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14 Alice In Wonderlandconfusingteardifficult to understanda drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry::GlossaryThen she thought about all her friends. %u201cI don%u2019t think I%u2019m Ada,%u201d she said, %u201cBecause her hair is curly, but mine isn%u2019t at all. And I can%u2019t be Mabel either because I know a lot of things, and she knows very little! Plus, she%u2019s herself, and I%u2019m myself, and... oh dear, it%u2019s all so confusing! I%u2019ll see if I remember all the things.%u201d%u201cLet me think: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is%u2014oh no! I%u2019ll never reach twenty at this rate! Let%u2019s try geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome%u2014no, that%u2019s all wrong, I%u2019m sure!%u201dAs she spoke, she looked at her hands and was surprised to see there was one of the Rabbit%u2019s tiny white gloves in his hand. She put it on. It was the right size for her hand. %u201cHow did that happen?%u201d she thought. %u201cI must be getting small again.%u201d She stood up and went to the table to check her size. She saw she was now about two feet tall. She soon understood the fan made her shrink. She dropped it quickly.%u201cNow, let%u2019s go to the garden!%u201d Alice said excitedly. She ran back to the small door, but sadly, it was locked again, and the key was still on the table. %u201cThings are even worse now,%u201d Alice thought sadly. Her foot slipped, and suddenly, she was in water. At first, she thought she was in the sea, but it wasn%u2019t the sea. The water was her tears.She heard something in the water. She swam closer to see. At first, she thought %u201cMaybe it is a big animal.%u201d But then she saw it was just a little mouse.Alice wondered if the mouse could talk. She thought maybe it could because everything seemed strange here. So, she decided to ask. %u201cHey, Mouse, do you know how to get out of this pool? I%u2019m tired of swimming around here, Mouse!%u201dThe Mouse looked at her curiously, but didn%u2019t say anything. Alice thought, %u201cMaybe it doesn%u2019t know English. It%u2019s probably a French mouse.%u201d So she tried speaking French, saying, %u201cWhere is my cat?%u201dThe Mouse suddenly jumped out of the water, looking very scared. %u201cOh, sorry!%u201d said Alice. %u201cI forgot you don%u2019t like cats.%u201d