So what do you think they did? Alice had nothing left but her thimble. Now look at the picture, and you’ll see what happened.
“Hand it over here!” said the Dodo.
Then the Dodo took the thimble and handed it back to Alice, and said “We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble!” And then all the other creatures cheered.
Wasn’t that a curious sort of present to give her? Suppose they wanted to give you a birthday-present, would you rather they should go to your toy-cupboard, and pick out your nicest doll, and say “Here, my love, here’s a lovely birthday-present for you!” or would you like them to give you something new, something that didn’t belong to you before?
V.
BILL, THE LIZARD.
Now I’m going to tell you about Alice’s Adventures in the White Rabbit’s house.