Alice looked at it with great curiosity . ' I see you 're admiring my little box . ' the Knight said in a friendly tone . ` It 's my own invention -- to keep clothes and sandwiches in . You see I carry it upside-down , so that the rain ca n't get in . ' ` But the things can get OUT , ' Alice gently remarked . ` Do you know the lid 's open ? ' ' I did n't know it , ' the Knight said , a shade of vexation passing over his face . ` Then all the things must have fallen out ! And the box is no use without them . ' He unfastened it as he spoke , and was just going to throw it into the bushes , when a sudden thought seemed to strike him , and he hung it carefully on a tree . ` Can you guess why I did that ? ' he said to Alice . Alice shook her head . ` In hopes some bees may make a nest in it -- then I should get the honey . ' ` But you 've got a bee-hive -- or something like one -- fastened to the saddle , ' said Alice . ` Yes , it 's a very good bee-hive , ' the Knight said in a discontented tone , ` one of the best kind . But not a single bee has come near it yet . And the other thing is a mouse-trap . I suppose the mice keep the bees out -- or the bees keep the mice out , I do n't know which . ' '
I was wondering what the mouse-trap was for , ' said XXXXX .
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