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Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland
Kapitel 11:
Who stole the tarts?, Lewis Carroll, Seite 4 ( von 4 )
The King looked anxiously at the White Rabbit, who said in a low voice,
"Your Majesty must cross-examine
this
witness."
"Well, if I must, I must," the King said with a melancholy air, and,
after folding his arms and frowning at the cook till his eyes were nearly out
of sight, he said in a deep voice, "What are tarts made of?"
"Pepper, mostly," said the cook.
"Treacle," said a sleepy voice behind her.
"Collar that Dormouse!" the Queen shrieked out. "Behead that
Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of the court! Suppress him! Pinch him! Off
with his whiskers!"
For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned
out, and, by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared.
"Never mind!" said the King, with an air of great relief. "Call
the next witness." And, he added in an under-tone to the Queen,
"Really, my dear,
you must
cross-examine the next witness. It quite makes my forehead ache!"
Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very
curious to see what the next witness would be like, "- for they haven't
got much evidence yet," she said
to herself. Imagine her surprise, when the White Rabbit read out, at the top of
his shrill little voice, the name "Alice!"
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