Very well, the other said, rather sadly: and _she_ can watch us only
you d better not come _very_ close, he added: I generally hit
everything I can see when I get really excited.
And _I_ hit everything within reach, cried Tweedledum, whether I can
see it or not!
Alice laughed. You must hit the _trees_ pretty often, I should think,
she said.
Tweedledum looked round him with a satisfied smile. I don t suppose,
he said, there ll be a tree left standing, for ever so far round, by
the time we ve finished!
And all about a rattle! said Alice, still hoping to make them a
_little_ ashamed of fighting for such a trifle.
I shouldn t have minded it so much, said Tweedledum, if it hadn t
been a new one.
I wish the monstrous crow would come! thought Alice.
There s only one sword, you know, Tweedledum said to his brother:
but you can have the umbrella it s quite as sharp. Only we must begin
quick. It s getting as dark as it can.
And darker, said Tweedledee.
It was getting dark so suddenly that Alice thought there must be a
thunderstorm coming on. What a thick black cloud that is! she said.
And how fast it comes! Why, I do believe it s got wings!
It s the crow! Tweedledum cried out in a shrill voice of alarm: and
the two brothers took to their heels and were out of sight in a moment.
Alice ran a little way into the wood, and stopped under a large tree.
It can never get at me _here_, she thought: it s far too large to
squeeze itself in among the trees. But I wish it wouldn t flap its
wings so it makes quite a hurricane in the wood here s somebody s shawl
being blown away!
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