Through the Looking-Glass
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She was quite pleased to find there was a real one blazing away. Oh what fun it will be when they see me through the glass in here and cant get at me! Then she began looking about and noticed that the pictures on the wall next the fire seemed to be alive, and the very clock on the chimney piece had got the face of a little old man, and grinned at her. They dont keep this so tidy as they ought to d...
MoreShe was quite pleased to find there was a real one blazing away. Oh what fun it will be when they see me through the glass in here and cant get at me! Then she began looking about and noticed that the pictures on the wall next the fire seemed to be alive, and the very clock on the chimney piece had got the face of a little old man, and grinned at her. They dont keep this so tidy as they ought to do, it is not nearly as tidy as the room I have just come out of, A lice thought to herself, as she noticed several of the chessmen down on the hearth among the cinders, but in another moment with a little Oh! of surprise she was down on her hands and knees watching them. The chessmen were walking about, two and two. Here are the Red King and the Red Queen. A lice said (in a whisper for fear of frightening them), and the White King and the White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel and here are two Castles walking arm in arm I dont think they can hear me, she went on, as she put her head closer down, and Im nearly sure they cant see me, I believe, Im invisible. It sthe voice of my child I the White Queen cried out, as she rushed past the King, so violently that she knocked him over ai Tiong the cinders. My precious Lily! Mj imperial kitten! and she began wildly scrambling up the side of the fender, to get on to the table where a white pawn lay kicking and squeaking. Imperial fiddlestick! said the King, who was much annoyed by his fall. A lice saw poor little Lily was screaming herself hoarse on the table, so she hastily picked up the Queen and set her beside her noisy little daughter. The rapid journey through the air made the Queen gasp for breath. Mind the Volcano, she cried out to the White King. What Volcano? said the King, looking anxiously up into the fare. Blew me up, panted the Queen. A lice watched the White King, struggling from bar to bar, hell be hours
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