` Of course it is , ' said the Queen , ` what would you have it ? ' ` Well , in OUR country , ' said Alice , still panting a little , ` you 'd generally get to somewhere else -- if you ran very fast for a long time , as we 've been doing . ' ' A slow sort of country ! ' said the Queen . ` Now , HERE , you see , it takes all the running YOU can do , to keep in the same place . If you want to get somewhere else , you must run at least twice as fast as that ! ' ` I 'd rather not try , please ! ' said Alice . ` I 'm quite content to stay here -- only I AM so hot and thirsty ! ' ' I know what YOU 'D like ! ' the Queen said good-naturedly , taking a little box out of her pocket . ` Have a biscuit ? ' Alice thought it would not be civil to say ` No , ' though it was n't at all what she wanted . So she took it , and ate it as well as she could : and it was VERY dry ; and she thought she had never been so nearly choked in all her life . ` While you 're refreshing yourself , ' said the Queen , ` I 'll just take the measurements . ' And she took a ribbon out of her pocket , marked in inches , and began measuring the ground , and sticking little pegs in here and there . ` At the end of two yards , ' she said , putting in a peg to mark the distance , ' I shall give you your directions -- have another biscuit ? ' ` No , thank you , ' said Alice : ` one 's QUITE enough ! ' ` Thirst quenched , I hope ? ' said the Queen .
Alice did not know what to say to this , but luckily the XXXXX did not wait for an answer , but went on .
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