she said , and nibbled a little bit of it to try ; the next moment she felt a violent blow on her chin : it had struck her foot ! She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change , but as she did not shrink any further , and had not dropped the top of the mushroom , she did not give up hope yet . There was hardly room to open her mouth , with her chin pressing against her foot , but she did it at last , and managed to bite off a little bit of the top of the mushroom . * * * * * `` Come ! my head 's free at last ! '' said Alice in a tone of delight , which changed into alarm in another moment , when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be seen : she looked down upon an immense length of neck , which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` What can all that green stuff be ? '' said Alice , `` and where have my shoulders got to ? And oh ! my poor hands ! how is it I ca 'n' t see you ? '' She was moving them about as she spoke , but no result seemed to follow , except a little rustling among the leaves . Then she tried to bring her head down to her hands , and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in every direction , like a serpent . She had just succeeded in bending it down in a beautiful zig-zag , and was going to dive in among the leaves , which she found to be the tops of the trees of the wood she had been wandering in , when a sharp hiss made her draw back : a large pigeon had flown into her face , and was violently beating her with its wings . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` Serpent ! '' screamed the pigeon . `` I 'm not a serpent ! '' said Alice indignantly , `` let me alone ! '' `` I 've tried every way ! '' the pigeon said desperately , with a kind of sob : `` nothing seems to suit 'em ! ''
`` I have n't the least idea what you mean , '' said XXXXX .
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