` Do n't stand there chattering to yourself like that , ' Humpty Dumpty said , looking at her for the first time , ` but tell me your name and your business . ' ` My NAME is Alice , but -- ' ` It 's a stupid enough name ! ' Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently . ` What does it mean ? ' ` MUST a name mean something ? ' Alice asked doubtfully . ` Of course it must , ' Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh : ` MY name means the shape I am -- and a good handsome shape it is , too . With a name like yours , you might be any shape , almost . ' ` Why do you sit out here all alone ? ' said Alice , not wishing to begin an argument . ` Why , because there 's nobody with me ! ' cried Humpty Dumpty . ` Did you think I did n't know the answer to THAT ? Ask another . ' ` Do n't you think you 'd be safer down on the ground ? ' Alice went on , not with any idea of making another riddle , but simply in her good-natured anxiety for the queer creature . ` That wall is so VERY narrow ! ' ` What tremendously easy riddles you ask ! ' Humpty Dumpty growled out . ` Of course I do n't think so !
Why , if ever I DID fall off -- which there 's no chance of -- but IF I did -- ' Here he pursed up his lips and looked so solemn and grand that XXXXX could hardly help laughing .
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