was her first remark . She had indeed : when Alice first found her in the ashes , she had been only three inches high -- and here she was , half a head taller than Alice herself ! ` It 's the fresh air that does it , ' said the Rose : ` wonderfully fine air it is , out here . ' ' I think I 'll go and meet her , ' said Alice , for , though the flowers were interesting enough , she felt that it would be far grander to have a talk with a real Queen . ` You ca n't possibly do that , ' said the Rose : ' I should advise you to walk the other way . ' This sounded nonsense to Alice , so she said nothing , but set off at once towards the Red Queen . To her surprise , she lost sight of her in a moment , and found herself walking in at the front-door again . A little provoked , she drew back , and after looking everywhere for the queen -LRB- whom she spied out at last , a long way off -RRB- , she thought she would try the plan , this time , of walking in the opposite direction . It succeeded beautifully . She had not been walking a minute before she found herself face to face with the Red Queen , and full in sight of the hill she had been so long aiming at . ` Where do you come from ? ' said the Red Queen . ` And where are you going ? Look up , speak nicely , and do n't twiddle your fingers all the time . ' Alice attended to all these directions , and explained , as well as she could , that she had lost her way . ' I do n't know what you mean by YOUR way , ' said the Queen : ` all the ways about here belong to ME -- but why did you come out here at all ? ' she added in a kinder tone . ` Curtsey while you 're thinking what to say , it saves time . ' Alice wondered a little at this , but she was too much in awe of the Queen to disbelieve it . ` I 'll try it when I go home , ' she thought to herself , ` the next time I 'm a little late for dinner . '
` It 's time for you to answer now , ' the Queen said , XXXXX at her watch : ` open your mouth a LITTLE wider when you speak , and always say `` your Majesty . '' ' '
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