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- “What, then you don’t—” the little voice began, when it was drowned by
- a shrill scream from the engine, and everybody jumped up in alarm,
- Alice among the rest.
- The Horse, who had put his head out of the window, quietly drew it in
- and said, “It’s only a brook we have to jump over.” Everybody seemed
- satisfied with this, though Alice felt a little nervous at the idea of
- trains jumping at all. “However, it’ll take us into the Fourth Square,
- that’s some comfort!” she said to herself. In another moment she felt
- the carriage rise straight up into the air, and in her fright she
- caught at the thing nearest to her hand, which happened to be the
- Goat’s beard.
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- But the beard seemed to melt away as she touched it, and she found
- herself sitting quietly under a tree—while the Gnat (for that was the
- insect she had been talking to) was balancing itself on a twig just
- over her head, and fanning her with its wings.
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Chapter 3 - Looking-Glass Insects
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