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CHAPTER XII
WHICH DREAMED IT?
"Your Red Majesty shouldn't purr
so loud," Alice said, rubbing
her eyes and addressing the kitten
respectfully, yet with some severity.
"You woke me out of, oh! such a
nice dream! And you've been along
with me, Kitty, all through the Looking-Glass
world. Did you know it,
dear?"
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr. "If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,' or any rule of that sort," she had said, "so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a
