Chapter 10 The End of the Trial' Here!' cried Alice and stood up quickly. But she was tall now, and chairs, tables and people fell here, there and everywhere. ' Put everything and everybody back!' said the King loudly. Alice put them all back in their places. Then the King asked, ' What do you know about these tarts?' ' Nothing,' answered Alice. ' That's very important,' said the King. ' You mean, unimportant, Sir,' said the White Rabbit. ' Unimportant — of course,' said the King. ' Important — unimportant — important — unimportant,' he repeated. He looked at Alice carefully. He took a book and read from it. 'Alice is more than a kilometre high. So she has to leave the room!' he said. ' I'm not more than a kilometre high —'Alice began. ' You are,' said the King. ' More than two kilometres high,' said the Queen. 'Well, I'm not leaving this room,' said Alice. The King's face went white. 'Cut off her head!' shouted the Queen. Nobody moved. ' You stupid woman,' said Alice. She was very large now and she wasn't afraid of anybody. ' Cut off her head!' shouted the Queen. 'Don't be stupid!' Alice said. 'Who's afraid of you? I'm not. You're only cards!' The cards — all fifty-two of them — came down on top of Alice. She felt afraid and angry and started to fight them. Then she opened her eyes... ♦ She saw a tree, a big old tree. She was under it, next to her sister. Her sister's hand was on her hair. 'Wake up, Alice dear,' her sister said. 'You slept for a long time!' ' Oh!' said Alice, and then she understood. She sat up and told her sister about the White Rabbit and the rabbit-hole. When she finished her story, her sister laughed. ' Let's go home to tea,' she said.' It's getting late.' 'Oh yes! I'd like some tea!' cried Alice. And she got up and ran home.
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