Alice and Humpty Dumpty
'Do you know Mr Dodgson?' said Alice rather timidly. She knew how Humpty Dumpty would argue.
'No,' said Humpty Dumpty, shortly. 'Who is Mr Dodgson?'
'He wrote this book.'
'Nonsense, child. That is Mr Carroll. Everybody knows that.'
'But Mr Dodgson is Mr Carroll' said Alice.
Humpty Dumpty looked affronted. 'How do you know?'
'Because I know Mr Dodgson. He takes me places.'
'What places?'
'This place for a start.'
'A start to what?'
'I mean this is one of the places he takes me.'
'Where is he? Humpty Dumpty turned his head with much creaking. 'I can't see him.'
'He wrote you. So you wouldn't.'
'He wrote you too.'
'No he didn't. I'm a little girl on the other side of the Looking Glass. Mr Dodgson likes little girls.'
'I've heard,' said Humpty Dumpty decidedly, 'of people like that. You're better off here.'
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