I 'd better go in at once -- ' and there was a dead silence the moment she appeared . Alice glanced nervously along the table , as she walked up the large hall , and noticed that there were about fifty guests , of all kinds : some were animals , some birds , and there were even a few flowers among them . ` I 'm glad they 've come without waiting to be asked , ' she thought : ' I should never have known who were the right people to invite ! ' There were three chairs at the head of the table ; the Red and White Queens had already taken two of them , but the middle one was empty . Alice sat down in it , rather uncomfortable in the silence , and longing for some one to speak . At last the Red Queen began . ` You 've missed the soup and fish , ' she said . ` Put on the joint ! ' And the waiters set a leg of mutton before Alice , who looked at it rather anxiously , as she had never had to carve a joint before . ` You look a little shy ; let me introduce you to that leg of mutton , ' said the Red Queen . ` Alice -- Mutton ; Mutton -- Alice . ' The leg of mutton got up in the dish and made a little bow to Alice ; and Alice returned the bow , not knowing whether to be frightened or amused . ` May I give you a slice ? ' she said , taking up the knife and fork , and looking from one Queen to the other . ` Certainly not , ' the Red Queen said , very decidedly : ` it is n't etiquette to cut any one you 've been introduced to . Remove the joint ! ' And the waiters carried it off , and brought a large plum-pudding in its place . ' I wo n't be introduced to the pudding , please , ' Alice said rather hastily , ` or we shall get no dinner at all . May I give you some ? ' But the Red Queen looked sulky , and growled ` Pudding -- Alice ; Alice -- Pudding .
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