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 ! '' Alice called after it , and the others all joined in chorus `` yes , please do ! '' but the mouse only shook its ears , and walked quickly away , and was soon out of sight . `` What a pity it would n't stay ! '' sighed the Lory , and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to its daughter `` Ah , my dear ! let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper ! '' `` Hold your tongue , Ma ! ''
said the young XXXXX , a little snappishly , `` you 're enough to try the patience of an oyster ! ''
Alice Crab Lory bend fifth lesson mouse nonsense party story