I am very tired of swimming about here , oh Mouse ! '' The mouse looked at her rather inquisitively , and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes , but it said nothing . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` Perhaps it does n't understand English , '' thought Alice ; `` I daresay it 's a French mouse , come over with William the Conqueror ! '' -LRB- for , with all her knowledge of history , Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened , -RRB- so she began again : `` où est ma chatte ? '' which was the first sentence out of her French lesson-book . The mouse gave a sudden jump in the pool , and seemed to quiver with fright : `` oh , I beg your pardon ! '' cried Alice hastily , afraid that she had hurt the poor animal 's feelings , `` I quite forgot you did n't like cats ! '' `` Not like cats ! '' cried the mouse , in a shrill , passionate voice , `` would you like cats if you were me ? '' `` Well , perhaps not , '' said Alice in a soothing tone , `` do n't be angry about it . And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah : I think you 'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her . She is such a dear quiet thing , '' said Alice , half to herself , as she swam lazily about in the pool , `` she sits purring so nicely by the fire , licking her paws and washing her face : and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse , and she 's such a capital one for catching mice -- oh ! I beg your pardon ! '' cried poor Alice again , for this time the mouse was bristling all over , and she felt certain that it was really offended , `` have I offended you ? '' `` Offended indeed ! '' cried the mouse , who seemed to be positively trembling with rage , `` our family always hated cats ! Nasty , low , vulgar things ! Do n't talk to me about them any more ! '' `` I wo n't indeed ! '' said Alice , in a great hurry to change the conversation , `` are you -- are you -- fond of -- dogs ? ''
The XXXXX did not answer , so Alice went on eagerly : `` there is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you !
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