Nohow . ' ` But it may rain OUTSIDE ? ' ` It may -- if it chooses , ' said Tweedledee : ` we 've no objection . Contrariwise . ' ` Selfish things ! ' thought Alice , and she was just going to say ` Good-night ' and leave them , when Tweedledum sprang out from under the umbrella and seized her by the wrist . ` Do you see THAT ? ' he said , in a voice choking with passion , and his eyes grew large and yellow all in a moment , as he pointed with a trembling finger at a small white thing lying under the tree . ` It 's only a rattle , ' Alice said , after a careful examination of the little white thing . ` Not a rattleSNAKE , you know , ' she added hastily , thinking that he was frightened : ` only an old rattle -- quite old and broken . ' ' I knew it was ! ' cried Tweedledum , beginning to stamp about wildly and tear his hair . ` It 's spoilt , of course ! ' Here he looked at Tweedledee , who immediately sat down on the ground , and tried to hide himself under the umbrella . Alice laid her hand upon his arm , and said in a soothing tone , ` You need n't be so angry about an old rattle . ' ` But it is n't old ! ' Tweedledum cried , in a greater fury than ever . ` It 's new , I tell you -- I bought it yesterday -- my nice new RATTLE ! ' and his voice rose to a perfect scream . All this time Tweedledee was trying his best to fold up the umbrella , with himself in it : which was such an extraordinary thing to do , that it quite took off Alice 's attention from the angry brother .
But he could n't quite succeed , and it ended in his rolling over , bundled up in the umbrella , with only his head out : and there he lay , opening and shutting his mouth and his large eyes -- ` looking more like a fish than anything else , ' XXXXX thought .
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