I say , this is n't fair ! ' cried the Unicorn , as Alice sat with the knife in her hand , very much puzzled how to begin . ` The Monster has given the Lion twice as much as me ! ' ` She 's kept none for herself , anyhow , ' said the Lion . ` Do you like plum-cake , Monster ? ' But before Alice could answer him , the drums began . Where the noise came from , she could n't make out : the air seemed full of it , and it rang through and through her head till she felt quite deafened . She started to her feet and sprang across the little brook in her terror , * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * and had just time to see the Lion and the Unicorn rise to their feet , with angry looks at being interrupted in their feast , before she dropped to her knees , and put her hands over her ears , vainly trying to shut out the dreadful uproar . ` If THAT does n't `` drum them out of town , '' ' she thought to herself , ` nothing ever will ! ' CHAPTER VIII . ` It 's my own Invention ' After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away , till all was dead silence , and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm . There was no one to be seen , and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers . However , there was the great dish still lying at her feet , on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake , ` So I was n't dreaming , after all , ' she said to herself , ` unless -- unless we 're all part of the same dream . Only I do hope it 's MY dream , and not the Red King 's ! I do n't like belonging to another person 's dream , ' she went on in a rather complaining tone : ` I 've a great mind to go and wake him , and see what happens ! ' At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of ` Ahoy ! Ahoy ! Check ! ' and a Knight dressed in crimson armour came galloping down upon her , brandishing a great club . Just as he reached her , the horse stopped suddenly : ` You 're my prisoner ! '
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