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“ It matters a good deal to me , ” said Alice hastily ; “ but I’m not looking for eggs , as it happens ; and if I was , I shouldn’t want yours : I don’t like them raw . ” “ Well , be off , then ! ” said the Pigeon in a sulky tone , as it settled down again into its nest . Alice crouched down among the trees as well as she could , for her neck kept getting entangled among the branches , and every now and then she had to stop and untwist it . After a while she remembered that she still held the pieces of mushroom in her hands , and she set to work very carefully , nibbling first at one and then at the other , and growing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter , until she had succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual height . It was so long since she had been anything near the right size , that it felt quite strange at first ; but she got used to it in a few minutes , and began talking to herself , as usual . “ Come , there’s half my plan done now ! How puzzling all these changes are ! I’m never sure what I’m going to be , from one minute to another ! However , I’ve got back to my right size : the next thing is , to get into that beautiful garden — how is that to be done , I wonder ? ” As she said this , she came suddenly upon an open place , with a little house in it about four feet high . “ Whoever lives there , ” thought Alice , “ it’ll never do to come upon them this size : why , I should frighten them out of their wits ! ” So she began nibbling at the righthand bit again , and did not venture to go near the house till she had brought herself down to nine inches high . CHAPTER VI . Pig and Pepper For a minute or two she stood looking at the house , and wondering what to do next , when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood — ( she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery : otherwise , judging by his face only , she would have called him a fish ) — and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles . It was opened by another footman in livery , with a round face , and large eyes like a frog ; and both footmen , Alice noticed , had powdered hair that curled all over their heads . She felt very curious to know what it was all about , and crept a little way out of the wood to listen . The Fish - Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter , nearly as large as himself , and this he handed over to the other , saying , in a solemn tone , “ For the Duchess . An invitation from the Queen to play croquet . ” The Frog - Footman repeated , in the same solemn tone , only changing the order of the words a little , “ From the Queen . An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet . ” Then they both bowed low , and their curls got entangled together .
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