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 dusty and hot, and the elephants did tease so!'

"I think I'll go down the other way," she said, after a pause; "and perhaps I may visit the elephants later on. Besides, I do so want to get into the Third Square!"

So, with this excuse, she ran down the hill, and jumped over the first of the six little brooks.

* * *

"Tickets, please!" said the Guard, putting his head in at the window. In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill the carriage.

"Now, then! Show your ticket, child!" the Guard went on, looking angrily at Alice. And a great many voices all said together ("Like the chorus of a song," thought Alice), "Don't