As black as a tar-barrel;
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.'

'I know what you're thinking about,' said Tweedledum: 'but it
isn't so, nohow.'

'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might
be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't.
That's logic.'

'I was thinking,' Alice said very politely, 'which is the best
way out of this wood: it's getting so dark. Would you tell me,
please?'

But the little men only looked at each other and grinned.

They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys, that
Alice couldn't help pointing her finger at Tweedledum, and saying
'First Boy!'

'Nohow!' Tweedledum cried out briskly, and shut his mouth up
again with a snap.

'Next Boy!' said Alice, passing on to Tweedledee, though she
felt quite certain he would only shout out 'Contrariwise!' and so
he did.

'You've been wrong!' cried Tweedledum. 'The first thing in a
visit is to say "How d'ye do?" and shake hands!' And here the