Alice Through The Looking-Glass

Illustrated children's book by Lewis Carroll - online version

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HUMPTY DUMPTY
Dumpty went on. "They'd pick me up again in a minute, they would! How­ever, this conversation is going on a little too fast: let's go back to the last remark but one."
" I'm afraid I can't quite remember it," Alice said, very politely.
"In that case we start fresh," said Humpty Dumpty, "and it's my turn to choose a subject
------" ("He talks about it just as if it was a
game I" thought Alice.) " So here's a question for you. How old did you say you were ? "
Alice made a short calculation, and said, " Seven years and sis months,"