The judge , by the way , was the King ; and as he wore his crown over the wig , -LRB- look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it , -RRB- he did not look at all comfortable , and it was certainly not becoming . ` And that 's the jury-box , ' thought Alice , ` and those twelve creatures , ' -LRB- she was obliged to say ` creatures , ' you see , because some of them were animals , and some were birds , -RRB- ' I suppose they are the jurors . ' She said this last word two or three times over to herself , being rather proud of it : for she thought , and rightly too , that very few little girls of her age knew the meaning of it at all . However , ` jury-men ' would have done just as well . The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates . ` What are they doing ? ' Alice whispered to the Gryphon . ` They ca n't have anything to put down yet , before the trial 's begun . ' ` They 're putting down their names , ' the Gryphon whispered in reply , ` for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial . ' ` Stupid things ! ' Alice began in a loud , indignant voice , but she stopped hastily , for the White Rabbit cried out , ` Silence in the court ! ' and the King put on his spectacles and looked anxiously round , to make out who was talking . Alice could see , as well as if she were looking over their shoulders , that all the jurors were writing down ` stupid things ! ' on their slates , and she could even make out that one of them did n't know how to spell ` stupid , ' and that he had to ask his neighbour to tell him . ' A nice muddle their slates 'll be in before the trial 's over ! ' thought Alice . One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked . This of course , Alice could not stand , and she went round the court and got behind him , and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away . She did it so quickly that the poor little juror -LRB- it was Bill , the Lizard -RRB- could not make out at all what had become of it ; so , after hunting all about for it , he was obliged to write with one finger for the rest of the day ; and this was of very little use , as it left no mark on the slate . ` Herald , read the accusation ! '
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