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CHAPTER XII. ALICE'S EVIDENCE 



'Then the words don't fit you,' said the King looking round the court with 
a smile. There was a dead silence. 

'It's a pun!' the King added in an offended tone and everybody laughed, 'Let 
the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that 
day. 

'No, no!' said the Queen, 'Sentence first - verdict afterwards.' 

'Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly, 'The idea of having the sentence first!' 

'Hold your tongue!' said the Queen turning purple. 

T won't!' said Alice. 

'Off with her head!' the Queen 
shouted at the top of her voice. No- 
body moved. 

'Who cares for you?' said Alice 
(she had grown to her full size by this 
time). 'You're nothing but a pack of 
cards!' 

At this the whole pack rose up into 
the air and came flying down upon 
her; she gave a little scream, half of 
fright and half of anger, and tried to 
beat them off, and found herself lying 
on the bank with her head in the lap 
of her sister, who was gently brush- 
ing away some dead leaves that had 
fluttered down from the trees upon her 
face. 

'Wake up, Alice dear!' said her 
sister, 'Why, what a long sleep you've had!' 

'Oh, I've had such a curious dream!' said Alice and she told her sister, as well 
as she could remember them, all these strange adventures of hers that you have 
just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her and said, 
'It was a curious dream, dear, certainly; but now run in to your tea; it's getting 
late.' So Alice got up and ran off thinking while she ran, as well she might, what 
a wonderful dream it had been. 

But her sister sat still just as she left her, leaning her head on her hand, watch- 
ing the setting sun, and thinking of little Alice and all her wonderful adventures 
till she too began dreaming after a fashion and this was her dream: 

First, she dreamed of little Alice herself and once again the tiny hands were 
clasped upon her knee and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers - she 
could hear the very tones of her voice and see that queer little toss of her head to 
keep back the wandering hair that would always get into her eyes - and still as she