III.
“Mercy! there’s a giant!” exclaimed Alice.
“Don’t be alarmed,” said the Hatter; “he’s perfectly good natured.”
“What an awful-looking creature!” said Alice.
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]“He’s awfully out of drawing,” said the Hatter, critically; “but, then, almost everything in Cartoonland is. It’s the idea that counts.”
“You said you were searching for an original idea,” Alice reminded him.
“But I don’t expect to find one,” the Hatter replied. “You see, it wouldn’t be any use; nobody would understand it. People like the old familiar things, you know.”
“Still, we might happen on one,” said Alice. “Let’s walk along.”