`Well, just then I was inventing a new way of getting over a gate
-- would you like to hear it?'
`Very much indeed,' Alice said politely.
`I'll tell you how I came to think of it,' said the Knight. `You
see, I said to myself, "The only difficulty is with the feet: the
HEAD is high enough already." Now, first I put my head on the top of
the gate -- then I stand on my head -- then the feet are high enough,
you see -- then I'm over, you see.'
`Yes, I suppose you'd be over when that was done,' Alice said
thoughtfully: `but don't you think it would be rather hard?'
`I haven't tried it yet,' the Knight said, gravely: `so I can't
tell for certain -- but I'm afraid it WOULD be a little hard.'
He looked so vexed at the idea, that Alice changed the subject
hastily. `What a curious helmet you've got!' she said cheerfully.
`Is that your invention too?'
The Knight looked down proudly at his helmet, which hung from the
saddle. `Yes,' he said, `but I've invented a better one than that --
like a sugar loaf. When I used to wear it, if I fell of the horse,
it always touched the ground directly. So I had a VERY little way to
fall, you see -- But there WAS the danger of falling INTO it, to be
sure.
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