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CATERPILLAR. 13 serpent; and there’s no use denying it. I suppose youll be tellmg me next that you never tasted an egg!” “I have tasted eggs, certainly,” said Alice, who was "a very truthful child; “but little girls eat egos quite as much as serpents do, you know.” “T don't believe it,” said the Pigeon; “but if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, that’s all I can say.” This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, wnich gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, “ You re looking for eggs, I know that well enough; and what does it matter to me whether youre a little girl or a serpent ?” “It matters a good deal to me,’ said Alice hastily; “but I’m not looking for eggs, as it happens ; and if | was, I shouldnt want yours: I don’t like them raw.” ús “Well, be off, then!” said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its L
