The Caterpillar:
Who are you?
Alice:
I hardly know, Sir. I knowwho I was, but I think Imust have changed.
The Caterpillar:
Explain yourself, Miss,
Alice:
I cannot explain myself,Sir, because I'm notmyself, you see.
Alice:
I can't rememberthings as I used.
The Caterpillar:
Try repeating"You are old,Father William."
Alice:
"You are old, father William,"the young man said,"And your hair has becomevery white;And yet you incessantlystand on your head--Do you think, at your age,it is right?" Alice:
"You are old," said the youth"as I mentioned before,And have grown mostuncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–Pray, what is thereason of that?" Alice:
"You are old," said the youth, "onewould hardly supposeThat your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on theend of your nose–What made you so awfully clever?" The Caterpillar:
You spoke that wrongfrom beginning to end!
The Caterpillar:
You didn't speak the verseI like best. It goes like this:In my Youth, saidthe father,I took to the lawAnd argued eachcase with my wife, The Caterpillar:
And the muscular strengthWhich it gave to my jawHas lasted the rest of my life." C.f. "Advice from a Caterpillar," ch. 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 60–67. Lines altered from the original.
Who are you?
Alice:
I hardly know, Sir. I knowwho I was, but I think Imust have changed.
The Caterpillar:
Explain yourself, Miss,
Alice:
I cannot explain myself,Sir, because I'm notmyself, you see.
Alice:
I can't rememberthings as I used.
The Caterpillar:
Try repeating"You are old,Father William."
Alice:
"You are old, father William,"the young man said,"And your hair has becomevery white;And yet you incessantlystand on your head--Do you think, at your age,it is right?" Alice:
"You are old," said the youth"as I mentioned before,And have grown mostuncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–Pray, what is thereason of that?" Alice:
"You are old," said the youth, "onewould hardly supposeThat your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on theend of your nose–What made you so awfully clever?" The Caterpillar:
You spoke that wrongfrom beginning to end!
The Caterpillar:
You didn't speak the verseI like best. It goes like this:In my Youth, saidthe father,I took to the lawAnd argued eachcase with my wife, The Caterpillar:
And the muscular strengthWhich it gave to my jawHas lasted the rest of my life." C.f. "Advice from a Caterpillar," ch. 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 60–67. Lines altered from the original.
The Caterpillar :
Who are you?
Alice :
I hardly know, Sir. I knowwho I was, but I think Imust have changed.
The Caterpillar :
Explain yourself, Miss,
Alice :
I cannot explain myself,Sir, because I'm notmyself, you see.
Alice :
I can't rememberthings as I used.
The Caterpillar :
Try repeating"You are old,Father William."
Alice : "You are old, father William,"the young man said,"And your hair has becomevery white;And yet you incessantlystand on your head--Do you think, at your age,it is right?"
Alice : "You are old," said the youth"as I mentioned before,And have grown mostuncommonly fat;Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door–Pray, what is thereason of that?"
Alice : "You are old," said the youth, "onewould hardly supposeThat your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on theend of your nose–What made you so awfully clever?"
The Caterpillar :
You spoke that wrongfrom beginning to end!
The Caterpillar : You didn't speak the verseI like best. It goes like this: In my Youth, said the father, I took to the law And argued each case with my wife,
The Caterpillar : And the muscular strength Which it gave to my jawHas lasted the rest of my life."
C.f. "Advice from a Caterpillar," ch. 5 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 60–67. Lines altered from the original.
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