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Humpty Dumpty fell down stairs, and yet he married the princess; perhaps I may marry a princess too." And the fir-tree thought of the pretty little birch-tree that grew in the forest, which was to him a real beautiful princess. "Who is Humpty Dumpty?" asked the little mice.
'The question is, answered Lawford, with a kind of tired yet whimsical melancholy in his voice, 'though I am not sure that the answer very much matters what's going to put me together again? It's the old story of Humpty Dumpty, Herbert. Besides, one thing you said has stuck out in a quite curious way in my memory. I wonder if you will remember?
I could not help thinking about my aunt just then, but I said nothing, and it was Uncle Joe who began again about the parrot. "So you think we could not put Humpty Dumpty together again, Nat?" "No, uncle," I said despairingly, "I'm sure we could not. It's all so much lost time."
Fox, from this, was known as Humpty Dumpty, and, strangely enough, also, the Americans for long enough afterwards called every Pantomime "Humpty Dumpty." Fox was a very good mimic, imitating all the Hamlets of the day, besides being a good melodramatic actor. He died October 24th, 1877, at Cambridge, Mass., of softening of the brain.
The people at first glance regarded the announcement with some degree of doubt, but the appearance of the tent, with the flags flying, dispelled that fear. The tent seemed to have got there by magic. Like the palace of Aladdin, it had sprung into existence during the night. Its appearance excited curiosity and provoked gossip, and the announcement of "Humpty Dumpty" was a puzzle.
When he DID speak again, it was in a deep growl. 'It is a MOST PROVOKING thing, he said at last, 'when a person doesn't know a cravat from a belt! 'I know it's very ignorant of me, Alice said, in so humble a tone that Humpty Dumpty relented. 'It's a cravat, child, and a beautiful one, as you say. It's a present from the White King and Queen. There now!
"And now, if you will really be my friend, pray show me about the grounds, and through the palace; and take care I am not crushed." So the Princess took Humpty in her arms and walked with him all through the grounds, letting him see the fountains and the golden fish that swam in their waters, the beds of lilies and roses, and the pools where the swans floated.
She named each egg, as she laid it, by the name she should call it when a chick, the first one being "Cluckety-Cluck," and the next "Cadaw-Cut," and so on; and when she came to the twelfth egg she called it "Humpty Dumpty." This twelfth egg was remarkably big and white and of a very pretty shape, and as the nest was now so full she laid it quite near the edge.
'I mean, what IS an un-birthday present? 'A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course. Alice considered a little. 'I like birthday presents best, she said at last. 'You don't know what you're talking about! cried Humpty Dumpty. 'How many days are there in a year? 'Three hundred and sixty-five, said Alice. 'And how many birthdays have you? 'One.
"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."
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