` Why do you sit out here all alone ? ' said Alice , not wishing to begin an argument . ` Why , because there 's nobody with me ! ' cried Humpty Dumpty . ` Did you think I did n't know the answer to THAT ? Ask another . ' ` Do n't you think you 'd be safer down on the ground ? ' Alice went on , not with any idea of making another riddle , but simply in her good-natured anxiety for the queer creature . ` That wall is so VERY narrow ! ' ` What tremendously easy riddles you ask ! ' Humpty Dumpty growled out . ` Of course I do n't think so ! Why , if ever I DID fall off -- which there 's no chance of -- but IF I did -- ' Here he pursed up his lips and looked so solemn and grand that Alice could hardly help laughing . ` IF I did fall , ' he went on , ` THE KING HAS PROMISED ME -- ah , you may turn pale , if you like ! You did n't think I was going to say that , did you ? THE KING HAS PROMISED ME -- WITH HIS VERY OWN MOUTH -- to -- to -- ' ` To send all his horses and all his men , ' Alice interrupted , rather unwisely . ` Now I declare that 's too bad ! ' Humpty Dumpty cried , breaking into a sudden passion . ` You 've been listening at doors -- and behind trees -- and down chimneys -- or you could n't have known it ! ' ' I have n't , indeed ! '
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