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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Sweet Alice, while in Wonderland,
Found a fine baby-brother;
She took him by his little hand,
And said: “We'll look for Mother.”
Found a fine baby-brother;
She took him by his little hand,
And said: “We'll look for Mother.”
And soon they met a dolphinet,
Twice in a single day;
Said she: “How queer! You 're waiting yet!
Why don't you go away?”
“Because,” said he, “my ways are set,
And who are you, I pray?”
Twice in a single day;
Said she: “How queer! You 're waiting yet!
Why don't you go away?”
“Because,” said he, “my ways are set,
And who are you, I pray?”
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“I think I'm Alice, sir,” said she,
“But Alice had no brother;
I can't quite make it out, you see,
Until I find my mother.”
“But Alice had no brother;
I can't quite make it out, you see,
Until I find my mother.”
Then, low, the dolphinet replied,
“'T is passing strange,” said he,—
“That mother, on my cousin's side,
Is next of kin to me!”
“'T is passing strange,” said he,—
“That mother, on my cousin's side,
Is next of kin to me!”
And so they journeyed far and wide,
A family of three;—
And never on a single point
Did one of them agree!
A family of three;—
And never on a single point
Did one of them agree!
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