` Take some more tea , ' the March Hare said to Alice , very earnestly . ` I 've had nothing yet , ' Alice replied in an offended tone , ` so I ca n't take more . ' ` You mean you ca n't take LESS , ' said the Hatter : ` it 's very easy to take MORE than nothing . ' ` Nobody asked YOUR opinion , ' said Alice . ` Who 's making personal remarks now ? ' the Hatter asked triumphantly . Alice did not quite know what to say to this : so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter , and then turned to the Dormouse , and repeated her question . ` Why did they live at the bottom of a well ? ' The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it , and then said , ` It was a treacle-well . ' ` There 's no such thing ! ' Alice was beginning very angrily , but the Hatter and the March Hare went ` Sh ! sh ! ' and the Dormouse sulkily remarked , ` If you ca n't be civil , you 'd better finish the story for yourself . ' ` No , please go on ! ' Alice said very humbly ; ' I wo n't interrupt again . I dare say there may be ONE . ' ` One , indeed ! ' said the Dormouse indignantly . However , he consented to go on . ` And so these three little sisters -- they were learning to draw , you know -- ' ` What did they draw ? '
XXXXX Alice , quite forgetting her promise .
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