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 "Thank you very much," said Alice.

"In summer, when the days are long, Perhaps you'll understand the song;

"In autumn, when the leaves are brown, Take pen and ink and write it down." "I will, if I can remember it so long," said Alice. "You needn't go on making remarks like that," Humpty Dumpty said; "they're not sensible, and they put me out. "I sent a message to the fish; I told them, 'This is what I wish.'

"The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.

"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.