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Chapter 3
A Political Race and A Long Tale

The group looked very strange: the birds and the animals were all wet, angry and unhappy. First, they needed to get dry. They talked about the best way to do it. Then the Mouse said. “Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I will soon make you dry enough!”

They all sat down.

“Are you ready?” asked the mouse with an important look, “This is the driest thing I know. Listen to me, please, and do not talk!” And the Mouse began speaking about the history of England. After some time it asked Alice. “How are you, my dear?”

“Wet,” answered Alice sadly.

“Well, I think,” said the Dodo, standing up, “the best thing to get dry is a politicalrace. You will understand how to do it when we start.”

First, the Dodo drew a circle on the floor, and everyone stood along the line. Then they began running when they liked and stopped when they liked. After half an hour of running, the Dodo suddenly cried, “Therace is over!” Everyone started asking, “But who won?”

The Dodo sat thinking and everyone waited for its answer. Finally, the Dodo said. “EVERYBODY won, and everybody will have prizes.”

“But who will give us the prizes?” they asked.