and she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out , for she could not remember having ever seen one . However , nothing more happened so she decided on going into the garden at once , but , alas for poor Alice ! when she got to the door , she found she had forgotten the little golden key , and when she went back to the table for the key , she found she could not possibly reach it : she could see it plainly enough through the glass , and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table , but it was too slippery , and when she had tired herself out with trying , the poor little thing sat down and cried . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` Come ! there 's no use in crying ! '' said Alice to herself rather sharply , `` I advise you to leave off this minute ! '' -LRB- she generally gave herself very good advice , and sometimes scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes , and once she remembered boxing her own ears for having been unkind to herself in a game of croquet she was playing with herself , for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people , -RRB- `` but it 's no use now , '' thought poor Alice , `` to pretend to be two people ! Why , there 's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person ! '' Soon her eyes fell on a little ebony box lying under the table : she opened it , and found in it a very small cake , on which was lying a card with the words EAT ME beautifully printed on it in large letters . `` I 'll eat , '' said Alice , `` and if it makes me larger , I can reach the key , and if it makes me smaller , I can creep under the door , so either way I 'll get into the garden , and I do n't care which happens ! '' She ate a little bit , and said anxiously to herself `` which way ? which way ? '' and laid her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing , and was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size : to be sure this is what generally happens when one eats cake , but Alice had got into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the way things to happen , and it seemed quite dull and stupid for things to go on in the common way . So she set to work , and very soon finished off the cake . * * * * * `` Curiouser and curiouser ! '' cried Alice , -LRB- she was so surprised that she quite forgot how to speak good English , -RRB- `` now I 'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was ! Goodbye , feet ! '' -LRB- for when she looked down at her feet , they seemed almost out of sight , they were getting so far off , -RRB- `` oh , my poor little feet , I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now , dears ? I 'm sure I ca n't ! I shall be a great deal too far off to bother myself about you : you must manage the best way you can -- but I must be kind to them , '' thought Alice , `` or perhaps they wo n't walk the way I want to go !
Let me XXXXX : I 'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas . ''
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