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Alice through the Looking Glass

1

One

thing

was

certain

,

that

the

white

kitten

had

had

nothing

to

do

with

it

:

--

it

was

the

black

kitten

's

fault

entirely

.

For

the

white

kitten

had

been

having

its

face

washed

by

the

old

cat

for

the

last

quarter

of

an

hour

(

and

bearing

it

pretty

well

,

considering

)

;

so

you

see

that

it

could

n't

have

had

any

hand

in

the

mischief

.

2

The

way

Dinah

washed

her

children

's

faces

was

this

:

first

she

held

the

poor

thing

down

by

its

ear

with

one

paw

,

and

then

with

the

other

paw

she

rubbed

its

face

all

over

,

the

wrong

way

,

beginning

at

the

nose

:

and

just

now

,

as

I

said

,

she

was

hard

at

work

on

the

white

kitten

,

which

was

lying

quite

still

and

trying

to

purr

--

no

doubt

feeling

that

it

was

all

meant

for

its

good

.

3

But

the

black

kitten

had

been

finished

with

earlier

in

the

afternoon

,

and

so

,

while

Alice

was

sitting

curled

up

in

a

corner

of

the

great

arm-chair

,

half

talking

to

herself

and

half

asleep

,

the

kitten

had

been

having

a

grand

game

of

romps

with

the

ball

of

worsted

Alice

had

been

trying

to

wind

up

,

and

had

been

rolling

it

up

and

down

till

it

had

all

come

undone

again

;

and

there

it

was

,

spread

over

the

hearth-rug

,

all

knots

and

tangles

,

with

the

kitten

running

after

its

own

tail

in

the

middle

.

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4

'

Oh

,

you

wicked

little

thing

!

'

cried

Alice

,

catching

up

the

kitten

,

and

giving

it

a

little

kiss

to

make

it

understand

that

it

was

in

disgrace

.

5

'

Really

,

Dinah

ought

to

have

taught

you

better

manners

!

You

ought

,

Dinah

,

you

know

you

ought

!

'

she

added

,

looking

reproachfully

at

the

old

cat

,

and

speaking

in

as

cross

a

voice

as

she

could

manage

--

and

then

she

scrambled

back

into

the

arm-chair

,

taking

the

kitten

and

the

worsted

with

her

,

and

began

winding

up

the

ball

again

.

But

she

did

n't

get

on

very

fast

,

as

she

was

talking

all

the

time

,

sometimes

to

the

kitten

,

and

sometimes

to

herself

.

Kitty

sat

very

demurely

on

her

knee

,

pretending

to

watch

the

progress

of

the

winding

,

and

now

and

then

putting

out

one

paw

and

gently

touching

the

ball

,

as

if

it

would

be

glad

to

help

,

if

it

might

.

6

'

Do

you

know

what

to-morrow

is

,

Kitty

?

'

Alice

began

.

'

You

'd

have

guessed

if

you

'd

been

up

in

the

window

with

me

--

only

Dinah

was

making

you

tidy

,

so

you

could

n't

.

I

was

watching

the

boys

getting

in

sticks

for

the

bonfire

--

and

it

wants

plenty

of

sticks

,

Kitty

!

Only

it

got

so

cold

,

and

it

snowed

so

,

they

had

to

leave

off

.

Never

mind

,

Kitty

,

we

'll

go

and

see

the

bonfire

to-morrow

.

'

Here

Alice

wound

two

or

three

turns

of

the

worsted

round

the

kitten

's

neck

,

just

to

see

how

it

would

look

:

this

led

to

a

scramble

,

in

which

the

ball

rolled

down

upon

the

floor

,

and

yards

and

yards

of

it

got

unwound

again

.

7

'

Do

you

know

,

I

was

so

angry

,

Kitty

,

'

Alice

went

on

as

soon

as

they

were

comfortably

settled

again

,

'

when

I

saw

all

the

mischief

you

had

been

doing

,

I

was

very

nearly

opening

the

window

,

and

putting

you

out

into

the

snow

!

And

you

'd

have

deserved

it

,

you

little

mischievous

darling

!

What

have

you

got

to

say

for

yourself

?

Now

do

n't

interrupt

me

!

'

she

went

on

,

holding

up

one

finger

.

'

I

'm

going

to

tell

you

all

your

faults

.

Number

one

:

you

squeaked

twice

while

Dinah

was

washing

your

face

this

morning

.

Now

you

ca

n't

deny

it

,

Kitty

:

I

heard

you

!

What

's

that

you

say

?

'

(

pretending

that

the

kitten

was

speaking

.

)

'

Her

paw

went

into

your

eye

?

Well

,

that

's

your

fault

,

for

keeping

your

eyes

open

--

if

you

'd

shut

them

tight

up

,

it

would

n't

have

happened

.

Now

do

n't

make

any

more

excuses

,

but

listen

!

Number

two

:

you

pulled

Snowdrop

away

by

the

tail

just

as

I

had

put

down

the

saucer

of

milk

before

her

!

What

,

you

were

thirsty

,

were

you

?

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8

How

do

you

know

she

was

n't

thirsty

too

?

Now

for

number

three

:

you

unwound

every

bit

of

the

worsted

while

I

was

n't

looking

!

9

'

That

's

three

faults

,

Kitty

,

and

you

've

not

been

punished

for

any

of

them

yet

.

You

know

I

'm

saving

up

all

your

punishments

for

Wednesday

week

--

Suppose

they

had

saved

up

all

my

punishments

!

'

she

went

on

,

talking

more

to

herself

than

the

kitten

.

'

What

would

they

do

at

the

end

of

a

year

?

I

should

be

sent

to

prison

,

I

suppose

,

when

the

day

came

.

10

Or

--

let

me

see

--

suppose

each

punishment

was

to

be

going

without

a

dinner

:

then

,

when

the

miserable

day

came

,

I

should

have

to

go

without

fifty

dinners

at

once

!

Well

,

I

should

n't

mind

that

much

!

I

'd

far

rather

go

without

them

than

eat

them

!

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