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Their position would not have been unlike that of Humpty Dumpty on the wall, so they wisely adopted the only alternative and slipped away. This was on Tuesday night, while the British were hurrying up artillery to hold the hills they had taken that afternoon. By ten o'clock the following morning from the top of Pieter's Hill you could still see the Boers moving off along the Dundee road.
Then when the time came for another try at Polly we used to laugh and say that we would have another turn at Humpty Dumpty. At last and I don't know how long it took the time had come when Polly's head was to cease from staring down in a ghastly one-eyed way at her body, and it was to come down and crown the edifice. I remember it so well.
'Is that all? Alice timidly asked. 'That's all, said Humpty Dumpty. 'Good-bye. This was rather sudden, Alice thought: but, after such a VERY strong hint that she ought to be going, she felt that it would hardly be civil to stay. So she got up, and held out her hand. 'Good-bye, till we meet again! she said as cheerfully as she could.
"Wike up! wike hup!" she cried, giving them each a violent shaking. Humpty began to open his eyes. He stared in astonishment at the people round him. "Are you the circus people?" he asked. "Yes, and who are you, we're wanting to know, and 'ow did you come 'ere?" By this time Dumpty was awake. On seeing the strange faces, she immediately began to cry.
'And if you take one from three hundred and sixty-five, what remains? 'Three hundred and sixty-four, of course. Humpty Dumpty looked doubtful. 'I'd rather see that done on paper, he said. Alice couldn't help smiling as she took out her memorandum-book, and worked the sum for him: 365 1 Humpty Dumpty took the book, and looked at it carefully. 'That seems to be done right he began.
"A story, a story," cried the children, pulling a little fat man towards the tree. "Now we shall be in the green shade," said the man, as he seated himself under it, "and the tree will have the pleasure of hearing also, but I shall only relate one story; what shall it be? Ivede-Avede, or Humpty Dumpty, who fell down stairs, but soon got up again, and at last married a princess."
"Give over!" he said to Dumpty, after one of her loudest sobs; "it will never do for them to see that you've been crying, or they will be just furious." After a time Dumpty dried her eyes, and went to the window, and drew back the curtains. "It's getting dark," she said. Humpty began to whistle. Suddenly he stopped. "I am getting awful hungry," he remarked.
Each child had a large slice of bread, and a piece of cold pork, and even the little, sore-eyed baby held a crust of bread and a piece of pork in his hand, which he tried to stuff into his mouth. The twins, because they were the guests, were given each a hard-boiled egg. Dumpty was getting over her shyness now, and tried to behave as mummie does when she is out to tea.
"Don't you know why I come here?" she asked, her voice getting shriller and shriller; "don't you know why I walk up and down this road every day, fine or wet, through snow and hail?" She lowered her voice mysteriously, and clutched hold of Dumpty, who could not help shrieking. "You're a lucky little miss; you keep your brother as long as you can. Ah! my poor brother, my poor brother!"
Well, THAT square belongs to Tweedledum and Tweedledee the Fifth is mostly water the Sixth belongs to Humpty Dumpty But you make no remark? 'I I didn't know I had to make one just then, Alice faltered out.
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