A/N: Gah, I'm sorry, I've been so busy lately, I had practice state testing all the week before, a project to start and finish during the weekend, and this past week has been a bother to me, I was almost failing my chemistry class so I had to focus on that, I had a 73, now I have a 77, so yes I've definitely improved, and hopefully I will continue doing so; for whatever reason I've just felt so panicked all this past week, but thankfully, my Fridays will be wasted no longer, the football team lost last night and we are no longer in the running for playoffs and so the season is over for us, finally. Anyway terribly sorry for being late, I've barely had any time to work on this story, I only have two more chapters already typed up on this story, I still have a lot to do though, after the one I'm still working on, there's probably another three or so chapters, so the story is relatively short, but I'm taking my sweet time typing it.
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Disclaimer: The following poem, 'The Walrus and the Carpenter' is the property of Lewis Carroll, part of the dialogue following that poem belongs also to him, but has been edited to better follow my writing style, I gain no monetary reward for typing this, just a review from James Birdsong, who is one of my three most favoritest people on this website, and any other people that might have the courage to finally review, but that(although very important) is besides the point.
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Alice waked along for quite awhile when she decided to rest again. She was getting less tired less often now, she supposed it was because before she had never before had to walk so much back at home with Father, Mother, and Sister, but now that she had grown slightly accustomed to all the walking she could go a good while before having to rest again. She felt rather happy about this, she had never before been able to do something so physically challenging and although she had learned how to swim under extremely frightening circumstances, and she had learned how to swim, had she not? She felt very confident about this as she was positive that not even Sister knew how to swim or walk so long as she could, so she finally had something she could do better than Sister.
She came upon a log, and feeling a bit daring, she climbed atop it and balanced herself as she walked along. She watched her feet closely, to make sure she did not step wrong and instead fall off. She smiled at herself; she was being much more daring than she could have ever even dreamed of being back with Mother, Father, and Sister.
"Boo!"
Alice screamed at the sudden pair of voices that shouted and fell off the log and onto the hard ground, she rubbed at her sore bottom and glared at the two older boys who had scared her half out of her wits. A pair of twins who couldn't look more like the other if one of them was standing in front of a mirror, red hair that parted the same way, which made it more difficult to tell who was who, and green eyes; the twins were dressed in the same ensemble as well, a bright yellow shirt with blue suspenders from bright red pants, all in all, not the strangest thing Alice had seen since she had arrived to Wonderland, but still a bit bizarre for the young girl.
The two older boys, perhaps four years or so older than Alice, who you must recall is fourteen, grinned mischievously at her, reminding her vaguely of Cat, except he outdid both of the boys in the mischief he had in his own smile; not that Alice would purposefully notice such a thing as how Cat smiled, she was just observant is all.
"Well then, looks like the little miss fell down on her own, eh Tweedledum?" one of the boys asked the other.
"Yes, cause of how much we scared her, Tweedledee." Tweedledum told his twin.
"Well she fell on her own, we didn't push her."
"No we didn't, shall we fight about this then?" Tweedledum asked, already putting up his fists.
Tweedledee put up his own as well, "Why I do think we shall." and they both began throwing punches at each other, which rather confused Alice because one, they had agreed in what they were talking about, and two, they weren't even fighting, more like throwing very bad punches that kept missing.
"Excuse me?" Alice asked.
"Yes?" the two boys replied, stopping their fight to look at her and find out her question.
"Well, I should like to know if I am close to the Queen's castle right now."
"Would you like to hear a story?" they instead asked her, which Alice thought over for a short time, before deciding to nod her head, and so the twins began to tell a story, which turned out to be a poem, Tweedledee began it and they switched who was talking every verse.
"The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright --
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done --
'It's very rude of him.' she said,
'To come and spoil the fun!'The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead --
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand:
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
'If this were only cleared away,'
They said, 'it would be grand.''If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose,' the Walrus said,
'That they could get it clear?'
'l doubt it,' said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.'O Oysters, come and walk with us!
The Walrus did beseech.
'A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each.'
The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head --
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.Out four young Oysters hurried up.
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat --
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more --
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
'The time has come,' the Walrus said,
'To talk of many things:
Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax --
Of cabbages -- and kings --
And why the sea is boiling hot --
And whether pigs have wings.''But wait a bit,' the Oysters cried,
'Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!'
'No hurry!' said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.
'A loaf of bread,' the Walrus said,
'Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed --
Now, if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.''But not on us!' the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
'After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!'
'The night is fine,' the Walrus said,
'Do you admire the view?''It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!'
The Carpenter said nothing but
'Cut us another slice-
I wish you were not quite so deaf-
I've had to ask you twice!'
'It seems a shame,' the Walrus said,
'To play them such a trick.
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!'
The Carpenter said nothing but
'The butter's spread too thick!''I weep for you,'the Walrus said:
'I deeply sympathize.'
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.'O Oysters,' said the Carpenter,
'You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none --
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one."
Alice frowned not quite liking how the story ended and the twins both noticed this, "Who did you like best?" they asked of her.
"I like the Walrus best," said Alice, "because you see he was a little sorry for the poor oysters."
"He ate more than the Carpenter, though," Tweedledee interjected, "You see he held his handkerchief in front, so that the Carpenter couldn't count how many he took."
"That was mean!" Alice said indignantly. "Then I like the Carpenter best, since he didn't eat so many as the Walrus."
"But he ate as many as he could get," countered Tweedledum.
Now this just confused Alice and in a huff she proclaimed, "Well, then they were both very unpleasant characters!" and she crossed her arms, finding Tweedledum and Tweedledee to also be very unpleasant now as well, "Now then, would you please tell me how to get to the castle from here?"
Instead of paying her any attention the twins had decided to suddenly dance, and were about to drag Alice into dancing with them, but instead she walked quickly away from them, and upon seeing what way she was going the twins shouted at her to go another way, but she didn't care to listen to them anymore and walked far away from the now more than concerned twins who dearly hoped she knew where she was going.
