That is easy : a baby , I think , could have caught it . `` Next , the fish must be bought . '' That is easy : a penny , I think , would have bought it . `` Now cook me the fish ! '' That is easy , and will not take more than a minute . `` Let it lie in a dish ! '' That is easy , because it already is in it . `` Bring it here ! Let me sup ! '' It is easy to set such a dish on the table . `` Take the dish-cover up ! '' Ah , THAT is so hard that I fear I 'm unable ! For it holds it like glue -- Holds the lid to the dish , while it lies in the middle : Which is easiest to do , Un-dish-cover the fish , or dishcover the riddle ? ' ` Take a minute to think about it , and then guess , ' said the Red Queen . ` Meanwhile , we 'll drink your health -- Queen Alice 's health ! ' she screamed at the top of her voice , and all the guests began drinking it directly , and very queerly they managed it : some of them put their glasses upon their heads like extinguishers , and drank all that trickled down their faces -- others upset the decanters , and drank the wine as it ran off the edges of the table -- and three of them -LRB- who looked like kangaroos -RRB- scrambled into the dish of roast mutton , and began eagerly lapping up the gravy , ` just like pigs in a trough ! ' thought Alice . ` You ought to return thanks in a neat speech , ' the Red Queen said , frowning at Alice as she spoke . ` We must support you , you know , ' the White Queen whispered , as Alice got up to do it , very obediently , but a little frightened . ` Thank you very much , ' she whispered in reply , ` but I can do quite well without . '
` That would n't be at all the thing , ' the Red XXXXX said very decidedly : so Alice tried to submit to it with a good grace .
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