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Humpty Dumpty
‘Yourfaceisthesameaseverybodyhas—thetwoeyes,so—’(markingtheirplacesintheairwiththisthumb)‘noseinthemiddle,mouthunder.It’salwaysthesame.Nowifyouhadthetwoeyesonthesamesideofthenose,forinstance—orthemouthatthetop—thatwouldbesomehelp.’
‘Itwouldn’tlooknice,’Aliceobjected.ButHumptyDumptyonlyshuthiseyesandsaid‘Waittillyou’vetried.’
Alicewaitedaminutetoseeifhewouldspeakagain,butasheneveropenedhiseyesortookanyfurthernoticeofher,shesaid‘Good-bye!’oncemore,and,gettingnoanswertothis,shequietlywalkedaway:butshecouldn’thelpsayingtoherselfasshewent,‘Ofalltheunsatisfactory—’(sherepeatedthisaloud,asitwasagreatcomforttohavesuchalongwordtosay)‘ofalltheunsatisfactorypeopleIevermet—’Sheneverfinishedthesentence,foratthismomentaheavycrashshooktheforestfromendtoend.
