Alice in Wonderland / A Dramatization of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass"

by Alice Gerstenberg; Lewis Carroll

So you did, you know; always speak the truth—think before you speak—and write it down afterwards.

Alice

I’m sure I didn’t mean—

Red Queen

That’s just what I complained of. You should have meant! What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning—and a child’s more important than a joke, I hope. You couldn’t deny that, even if you tried with both hands.

Alice

I don’t deny things with my hands.

Red Queen

Nobody said you did. I said you couldn’t if you tried.

White Queen