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Tonight, I will be continuing the story, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.

Chapter 9. The Mock Turtle's Story

You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing, said the Duchess,

as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice's, they walked off together.

Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that perhaps it was only

the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen. When I'm a Duchess, she said to herself, not in a very hopeful tone, though,

I won't have any pepper in my kitchen at all.

Soup does very well without.

Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered.

She went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, and vinegar that makes them sour,

and camemile that makes them bitter, and barley sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.

I only wish people knew that, then they wouldn't be so stingy about it, you know.

She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard

her voice close to her ear. You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk.

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