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 Queen said very decidedly : so Alice tried to submit to it with a good grace . -LRB- ` And they DID push so ! ' she said afterwards , when she was telling her sister the history of the feast . ` You would have thought they wanted to squeeze me flat ! ' -RRB- In fact it was rather difficult for her to keep in her place while she made her speech : the two Queens pushed her so , one on each side , that they nearly lifted her up into the air : ' I rise to return thanks -- ' Alice began : and she really DID rise as she spoke , several inches ; but she got hold of the edge of the table , and managed to pull herself down again . ` Take care of yourself ! ' screamed the White Queen , seizing Alice 's hair with both her hands . ` Something 's going to happen ! '
And then -LRB- as XXXXX afterwards described it -RRB- all sorts of things happened in a moment .
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