` Yes , to be sure , ' said the King : ` and the best of the joke is , that it 's MY crown all the while ! Let 's run and see them . ' And they trotted off , Alice repeating to herself , as she ran , the words of the old song : -- ` The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown : The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town . Some gave them white bread , some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town . ' ` Does -- the one -- that wins -- get the crown ? ' she asked , as well as she could , for the run was putting her quite out of breath . ` Dear me , no ! ' said the King . ` What an idea ! ' ` Would you -- be good enough , ' Alice panted out , after running a little further , ` to stop a minute -- just to get -- one 's breath again ? ' ` I 'm GOOD enough , ' the King said , ` only I 'm not strong enough . You see , a minute goes by so fearfully quick . You might as well try to stop a Bandersnatch ! ' Alice had no more breath for talking , so they trotted on in silence , till they came in sight of a great crowd , in the middle of which the Lion and Unicorn were fighting . They were in such a cloud of dust , that at first Alice could not make out which was which : but she soon managed to distinguish the Unicorn by his horn . They placed themselves close to where Hatta , the other messenger , was standing watching the fight , with a cup of tea in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other . ` He 's only just out of prison , and he had n't finished his tea when he was sent in , ' Haigha whispered to Alice : ` and they only give them oyster-shells in there -- so you see he 's very hungry and thirsty . How are you , dear child ? ' he went on , putting his arm affectionately round Hatta 's neck . Hatta looked round and nodded , and went on with his bread and butter .
` Were you happy in XXXXX , dear child ? '
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