`Now you understand the way things happen here.'
`But why don't you scream now?' Alice asked, holding her hands
ready to put over her ears again.
`Why, I've done all the screaming already,' said the Queen. `What
would be the good of having it all over again?'
By this time it was getting light. `The crow must have flown away,
I think,' said Alice: `I'm so glad it's gone. I thought it was the
night coming on.'
`I wish _I_ could manage to be glad!' the Queen said. `Only I
never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this
wood, and being glad whenever you like!'
`Only it is so VERY lonely here!' Alice said in a melancholy voice;
and at the thought of her loneliness two large tears came rolling
down her cheeks.
`Oh, don't go on like that!' cried the poor Queen, wringing her
hands in despair. `Consider what a great girl you are. Consider
what a long way you've come to-day. Consider what o'clock it is.
Consider anything, only don't cry!'
Alice could not help laughing at this, even in the midst of her
tears. `Can YOU keep from crying by considering things?' she asked.
`That's the way it's done,' the Queen said with great decision:
`nobody can do two things at once, you know.
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