over its head.  `Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Alice;

`only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.'

  The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded

together at one corner of it:  `No room!  No room!' they cried

out when they saw Alice coming.  `There's PLENTY of room!' said

Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one

end of the table.

  `Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone.

  Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it

but tea.  `I don't see any wine,' she remarked.

  `There isn't any,' said the March Hare.

  `Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it,' said Alice

angrily.

  `It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being

invited,' said the March Hare.

  `I didn't know it was YOUR table,' said Alice; `it's laid for a

great many more than three.'

  `Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter.  He had been

looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was

his first speech.

  `You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said

with some severity; `it's very rude.'

  The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all

he SAID was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

  `Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice.  `I'm glad

they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she

added aloud.

  `Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?'

said the March Hare.

  `Exactly so,' said Alice.

  `Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

  `I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what

I say--that's the same thing, you know.'

  `Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter.  `You might just

as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat

what I see"!'

  `You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I

like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

  `You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to

be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the

same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

  `It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the

conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute,

while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and ()