` Contrariwise , ' added the one marked ` DEE , ' ` if you think we 're alive , you ought to speak . ' ` I 'm sure I 'm very sorry , ' was all Alice could say ; for the words of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticking of a clock , and she could hardly help saying them out loud : -- ` Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle ; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle . Just then flew down a monstrous crow , As black as a tar-barrel ; Which frightened both the heroes so , They quite forgot their quarrel . ' ' I know what you 're thinking about , ' said Tweedledum : ` but it is n't so , nohow . ' ` Contrariwise , ' continued Tweedledee , ` if it was so , it might be ; and if it were so , it would be ; but as it is n't , it ai n't . That 's logic . ' ' I was thinking , ' Alice said very politely , ` which is the best way out of this wood : it 's getting so dark . Would you tell me , please ? ' But the little men only looked at each other and grinned . They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys , that Alice could n't help pointing her finger at Tweedledum , and saying ` First Boy ! ' ` Nohow ! ' Tweedledum cried out briskly , and shut his mouth up again with a snap . ` Next Boy ! ' said Alice , passing on to Tweedledee , though she felt quite certain he would only shout out ` Contrariwise ! ' and so he did . ` You 've been wrong ! ' cried Tweedledum . ` The first thing in a visit is to say `` How d'ye do ? '' and shake hands ! ' And here the two brothers gave each other a hug , and then they held out the two hands that were free , to shake hands with her .
Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them XXXXX , for fear of hurting the other one 's feelings ; so , as the best way out of the difficulty , she took hold of both hands at once : the next moment they were dancing round in a ring .
Alice Contrariwise DEE Tweedledee Tweedledum first nohow tar-barrel way wood