“‘To guard against the bites of sharks,’ the Knight replied.”
P. THE PRINCIPLE OF PERMANENCE.
T. L. G., p. 106: “‘Can you do Subtraction? [said the Red Queen] Take nine from eight.’
“‘Nine from eight I can’t, you know,’ Alice replied very readily ‘but—’
“‘She can’t do Substraction,’ said the White Queen.”
A. A. W., p. 56: [Said the Pigeon to Alice]: “‘... No, no! You’re a serpent; and there’s no use denying it. I suppose you’ll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!’
“‘I have tasted eggs certainly,’ said Alice, who was a very truthful child; ‘but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.’
“‘I don’t believe it,’ said the Pigeon; ‘but if they do, why then they’re a kind of serpent, that’s all I can say.’
“This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, ‘You’re looking for eggs, I know that well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you’re a little girl or a serpent?’