The little voice sighed deeply : it was VERY unhappy , evidently , and Alice would have said something pitying to comfort it , ` If it would only sigh like other people ! ' she thought . But this was such a wonderfully small sigh , that she would n't have heard it at all , if it had n't come QUITE close to her ear . The consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much , and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature . ' I know you are a friend , ' the little voice went on ; ' a dear friend , and an old friend . And you wo n't hurt me , though I AM an insect . ' ` What kind of insect ? ' Alice inquired a little anxiously . What she really wanted to know was , whether it could sting or not , but she thought this would n't be quite a civil question to ask . ` What , then you do n't -- ' the little voice began , when it was drowned by a shrill scream from the engine , and everybody jumped up in alarm , Alice among the rest . The Horse , who had put his head out of the window , quietly drew it in and said , ` It 's only a brook we have to jump over . ' Everybody seemed satisfied with this , though Alice felt a little nervous at the idea of trains jumping at all . ` However , it 'll take us into the Fourth Square , that 's some comfort ! ' she said to herself . In another moment she felt the carriage rise straight up into the air , and in her fright she caught at the thing nearest to her hand , which happened to be the Goat 's beard . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * But the beard seemed to melt away as she touched it , and she found herself sitting quietly under a tree -- while the Gnat -LRB- for that was the insect she had been talking to -RRB- was balancing itself on a twig just over her head , and fanning her with its wings . It certainly was a VERY large Gnat : ` about the size of a chicken , ' Alice thought . Still , she could n't feel nervous with it , after they had been talking together so long . ' -- then you do n't like all insects ? ' the Gnat went on , as quietly as if nothing had happened . '
I like them when they can talk , ' XXXXX said .
Alice Gnat Horse Square drowned people sigh something twig unhappiness