I think I remember feeling rather different . But if I 'm not the same , who in the world am I ? Ah , that 's the great puzzle ! '' And she began thinking over all the children she knew of the same age as herself , to see if she could have been changed for any of them . `` I 'm sure I 'm not Gertrude , '' she said , `` for her hair goes in such long ringlets , and mine does n't go in ringlets at all -- and I 'm sure I ca 'n' t be Florence , for I know all sorts of things , and she , oh ! she knows such a very little ! Besides , she 's she , and I 'm I , and -- oh dear ! how puzzling it all is ! I 'll try if I know all the things I used to know . Let me see : four times five is twelve , and four times six is thirteen , and four times seven is fourteen -- oh dear ! I shall never get to twenty at this rate ! But the Multiplication Table do n't signify -- let 's try Geography . London is the capital of France , and Rome is the capital of Yorkshire , and Paris -- oh dear ! dear ! that 's all wrong , I 'm certain ! I must have been changed for Florence ! I 'll try and say `` How doth the little , '' '' and she crossed her hands on her lap , and began , but her voice sounded hoarse and strange , and the words did not sound the same as they used to do : `` How doth the little crocodile Improve its shining tail , And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale ! `` How cheerfully it seems to grin ! How neatly spreads its claws ! And welcomes little fishes in With gently-smiling jaws ! ''
`` I 'm sure those are not the right words , '' said poor Alice , and her eyes filled with tears as she thought `` I must be XXXXX after all , and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house , and have next to no toys to play with , and oh !
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