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68 ALICE^S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND "Talking o£ axes," said the Duchess, "chop of? her head!" AUce glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was busily stirring the soup, and seemed not to be listening, so she went on again: "Twenty-four hours, I thin or is it twelve? I " "Oh, don't bother meV said the Duchess. "I never could abide figures!" And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giv- ing it a violent shake at the end of every line : — a ft Spea roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, Because he ows it teases! Chorus (in which the cook and the baby joined): — '*Wow wow! wowl" While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words : — t( I spea^ severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy The pepper when he please si" Chorus Wow! wow! wow!