"
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size.
Holding his pocket handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
"O Oysters," said the Carpenter.
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?"
But answer came there none --
And that was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.'
`I like the Walrus best,' said Alice: `because you see he was a
LITTLE sorry for the poor oysters.'
`He ate more than the Carpenter, though,' said Tweedledee. `You see
he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't
count how many he took: contrariwise.'
`That was mean!' Alice said indignantly. `Then I like the
Carpenter best -- if he didn't eat so many as the Walrus.'
`But he ate as many as he could get,' said Tweedledum.
This was a puzzler. After a pause, Alice began, `Well! They were
BOTH very unpleasant characters -- ' Here she checked herself in some
alarm, at hearing something that sounded to her like the puffing of a
large steam-engine in the wood near them, thought she feared it was
more likely to be a wild beast.
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