` Suppose we change the subject , ' the March Hare interrupted , yawning . ` I 'm getting tired of this . I vote the young lady tells us a story . ' ` I 'm afraid I do n't know one , ' said Alice , rather alarmed at the proposal . ` Then the Dormouse shall ! ' they both cried . ` Wake up , Dormouse ! ' And they pinched it on both sides at once . The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes . ' I was n't asleep , ' he said in a hoarse , feeble voice : ' I heard every word you fellows were saying . ' ` Tell us a story ! ' said the March Hare . ` Yes , please do ! ' pleaded Alice . ` And be quick about it , ' added the Hatter , ` or you 'll be asleep again before it 's done . ' ` Once upon a time there were three little sisters , ' the Dormouse began in a great hurry ; ` and their names were Elsie , Lacie , and Tillie ; and they lived at the bottom of a well -- ' ` What did they live on ? ' said Alice , who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking . ` They lived on treacle , ' said the Dormouse , after thinking a minute or two . ` They could n't have done that , you know , ' Alice gently remarked ; ` they 'd have been ill . ' ` So they were , ' said the Dormouse ; ` VERY ill . '
Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary ways of living would be like , but it puzzled her too much , so she went on : ` But why did they live at the XXXXX of a well ? '
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