She did not wait for Alice to curtsey this time , but walked on quickly to the next peg , where she turned for a moment to say ` good-bye , ' and then hurried on to the last . How it happened , Alice never knew , but exactly as she came to the last peg , she was gone . Whether she vanished into the air , or whether she ran quickly into the wood -LRB- ` and she CAN run very fast ! ' thought Alice -RRB- , there was no way of guessing , but she was gone , and Alice began to remember that she was a Pawn , and that it would soon be time for her to move . CHAPTER III . Looking-Glass Insects Of course the first thing to do was to make a grand survey of the country she was going to travel through . ` It 's something very like learning geography , ' thought Alice , as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able to see a little further . ` Principal rivers -- there ARE none . Principal mountains -- I 'm on the only one , but I do n't think it 's got any name . Principal towns -- why , what ARE those creatures , making honey down there ? They ca n't be bees -- nobody ever saw bees a mile off , you know -- ' and for some time she stood silent , watching one of them that was bustling about among the flowers , poking its proboscis into them , ` just as if it was a regular bee , ' thought Alice . However , this was anything but a regular bee : in fact it was an elephant -- as Alice soon found out , though the idea quite took her breath away at first . ` And what enormous flowers they must be ! ' was her next idea . ` Something like cottages with the roofs taken off , and stalks put to them -- and what quantities of honey they must make ! I think I 'll go down and -- no , I wo n't JUST yet , ' she went on , checking herself just as she was beginning to run down the hill , and trying to find some excuse for turning shy so suddenly . ` It 'll never do to go down among them without a good long branch to brush them away -- and what fun it 'll be when they ask me how I like my walk . I shall say -- `` Oh , I like it well enough -- '' ' -LRB- here came the favourite little toss of the head -RRB- , ' `` only it was so dusty and hot , and the elephants did tease so ! '' ' ' I think I 'll go down the other way , ' she said after a pause : ` and perhaps I may visit the elephants later on . Besides , I do so want to get into the Third Square ! '
So with this excuse she ran down the hill and jumped over the XXXXX of the six little brooks .
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