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132 The little fishes' answer was

We cannot do it, Sir, because"

"I'm afraid I don t quite understand," said Alice.

"It gets easier further on," Humpty Dumpty replied.

"I sent to them again to say

It will be better to obey.

The fishes answered with a grin,

Why, what a temper you are in!

I told them once, I told them twice:

They would not listen to advice.

I took a kettle large and new,

Fit for the deed I had to do.

My heart went hop, my heart went thump;

I filled the kettle at the pump.