` Only in the usual way , ' Alice said , smiling . ` That 's hardly enough , ' he said , anxiously . ` You see the wind is so VERY strong here . It 's as strong as soup . ' ` Have you invented a plan for keeping the hair from being blown off ? ' Alice enquired . ` Not yet , ' said the Knight . ` But I 've got a plan for keeping it from FALLING off . ' ' I should like to hear it , very much . ' ` First you take an upright stick , ' said the Knight . ` Then you make your hair creep up it , like a fruit-tree . Now the reason hair falls off is because it hangs DOWN -- things never fall UPWARDS , you know . It 's a plan of my own invention . You may try it if you like . ' It did n't sound a comfortable plan , Alice thought , and for a few minutes she walked on in silence , puzzling over the idea , and every now and then stopping to help the poor Knight , who certainly was NOT a good rider . Whenever the horse stopped -LRB- which it did very often -RRB- , he fell off in front ; and whenever it went on again -LRB- which it generally did rather suddenly -RRB- , he fell off behind . Otherwise he kept on pretty well , except that he had a habit of now and then falling off sideways ; and as he generally did this on the side on which Alice was walking , she soon found that it was the best plan not to walk QUITE close to the horse . ` I 'm afraid you 've not had much practice in riding , ' she ventured to say , as she was helping him up from his fifth tumble . The Knight looked very much surprised , and a little offended at the remark . ` What makes you say that ? '
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