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Looking-glass house
One thing was certain, it was the black kitten that began it all

The white kitten had been unable to do anything for the last quarter of an hour , because the old cat was washing its face , very slowly And very carefully.

But the black kitten was free to do what it wanted .

And so ,while Alice was sitting In a corner of the great armchair ,half talking to herself and half asleep ,the kitten was playing a grand game with a ball of wool.

Soon the wool was lying In a terrible tangle all over the carpet ,with the kitten running after its own tail In the middle.

' Oh, you bad little thing! ' cried Alice , when she saw the wool.

说人话！！！_(:зゝ∠)_

She picked up the kitten and climbed back into the armchair.

' You really mustn't play with the wool,you know.It will take me so long to roll the ball up again .Why don't you play chessinstead ,Kitty?When I was playing a while ago,
you were watching me so care-fully. In fact,you look just like the
Red Queen yourself.'

And Alice picked up the Red Queen from the chessmen on the
table ,and held it up to show the
kitten.

But the kitten tried to escape,and
to punish it, Alice lifted it up to
the looking-glass above the fire-place.

'If you're not good,Kitty,' she said,
'I'll put you through into looking-glaas house.How would you like
that ?'

'I do wonder,'Alice went on,'If everything in that room Is the same as In our room.The things
that I can see look the same—
except the books,because the words go the wrong way.But perhaps the rest of the house Is
really different and full of interesting things.Oh I wish we could get thought,Kitty! Let's pretend we can.

Alice did not know how it happend
but while she was speaking, she
found herself climbing up to the
looking-glass.