the pigeon said desperately , with a kind of sob : `` nothing seems to suit 'em ! '' `` I have n't the least idea what you mean , '' said Alice . `` I 've tried the roots of trees , and I 've tried banks , and I 've tried hedges , '' the pigeon went on without attending to her , `` but them serpents ! There 's no pleasing 'em ! '' Alice was more and more puzzled , but she thought there was no use in saying anything till the pigeon had finished . `` As if it was n't trouble enough hatching the eggs ! '' said the pigeon , `` without being on the look out for serpents , day and night ! Why , I have n't had a wink of sleep these three weeks ! '' `` I 'm very sorry you 've been annoyed , '' said Alice , beginning to see its meaning . `` And just as I 'd taken the highest tree in the wood , '' said the pigeon raising its voice to a shriek , `` and was just thinking I was free of 'em at last , they must needs come down from the sky ! Ugh ! Serpent ! '' `` But I 'm not a serpent , '' said Alice , `` I 'm a -- I 'm a -- '' `` Well ! What are you ? '' said the pigeon , `` I see you 're trying to invent something . '' `` I -- I 'm a little girl , '' said Alice , rather doubtfully , as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through . `` A likely story indeed ! '' said the pigeon , `` I 've seen a good many of them in my time , but never one with such a neck as yours ! No , you 're a serpent , I know that well enough ! I suppose you 'll tell me next that you never tasted an egg ! ''
`` I have tasted eggs , certainly , '' said XXXXX , who was a very truthful child , `` but indeed I do 'n' t want any of yours .
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