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- der, "I wouldn't have been the messenger
for anything!"
"But he was very stiff and proud; He said, 'You needn't shout so loud!'
"And he was very proud and stiff; He said, 'I'd go and wake them, if—'
"I took a corkscrew from the shelf; I went to wake them up myself.
"And when I found the door was locked, I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.
"And when I found the door was shut,
I tried to turn the handle, but—"
There was a long pause.
"Is that all?" Alice timidly asked.
"That's all," said Humpty Dumpty. "Good-bye."
This was rather sudden, Alice thought; but, after such a very strong hint that she ought to be going, she felt that it would hardly be civil to stay.
