`` It is a long tail , certainly , '' said Alice , looking down with wonder at the mouse 's tail , which was coiled nearly all round the party , `` but why do you call it sad ? '' and she went on puzzling about this as the mouse went on speaking , so that her idea of the tale was something like this : We lived beneath the mat Warm and snug and fat But one woe , & that Was the cat ! To our joys a clog , In our eyes a fog , On our hearts a log Was the dog ! When the cat 's away , Then the mice will play , But , alas ! one day , -LRB- So they say -RRB- Came the dog and cat , Hunting for a rat , Crushed the mice all flat ; Each one as he sat . U n d e r n e a t h t h e m a t , m r a W g u n s & t a f & T h i n k ? o f t h a t ! `` You are not attending ! '' said the mouse to Alice severely , `` what are you thinking of ? '' `` I beg your pardon , '' said Alice very humbly , `` you had got to the fifth bend , I think ? '' `` I had not ! '' cried the mouse , sharply and very angrily . `` A knot ! '' said Alice , always ready to make herself useful , and looking anxiously about her , `` oh , do let me help to undo it ! '' `` I shall do nothing of the sort ! '' said the mouse , getting up and walking away from the party , `` you insult me by talking such nonsense ! '' `` I did n't mean it ! '' pleaded poor Alice , `` but you 're so easily offended , you know . '' The mouse only growled in reply . `` Please come back and finish your story ! ''
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