyearsandsixmonths.

           ‘Wrong!’HumptyDumptyexclaimedtriumphantly.‘Youneversaidawordlikeit!’

           ‘Ithoughyoumeant"Howoldareyou?"’Aliceexplained.

           ‘IfI’dmeantthat,I’dhavesaidit,’saidHumptyDumpty.

           Alicedidn’twanttobeginanotherargument,soshesaidnothing.

           ‘Sevenyearsandsixmonths!’HumptyDumptyrepeatedthoughtfully.‘Anuncomfortablesortofage.Nowifyou’daskedmyadvice,I’dhavesaid"Leaveoffatseven"butit’stoolatenow.

           ‘Ineveraskadviceaboutgrowing,’Alicesaidindignantly.

           ‘Tooproud?’theotherinquired.

           Alicefeltevenmoreindignantatthissuggestion.‘Imean,’shesaid,‘thatonecan’thelpgrowingolder.

           ‘Onecan’t,perhaps,’saidHumptyDumpty,‘buttwocan.Withproperassistance,youmighthaveleftoffatseven.

           ‘Whatabeautifulbeltyou’vegoton!’Alicesuddenlyremarked.

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