` To begin with , ' said the Cat , ' a dog 's not mad . You grant that ? ' ' I suppose so , ' said Alice . ` Well , then , ' the Cat went on , ` you see , a dog growls when it 's angry , and wags its tail when it 's pleased . Now I growl when I 'm pleased , and wag my tail when I 'm angry . Therefore I 'm mad . ' ' I call it purring , not growling , ' said Alice . ` Call it what you like , ' said the Cat . ` Do you play croquet with the Queen to-day ? ' ' I should like it very much , ' said Alice , ` but I have n't been invited yet . ' ` You 'll see me there , ' said the Cat , and vanished . Alice was not much surprised at this , she was getting so used to queer things happening . While she was looking at the place where it had been , it suddenly appeared again . ` By-the-bye , what became of the baby ? ' said the Cat . ` I 'd nearly forgotten to ask . ' ` It turned into a pig , ' Alice quietly said , just as if it had come back in a natural way . ' I thought it would , ' said the Cat , and vanished again . Alice waited a little , half expecting to see it again , but it did not appear , and after a minute or two she walked on in the direction in which the March Hare was said to live . ` I 've seen hatters before , ' she said to herself ; ` the March Hare will be much the most interesting , and perhaps as this is May it wo n't be raving mad -- at least not so mad as it was in March . '
As she said this , she looked up , and there was the Cat again , sitting XXXXX a branch of a tree .
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