Alice Through The Looking-Glass
Illustrated children's book by Lewis Carroll - online version
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THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS. 45 |
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Faster!" And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground with their feet, till suddenly, just as Alice was getting quite exhausted, they stopped, and she found herself sitting on the ground, breathless and giddy.
The Queen propped her up against a tree, and said kindly, " You may rest a little now."
Alice looked round her in great surprise. " Why, I do believe we've been under this tree the whole time ! Everything's just as it was!"
" Of course it is," said the Queen: " what would 3rou have it ? "
" Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else
------if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've
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