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“And now to the garden!” and Alice ran fast to the little door but! The little door was locked again and the golden key was still on the glass table. “And I am so small now!”

As she said these words her footslipped and in another moment, splash! She was in salt water. Her first idea was about the sea. But she soon understood that she was in the pool of her own tears.

“I am so sorry I cried so much! I willdrown in my own tears! That WILL be strange! But everything is strange today!”

Just then she heard somethingsplashing about in the pool and swam nearer to see what it was. At first she thought it was a walrus or a hippo but then she remembered how small she was now and understood that it was only a mouse.

“Can I speak to this mouse?” thought Alice. “I believe it can talk. I think I will try.” So she began: “O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming here!” But the mouse said nothing.

“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,” thought Alice; “Maybe it’s a French mouse.” So she began again this time with the first sentence in her French lesson-book: “Ou'est ma chatte?¹” The Mouse jumped up out of the water in horror. “Oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice, “I forgot you didn’t like cats.”

“Not like cats!” cried the Mouse. “Would YOU like cats if you were me²?”

“Well, maybe not,” said Alice; “don’t be angry about it. But I would like you to see our cat Dinah. I think you would start liking cats if you could see her. She is such a nice quiet thing.”

“No! Our family always HATED cats: bad animals! I don’t want to hear this name again!” the Mouse was trembling down to the end of its tail³.