I know what you 're thinking about , ' said Tweedledum : ` but it is n't so , nohow . ' ` Contrariwise , ' continued Tweedledee , ` if it was so , it might be ; and if it were so , it would be ; but as it is n't , it ai n't . That 's logic . ' ' I was thinking , ' Alice said very politely , ` which is the best way out of this wood : it 's getting so dark . Would you tell me , please ? ' But the little men only looked at each other and grinned . They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys , that Alice could n't help pointing her finger at Tweedledum , and saying ` First Boy ! ' ` Nohow ! ' Tweedledum cried out briskly , and shut his mouth up again with a snap . ` Next Boy ! ' said Alice , passing on to Tweedledee , though she felt quite certain he would only shout out ` Contrariwise ! ' and so he did . ` You 've been wrong ! ' cried Tweedledum . ` The first thing in a visit is to say `` How d'ye do ? '' and shake hands ! ' And here the two brothers gave each other a hug , and then they held out the two hands that were free , to shake hands with her . Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first , for fear of hurting the other one 's feelings ; so , as the best way out of the difficulty , she took hold of both hands at once : the next moment they were dancing round in a ring . This seemed quite natural -LRB- she remembered afterwards -RRB- , and she was not even surprised to hear music playing : it seemed to come from the tree under which they were dancing , and it was done -LRB- as well as she could make it out -RRB- by the branches rubbing one across the other , like fiddles and fiddle-sticks . ` But it certainly WAS funny , ' -LRB- Alice said afterwards , when she was telling her sister the history of all this , -RRB- ` to find myself singing `` HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH . ''
I do n't XXXXX when I began it , but somehow I felt as if I 'd been singing it a long long time ! '
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