Why are you paintingthose roses?
Because we planteda white rose tree bymistake and the Queenwill cut off our headsif they are not red.
C.f. "The Queen's Croquet-Ground," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 114. Lines altered from the original.
Who are you?
I hardly know, Sir. I knowwho I was, but I think Imust have changed.
Explain yourself, Miss,
I cannot explain myself,Sir, because I'm notmyself, you see.
I can't rememberthings as I used.
Try repeating"You are old,Father William."
"You are old, father William,"the young man said,"And your hair has becomevery white;And yet you incessantlystand on your head--Do you think, at your age,it is right?"
"You are old," said the youth"as I mentioned before,And have grown mostuncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–Pray, what is thereason of that?"
"You are old," said the youth, "onewould hardly supposeThat your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on theend of your nose–What made you so awfully clever?"
You spoke that wrongfrom beginning to end!
You didn't speak the verseI like best. It goes like this:In my Youth, saidthe father,I took to the lawAnd argued eachcase with my wife,
And the muscular strengthWhich it gave to my jawHas lasted the rest of my life."
C.f. "Advice from a Caterpillar," ch. 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 60–67. Lines altered from the original.
"That depends onwhere you want to go."
Tell me, please whichway I ought to go.
That depends onwhere you want to go.
I don't much care.
Then it doesn't matterwhich way you go.
So long as Iget somewhere.
You're sure to dothat if you onlywalk long enough.
What became of the baby?
It turned into a pig.
I thought it would.
Did you say pig or fig.
I said pig and I wishyou wouldn't keepappearing and vanishing;you make me giddy. I'mgoing to visit the March Hare.
C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 89–90, 92. Lines altered from the original.
"Come on," said the Gryphon.Everybody says "Come on"here, thought Alice. I neverwas so ordered about inall my life.
And beat him when
her sneezes.
And beat him whenher sneezes.
Beautiful soup so richand green,Waiting in the hot tureen.
He only does it to annoy,Because he knows it teases.CHOSUS.Wow! Wow! Wow!
Speak roughly to yourlittle boy,
Who for such daintiesWould not stoop?Soup of the evening,Beautiful soup!
Off with everybody'shead!
AliceentersDreamland.
AliceentersDreamland.
And as she wandered on
Alice thought about other
children she knew who
might do very well as
pigs, till suddenly she
came upon the Cheshire
Cat.
And as she wandered onAlice thought about otherchildren she knew whomight do very well aspigs, till suddenly shecame upon the CheshireCat.