Alice Through The Looking-Glass

Illustrated children's book by Lewis Carroll - online version

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16           TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE.
H I'm afraid he'll catch cold with lying on the damp grass," said Alice, who was a very thought­ful little girl.
"He's dreaming now," said Tweedledee : "and what do you think he's dreaming about ? "
Alice said "Nobodjr can guess that."
" Why, about you ! " Tweedledee exclaimed, clapping his hands triumphantly. " And" if he left off dreaming about you, where do you sup­pose you'd be? "
" Where I am now, of course," said Alice.
" Not you ! " Tweedledee retorted, contemptu­ously. " You'd be nowhere. Why, you're only a sort of thing in his dream ! "
" If that there King was to wake," added Twee-