I should like that . ' ` Did n't you hear me say `` Feather '' ? ' the Sheep cried angrily , taking up quite a bunch of needles . ` Indeed I did , ' said Alice : ` you 've said it very often -- and very loud . Please , where ARE the crabs ? ' ` In the water , of course ! ' said the Sheep , sticking some of the needles into her hair , as her hands were full . ` Feather , I say ! ' ` WHY do you say `` feather '' so often ? ' Alice asked at last , rather vexed . ` I 'm not a bird ! ' ` You are , ' said the Sheep : ` you 're a little goose . ' This offended Alice a little , so there was no more conversation for a minute or two , while the boat glided gently on , sometimes among beds of weeds -LRB- which made the oars stick fast in the water , worse then ever -RRB- , and sometimes under trees , but always with the same tall river-banks frowning over their heads . ` Oh , please ! There are some scented rushes ! ' Alice cried in a sudden transport of delight . ` There really are -- and SUCH beauties ! ' ` You need n't say `` please '' to ME about 'em , ' the Sheep said , without looking up from her knitting : ' I did n't put 'em there , and I 'm not going to take 'em away . ' ` No , but I meant -- please , may we wait and pick some ? ' Alice pleaded .
` If you do n't mind stopping the boat for a XXXXX . '
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