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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was something like this:—"Fury said to

             a mouse, That
                he met in the
                    house, 'Let

                      us both go
                         to law: I
                         will prose-
                          cute you.—
                         Come, I'll
                       take no de-
                    nial: We
                  must have
               the trial;

            For really
         this morn-
       ing I've
      nothing
      to do.'
       Said the
         mouse to
          the cur,
            Such a

              trial, dear
                  sir, With
                   no jury
                     or judge,
                      would
                      be wast-
                   ing our
                 breath.

              'I'll be
             judge,
           I'll be
         jury,

      said
       cun-
      ning
       old
        Fury:
         'I'll
           try

          the
              whole
               cause,
                and

            con-
              demn
            you to
         death.

"You are not attending!" said the Mouse to Alice, severely. "What are you thinking of?"