them without a good long branch to brush them away--and what
fun it'll be when they ask me how I like my walk. I shall say--
"Oh, I like it well enough--"' (here came the favourite little
toss of the head), '"only it was so dusty and hot, and the
elephants did tease so!"'

'I think I'll go down the other way,' she said after a pause:
'and perhaps I may visit the elephants later on. Besides, I do
so want to get into the Third Square!'

So with this excuse she ran down the hill and jumped over the
first of the six little brooks.

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'Tickets, please!' said the Guard, putting his head in at the
window. In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they
were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill
the carriage.

'Now then! Show your ticket, child!' the Guard went on,
looking angrily at Alice. And a great many voices all said
together ('like the chorus of a song,' thought Alice), 'Don't
keep him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a thousand
pounds a minute!'