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Which Alice?

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ALICE IN PUZZLE-LAND<br />

"Oh, you needn't!" said <strong>Alice</strong> hastily.<br />

"If I were to give you an examination," repeated Humpty<br />

Dumpty, "what do you think I would do?"<br />

"I'm sure I haven't the slightest idea!" replied <strong>Alice</strong>, a bit<br />

anxiously.<br />

"Why, child, if I were to give you an examination—not that I<br />

would, you know—but if I were to give you an examination, then I<br />

would ask you only questions which have no answers; they are the<br />

best kind, you know!"<br />

"What's the sense of a question without an answer?" asked <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />

"Ah, that's the kind that makes you think!" he replied.<br />

"Think about what?" asked <strong>Alice</strong>.<br />

"About what the answer could be," he replied.<br />

"But I thought you said there was no answer."<br />

"There isn't," replied Humpty Dumpty, "and that's the beautiful<br />

part of it!"<br />

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