At any other time , Alice would have felt surprised at this , but she was far too much excited to be surprised at anything NOW . ` As for YOU , ' she repeated , catching hold of the little creature in the very act of jumping over a bottle which had just lighted upon the table , ` I 'll shake you into a kitten , that I will ! ' CHAPTER X. Shaking She took her off the table as she spoke , and shook her backwards and forwards with all her might . The Red Queen made no resistance whatever ; only her face grew very small , and her eyes got large and green : and still , as Alice went on shaking her , she kept on growing shorter -- and fatter -- and softer -- and rounder -- and -- CHAPTER XI . Waking -- and it really WAS a kitten , after all . CHAPTER XII . Which Dreamed it ? ` Your majesty should n't purr so loud , ' Alice said , rubbing her eyes , and addressing the kitten , respectfully , yet with some severity . ` You woke me out of oh ! such a nice dream ! And you 've been along with me , Kitty -- all through the Looking-Glass world . Did you know it , dear ? ' It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens -LRB- Alice had once made the remark -RRB- that , whatever you say to them , they ALWAYS purr . ` If they would only purr for `` yes '' and mew for `` no , '' or any rule of that sort , ' she had said , ` so that one could keep up a conversation ! But how CAN you talk with a person if they always say the same thing ? ' On this occasion the kitten only purred : and it was impossible to guess whether it meant ` yes ' or ` no . ' So Alice hunted among the chessmen on the table till she had found the Red Queen : then she went down on her knees on the hearth-rug , and put the kitten and the Queen to look at each other . ` Now , Kitty ! ' she cried , clapping her hands triumphantly . ` Confess that was what you turned into ! '
-LRB- ` But it would n't XXXXX at it , ' she said , when she was explaining the thing afterwards to her sister : ` it turned away its head , and pretended not to see it : but it looked a LITTLE ashamed of itself , so I think it MUST have been the Red Queen . ' -RRB-
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