Kitabı oku: «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A2», sayfa 10

“Well, SHE, of course,” said the Dodo and looked at Alice.

Alice didn't know what to do. She put her hand into her pocket, took out a box of candy (it was dry), and gave some to everybody as prizes.

“But she must have a prize herself,” said the Mouse.

“Of course,” the Dodo answered seriously. “What else do you have in your pocket?” he asked Alice.

“Only a button,” said Alice sadly.

“Give it to me,” the Dodo said.

Then the Dodo gave her the button back, saying, “Please take this beautiful button as a gift,” and everyonescreamed, “Hooray!”

It looked very funny to Alice, but they all were so serious that she couldn't laugh. So she took the thread with an important look on her face.

They ate the candy, sat down again and asked the Mouse to tell them something more.

“You promised to tell me your story,” said Alice, “and why you hate – C and D,” she added.

“Mytale is long and sad!” said the Mouse.

“It IS a longtail, of course!” said Alice looking down at the Mouse's tail with surprise. “But why do you call it sad?” She continued thinking about it and did not listen to the Mouse.

“You are not listening!” cried the Mouse angrily. “What are you thinking of?”