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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1m

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4h

“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,” said Alice, “because I’m not myself, you see.”
“I don’t see,” said the Caterpillar.
“I’m afraid I can’t put it more clearly,” Alice replied, “for I can’t understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.”

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 8h

He thought of his childhood, left far far behind—
That blissful and innocent state—
The sound so exactly recalled to his mind
A pencil that squeaks on a slate!

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 12h

For this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 16h

“I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.” For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 20h

"I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch—
I said it in German and Greek:
But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
That English is what you speak!"

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1d

Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea. "And in that case, I can go back by railway," she said to herself.

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1d

"Its habit of getting up late you'll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea,
And dines on the following day.

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1d

The caterpillar was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1d

“But I must be kind to them,” thought Alice, “or perhaps they won’t walk the way I want to go!”

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 1d

“What a curious feeling!” said Alice; “I must be shutting up like a telescope.”

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 2d

Finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 2d

So the Snark found the verdict, although, as it owned,
It was spent with the toils of the day:
When it said the word "GUILTY!" the Jury all groaned,
And some of them fainted away.

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 2d

While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,
He had different names from these:
His intimate friends called him "Candle-ends,"
And his enemies "Toasted-cheese."

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 3d

"I have answered three questions, and that is enough,"
Said his father; "don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 3d

Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,)
“Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!”

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 3d

“How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcome little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!”

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 3d

"'And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask the question?' said the Lory."

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4d

It strongly advised that the Butcher should be
Conveyed in a separate ship:
But the Bellman declared that would never agree
With the plans he had made for the trip:

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4d

“No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.” Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. “Dinah’ll miss me very much to-night, I should think!” (Dinah was the cat.)

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4d

"For the Snark's a peculiar creature, that won't
Be caught in a commonplace way.
Do all that you know, and try all that you don't:
Not a chance must be wasted to-day!

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4d

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 4d

"It's a Snark!" was the sound that first came to their ears,
And seemed almost too good to be true.
Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
Then the ominous words "It's a Boo—"

Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 5d

“However, the Multiplication Table doesn’t signify: let’s try Geography.”

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · 5d

"On various pretexts they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone."