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           Alicefeltthatinthatcaseshereallyoughttolistentoit,soshesatdown,andsaid‘Thankyou’rathersadly.

           ‘Inwinter,whenthefieldsarewhite,

           Isingthissongforyourdelight—

           onlyIdon’tsingit,’headded,asanexplanation.

           ‘Iseeyoudon’t,’saidAlice.

           ‘IfyoucanseewhetherI’msingingornot,you’vesharpereyesthanmost.’HumptyDumptyremarkedseverely.Alicewassilent.

           ‘Inspring,whenwoodsaregettinggreen,

           I’lltryandtellyouwhatImean.’

           ‘Thankyouverymuch,’saidAlice.

           ‘Insummer,whenthedaysarelong,

           Perhapsyou’llunderstandthesong:

           Inautumn,whentheleavesarebrown,

           Takepenandink,andwriteitdown.’

           ‘Iwill,ifIcanrememberitsolong,’saidAlice.

           ‘Youneedn’tgoonmakingremarkslikethat,’HumptyDumptysaid:‘they’renotsensible,andtheyputmeout.’

           ‘Isentamessagetothefish:

           Itoldthem"ThisiswhatIwish."

           Thelittlefishesofthesea,

           Theysentananswerbacktome.

           Thelittlefishes’answerwas

           "Wecannotdoit,Sir,because—"’

           ‘I’mafraidIdon’tquiteunderstand,’saidAlice.

           ‘Itgetseasierfurtheron,’HumptyDumptyreplied.

           ‘Isenttothemagaintosay

           "Itwillbebettertoobey."

           Thefishesansweredwithagrin,

           "Why,whatatemperyouarein!"

           Itoldthemonce,Itoldthemtwice:

           Theywouldnotlistentoadvice.

           Itookakettlelargeandnew,

           FitforthedeedIhadtodo.

           Myheartwenthop,myheartwentthump;

           Ifilledthekettleatthepump.