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 Alice , who was a very truthful child , `` but indeed I do 'n' t want any of yours . I do 'n' t like them raw . '' `` Well , be off , then ! '' said the pigeon , and settled down into its nest again . Alice crouched down among the trees , as well as she could , as her neck kept getting entangled among the branches , and several times she had to stop and untwist it . Soon she remembered the pieces of mushroom which she still held in her hands , and set to work very carefully , nibbling first at one and then at the other , and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter , until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual size . It was so long since she had been of the right size that it felt quite strange at first , but she got quite used to it in a minute or two , and began talking to herself as usual : `` well ! there 's half my plan done now ! How puzzling all these changes are ! I 'm never sure what I 'm going to be , from one minute to another !
However , I 've got to my XXXXX size again : the next thing is , to get into that beautiful garden -- how is that to be done , I wonder ? ''
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