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A MAD TEA-PARTY
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March Hare,) "it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you re at!'
How I wonder what you re at!'
You know the song, perhaps?"
"I've heard something like it," said Alice.
"It goes on, you know," the Hatter continued, "in this way:—
'Up above the world you fly,
Lie a tea-tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle—'"
Lie a tea-tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle—'"
Here the Dormouse shook itself, and began singing in its sleep Twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle" and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop. "Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse," said the Hatter, "when the Queen bawled out 'He's murdering the time! Off with his head!' "
