‘No, I didn’t!’ said the Knave loudly.
‘Read it to us,’ said the King.
‘Where shall I begin, Your Majesty?’ asked the Rabbit.
‘Begin at the beginning,’ said the King, ‘and go on until you get to the end, then stop.’
Everybody listened very carefully while the White Rabbit read these words.
They tell me you have been to her,
and talked of me to him.
She thought I was a gardener,
But she said I could not swim.
He tells them that I have not gone,
(We know that this is true).
If she decides to hurry on,
What will they do to you?
I gave her one, they gave him two,
You gave us three or more.
They all returned from him to you,
But they were mine before.
