In another moment Alice was through the glass , and had jumped lightly down into the Looking-glass room . The very first thing she did was to look whether there was a fire in the fireplace , and she was quite pleased to find that there was a real one , blazing away as brightly as the one she had left behind . ` So I shall be as warm here as I was in the old room , ' thought Alice : ` warmer , in fact , because there 'll be no one here to scold me away from the fire . Oh , what fun it 'll be , when they see me through the glass in here , and ca n't get at me ! ' Then she began looking about , and noticed that what could be seen from the old room was quite common and uninteresting , but that all the rest was as different as possible . For instance , the pictures on the wall next the fire seemed to be all alive , and the very clock on the chimney-piece -LRB- you know you can only see the back of it in the Looking-glass -RRB- had got the face of a little old man , and grinned at her . ` They do n't keep this room so tidy as the other , ' Alice thought to herself , as she noticed several of the chessmen down in the hearth among the cinders : but in another moment , with a little ` Oh ! ' of surprise , she was down on her hands and knees watching them . The chessmen were walking about , two and two ! ` Here are the Red King and the Red Queen , ' Alice said -LRB- in a whisper , for fear of frightening them -RRB- , ` and there are the White King and the White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel -- and here are two castles walking arm in arm -- I do n't think they can hear me , ' she went on , as she put her head closer down , ` and I 'm nearly sure they ca n't see me . I feel somehow as if I were invisible -- ' Here something began squeaking on the table behind Alice , and made her turn her head just in time to see one of the White Pawns roll over and begin kicking : she watched it with great curiosity to see what would happen next . ` It is the voice of my child ! ' the White Queen cried out as she rushed past the King , so violently that she knocked him over among the cinders . ` My precious Lily ! My imperial kitten ! ' and she began scrambling wildly up the side of the fender . ` Imperial fiddlestick ! ' said the King , rubbing his nose , which had been hurt by the fall . He had a right to be a LITTLE annoyed with the Queen , for he was covered with ashes from head to foot . Alice was very anxious to be of use , and , as the poor little Lily was nearly screaming herself into a fit , she hastily picked up the Queen and set her on the table by the side of her noisy little daughter .
The XXXXX gasped , and sat down : the rapid journey through the air had quite taken away her breath and for a minute or two she could do nothing but hug the little Lily in silence .
Alice King Lily Looking-glass Pawns Queen chimney-piece fiddlestick fire left