She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
Alicia se daba por lo general muy buenos consejos a sí misma (aunque rara vez los seguía), y algunas veces se reñía con tanta dureza que se le saltaban las lágrimas. Se acordaba incluso de haber intentado una vez tirarse de las orejas por haberse hecho trampas en un partido de croquet que jugaba consigo misma, pues a esta curiosa criatura le gustaba mucho comportarse como si fuera dos personas a la vez.