-LRB- In which the cook and the baby joined -RRB- : -- ` Wow ! wow ! wow ! ' While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song , she kept tossing the baby violently up and down , and the poor little thing howled so , that Alice could hardly hear the words : -- ' I speak severely to my boy , I beat him when he sneezes ; For he can thoroughly enjoy The pepper when he pleases ! ' CHORUS . ` Wow ! wow ! wow ! ' ` Here ! you may nurse it a bit , if you like ! ' the Duchess said to Alice , flinging the baby at her as she spoke . ' I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen , ' and she hurried out of the room . The cook threw a frying-pan after her as she went out , but it just missed her . Alice caught the baby with some difficulty , as it was a queer-shaped little creature , and held out its arms and legs in all directions , ` just like a star-fish , ' thought Alice . The poor little thing was snorting like a steam-engine when she caught it , and kept doubling itself up and straightening itself out again , so that altogether , for the first minute or two , it was as much as she could do to hold it . As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it , -LRB- which was to twist it up into a sort of knot , and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot , so as to prevent its undoing itself , -RRB- she carried it out into the open air . ` IF I do n't take this child away with me , ' thought Alice , ` they 're sure to kill it in a day or two : would n't it be murder to leave it behind ? ' She said the last words out loud , and the little thing grunted in reply -LRB- it had left off sneezing by this time -RRB- . ` Do n't grunt , ' said Alice ; ` that 's not at all a proper way of expressing yourself . ' The baby grunted again , and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it .
There could be no doubt that it had a VERY turn-up nose , much more like a snout than a real nose ; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby : altogether Alice did not like the look XXXXX the thing at all .
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