pretty!" cried Alice, dropping the ball of worsted to clap her hands. "And I do so wish it was true! I'm sure the woods look sleepy in the autumn, when the leaves are getting brown.
"Kitty, can you play chess? Now, don't smile, my dear; I'm asking it seriously. Because, when we were playing just now, you watched just as if you understood it; and when I said 'Check!' you purred! Well, it was a nice check, Kitty, and really I might have won, if it hadn't been for that nasty Knight that came wriggling down among my pieces. Kitty, dear, let's pretend—" And here I wish I could tell you half the things Alice used to say, beginning with her favorite phrase, "Let's pretend." She had had quite a long argument with her sister only the day before—all because Alice had begun with, "Let's pretend we're kings and queens"; and her sister, who liked being very ex-
