Right on his head as usual ! However , he gets on again pretty easily -- that comes of having so many things hung round the horse -- ' So she went on talking to herself , as she watched the horse walking leisurely along the road , and the Knight tumbling off , first on one side and then on the other . After the fourth or fifth tumble he reached the turn , and then she waved her handkerchief to him , and waited till he was out of sight . ' I hope it encouraged him , ' she said , as she turned to run down the hill : ` and now for the last brook , and to be a Queen ! How grand it sounds ! ' A very few steps brought her to the edge of the brook . ` The Eighth Square at last ! ' she cried as she bounded across , * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * and threw herself down to rest on a lawn as soft as moss , with little flower-beds dotted about it here and there . ` Oh , how glad I am to get here ! And what IS this on my head ? ' she exclaimed in a tone of dismay , as she put her hands up to something very heavy , and fitted tight all round her head . ` But how CAN it have got there without my knowing it ? ' she said to herself , as she lifted it off , and set it on her lap to make out what it could possibly be . It was a golden crown . CHAPTER IX . Queen Alice ` Well , this IS grand ! ' said Alice . ' I never expected I should be a Queen so soon -- and I 'll tell you what it is , your majesty , ' she went on in a severe tone -LRB- she was always rather fond of scolding herself -RRB- , ` it 'll never do for you to be lolling about on the grass like that ! Queens have to be dignified , you know ! ' So she got up and walked about -- rather stiffly just at first , as she was afraid that the crown might come off : but she comforted herself with the thought that there was nobody to see her , ` and if I really am a Queen , ' she said as she sat down again , ' I shall be able to manage it quite well in time . '
Everything was happening so oddly that she did n't feel a bit surprised at finding the Red Queen and the White XXXXX sitting close to her , one on each side : she would have liked very much to ask them how they came there , but she feared it would not be quite civil .
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