room for hung their legs down out of the top door, and we looked
down at the farmyard, which is very slushy when you get down into
it, but most interesting.

Then Alice said--

'Now we're all here, and the boys are tired enough to sit still for
a minute, I want to have a council.'

We said what about? And she said, 'I'll tell you.' H. O., don't
wriggle so; sit on my frock if the straws tickle your legs.'

You see he wears socks, and so he can never be quite as comfortable
as anyone else.

'Promise not to laugh' Alice said, getting very red, and looking at
Dora, who got red too.

We did, and then she said:

'Dora and I have talked this over, and Daisy too, and we have
written it down because it is easier than saying it. Shall I read
it? or will you, Dora?'

Dora said it didn't matter; Alice might. So Alice read it, and
though she gabbled a bit we all heard it. I copied it afterwards.
This is what she read:


NEW SOCIETY FOR BEING GOOD IN