` If you can SEE whether I 'm singing or not , you 've sharper eyes than most . ' Humpty Dumpty remarked severely . Alice was silent . ` In spring , when woods are getting green , I 'll try and tell you what I mean . ' ` Thank you very much , ' said Alice . ` In summer , when the days are long , Perhaps you 'll understand the song : In autumn , when the leaves are brown , Take pen and ink , and write it down . ' ' I will , if I can remember it so long , ' said Alice . ` You need n't go on making remarks like that , ' Humpty Dumpty said : ` they 're not sensible , and they put me out . ' ' I sent a message to the fish : I told them `` This is what I wish . '' The little fishes of the sea , They sent an answer back to me . The little fishes ' answer was `` We can not do it , Sir , because -- '' ' ` I 'm afraid I do n't quite understand , ' said Alice . ` It gets easier further on , ' Humpty Dumpty replied . ' I sent to them again to say `` It will be better to obey . '' The fishes answered with a grin , `` Why , what a temper you are in ! '' I told them once , I told them twice : They would not listen to advice . I took a kettle large and new , Fit for the deed I had to do . My heart went hop , my heart went thump ; I filled the kettle at the pump . Then some one came to me and said , `` The little fishes are in bed . '' I said to him , I said it plain , `` Then you must wake them up again . '' I said it very loud and clear ; I went and shouted in his ear . '
Humpty Dumpty raised his voice almost to a scream as he repeated this verse , and XXXXX thought with a shudder , ' I would n't have been the messenger for ANYTHING ! '
Alice Dumpty Fit Sir autumn days remarks spring summer woods