'
That is easy: a penny, I think, would have bought it.
"Now cook me the fish!'
That is easy, and will not take more than a minute.
Let it lie in a dish!"
That is easy, because it already is in it.
"Bring it here! Let me sup!"
It is easy to set such a dish on the table.
"Take the dish-cover up!'
Ah, THAT is so hard that I fear I'm unable!
For it holds it like glue --
Holds the lid to the dish, while it lies in the middle:
Which is easiest to do,
Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle?'
`Take a minute to think about it, and then guess,' said the Red
Queen. `Meanwhile, we'll drink your health -- Queen Alice's health!'
she screamed at the top of her voice, and all the guests began
drinking it directly, and very queerly they managed it: some of them
put their glasses upon their heads like extinguishers, and drank all
that trickled down their faces -- others upset the decanters, and
drank the wine as it ran off the edges of the table -- and three of
them (who looked like kangaroos) scrambled into the dish of roast
mutton, and began eagerly lapping up the gravy, `just like pigs in a
trough!' thought Alice.
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