Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
Casi sin saber lo que hacía, cogió del suelo una ramita seca y la levantó hacia el perrito, y el perrito dio un salto con las cuatro patas en el aire, soltó un ladrido de satisfacción y se abalanzó sobre el palo en gesto de ataque. Entonces Alicia se escabulló rápidamente tras un gran cardo, para no ser arrollada, y, en cuanto apareció por el otro lado, el cachorro volvió a precipitarse contra el palo, con tanto entusiasmo que perdió el equilibrio y dio una voltereta.