4 . `` In my youth , '' said the sage , as he shook his gray locks , `` I kept all my limbs very supple , By the use of this ointment , five shillings the box -- Allow me to sell you a couple . '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- 5 . `` You are old , '' said the youth , `` and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet : Yet you eat all the goose , with the bones and the beak -- Pray , how did you manage to do it ? '' 6 . `` In my youth , '' said the old man , `` I took to the law , And argued each case with my wife , And the muscular strength , which it gave to my jaw , Has lasted the rest of my life . '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- 7 . `` You are old , '' said the youth ; `` one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever : Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -- What made you so awfully clever ? '' 8 . `` I have answered three questions , and that is enough , '' Said his father , `` do n't give yourself airs ! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff ? Be off , or I 'll kick you down stairs ! '' `` That is not said right , '' said the caterpillar . `` Not quite right , I 'm afraid , '' said Alice timidly , `` some of the words have got altered . '' `` It is wrong from beginning to end , '' said the caterpillar decidedly , and there was silence for some minutes : the caterpillar was the first to speak . `` What size do you want to be ? '' it asked . `` Oh , I 'm not particular as to size , '' Alice hastily replied , `` only one does n't like changing so often , you know . '' `` Are you content now ? '' said the caterpillar .
`` Well , I should like to be a little larger , sir , if you would n't mind , '' said XXXXX , `` three inches is such a wretched height to be . ''
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