“Blew—me—up,” panted the Queen, who was still a little out of breath. “Mind you come up—the regular way—don’t get blown up!”

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“So you did, you know,” the Red Queen said to Alice. “Always speak the truth—think before you speak—and write it down afterwards.”

She took her off the table as she spoke, and shook her backwards and forwards with all her might.

—and it really was a kitten, after all.