So she wandered on , talking to herself as she went , till , on turning a sharp corner , she came upon two fat little men , so suddenly that she could not help starting back , but in another moment she recovered herself , feeling sure that they must be . CHAPTER IV . Tweedledum And Tweedledee They were standing under a tree , each with an arm round the other 's neck , and Alice knew which was which in a moment , because one of them had ` DUM ' embroidered on his collar , and the other ` DEE . ' ' I suppose they 've each got `` TWEEDLE '' round at the back of the collar , ' she said to herself . They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive , and she was just looking round to see if the word `` TWEEDLE '' was written at the back of each collar , when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked ` DUM . ' ` If you think we 're wax-works , ' he said , ` you ought to pay , you know . Wax-works were n't made to be looked at for nothing , nohow ! ' ` Contrariwise , ' added the one marked ` DEE , ' ` if you think we 're alive , you ought to speak . ' ` I 'm sure I 'm very sorry , ' was all Alice could say ; for the words of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticking of a clock , and she could hardly help saying them out loud : -- ` Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle ; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle . Just then flew down a monstrous crow , As black as a tar-barrel ; Which frightened both the heroes so , They quite forgot their quarrel . ' ' I know what you 're thinking about , ' said Tweedledum : ` but it is n't so , nohow . ' ` Contrariwise , ' continued Tweedledee , ` if it was so , it might be ; and if it were so , it would be ; but as it is n't , it ai n't . That 's logic . ' ' I was thinking , ' Alice said very politely , ` which is the best way out of this wood : it 's getting so dark . Would you tell me , please ? ' But the little men only looked at each other and grinned . They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys , that Alice could n't help pointing her finger at Tweedledum , and saying ` First Boy ! ' ` Nohow ! ' Tweedledum cried out briskly , and shut his mouth up again with a snap . ` Next Boy ! '
said XXXXX , passing on to Tweedledee , though she felt quite certain he would only shout out ` Contrariwise ! '
Alice Contrariwise DEE DUM Nohow TWEEDLE Tweedledee Tweedledum Wax-works tar-barrel