Take nine from eight . ' ` Nine from eight I ca n't , you know , ' Alice replied very readily : ` but -- ' ` She ca n't do Subtraction , ' said the White Queen . ` Can you do Division ? Divide a loaf by a knife -- what 's the answer to that ? ' ' I suppose -- ' Alice was beginning , but the Red Queen answered for her . ` Bread-and-butter , of course . Try another Subtraction sum . Take a bone from a dog : what remains ? ' Alice considered . ` The bone would n't remain , of course , if I took it -- and the dog would n't remain ; it would come to bite me -- and I 'm sure I should n't remain ! ' ` Then you think nothing would remain ? ' said the Red Queen . ' I think that 's the answer . ' ` Wrong , as usual , ' said the Red Queen : ` the dog 's temper would remain . ' ` But I do n't see how -- ' ` Why , look here ! ' the Red Queen cried . ` The dog would lose its temper , would n't it ? ' ` Perhaps it would , ' Alice replied cautiously . ` Then if the dog went away , its temper would remain ! ' the Queen exclaimed triumphantly .
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