` Confess that was what you turned into ! ' -LRB- ` But it would n't look at it , ' she said , when she was explaining the thing afterwards to her sister : ` it turned away its head , and pretended not to see it : but it looked a LITTLE ashamed of itself , so I think it MUST have been the Red Queen . ' -RRB- ` Sit up a little more stiffly , dear ! ' Alice cried with a merry laugh . ` And curtsey while you 're thinking what to -- what to purr . It saves time , remember ! ' And she caught it up and gave it one little kiss , ` just in honour of having been a Red Queen . ' ` Snowdrop , my pet ! ' she went on , looking over her shoulder at the White Kitten , which was still patiently undergoing its toilet , ` when WILL Dinah have finished with your White Majesty , I wonder ? That must be the reason you were so untidy in my dream -- Dinah ! do you know that you 're scrubbing a White Queen ? Really , it 's most disrespectful of you ! ` And what did DINAH turn to , I wonder ? ' she prattled on , as she settled comfortably down , with one elbow in the rug , and her chin in her hand , to watch the kittens . ` Tell me , Dinah , did you turn to Humpty Dumpty ? I THINK you did -- however , you 'd better not mention it to your friends just yet , for I 'm not sure . ` By the way , Kitty , if only you 'd been really with me in my dream , there was one thing you WOULD have enjoyed -- I had such a quantity of poetry said to me , all about fishes ! To-morrow morning you shall have a real treat . All the time you 're eating your breakfast , I 'll repeat `` The Walrus and the Carpenter '' to you ; and then you can make believe it 's oysters , dear ! ` Now , Kitty , let 's consider who it was that dreamed it all .
This is a serious question , my dear , and you should NOT go on licking your paw like that -- as if XXXXX had n't washed you this morning !
Alice Carpenter Dinah Dumpty Kitten Kitty Queen Snowdrop curtsey morning