III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale (6)
'What a pity it wouldn't stay!' sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out
of sight; and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter 'Ah, my
dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!' 'Hold your
tongue, Ma!' said the young Crab, a little snappishly. 'You're enough to try the
patience of an oyster!'
'I wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!' said Alice aloud, addressing
nobody in particular. 'She'd soon fetch it back!'
'And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask the question?' said the
Lory.
Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet:
'Dinah's our cat. And she's such a capital one for catching mice you can't
think! And oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! Why, she'll eat a
little bird as soon as look at it!'
This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. Some of the birds
hurried off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully,
remarking, 'I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn't suit my
throat!' and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, 'Come
away, my dears! It's high time you were all in bed!' On various pretexts they
all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone.
'I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!' she said to herself in a melancholy tone.
'Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the
world! Oh, my dear Dinah! I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!' And here
poor Alice began to cry again, for she felt very lonely and low-spirited. In a
little while, however, she again heard a little pattering of footsteps in the
distance, and she looked up eagerly, half hoping that the Mouse had changed his
mind, and was coming back to finish his story.
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