you 're a human child ! ' A sudden look of alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes , and in another moment it had darted away at full speed . Alice stood looking after it , almost ready to cry with vexation at having lost her dear little fellow-traveller so suddenly . ` However , I know my name now . ' she said , ` that 's SOME comfort . Alice -- Alice -- I wo n't forget it again . And now , which of these finger-posts ought I to follow , I wonder ? ' It was not a very difficult question to answer , as there was only one road through the wood , and the two finger-posts both pointed along it . ` I 'll settle it , ' Alice said to herself , ` when the road divides and they point different ways . ' But this did not seem likely to happen . She went on and on , a long way , but wherever the road divided there were sure to be two finger-posts pointing the same way , one marked ` TO TWEEDLEDUM 'S HOUSE ' and the other ` TO THE HOUSE OF TWEEDLEDEE . ' ' I do believe , ' said Alice at last , ` that they live in the same house ! I wonder I never thought of that before -- But I ca n't stay there long . I 'll just call and say `` how d'you do ? '' and ask them the way out of the wood . If I could only get to the Eighth Square before it gets dark ! ' So she wandered on , talking to herself as she went , till , on turning a sharp corner , she came upon two fat little men , so suddenly that she could not help starting back , but in another moment she recovered herself , feeling sure that they must be . CHAPTER IV . Tweedledum And Tweedledee They were standing under a tree , each with an arm round the other 's neck , and Alice knew which was which in a moment , because one of them had ` DUM ' embroidered on his collar , and the other ` DEE . ' ' I suppose they 've each got `` TWEEDLE '' round at the back of the collar , ' she said to herself .
They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive , and she was just looking round to see if the word `` XXXXX '' was written at the back of each collar , when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked ` DUM . '
Alice DEE DUM Square TWEEDLE TWEEDLEDEE Tweedledum fellow-traveller finger-posts vexation