Mind now ! ' The poor little thing sobbed again -LRB- or grunted , it was impossible to say which -RRB- , and they went on for some while in silence . Alice was just beginning to think to herself , ` Now , what am I to do with this creature when I get it home ? ' when it grunted again , so violently , that she looked down into its face in some alarm . This time there could be NO mistake about it : it was neither more nor less than a pig , and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further . So she set the little creature down , and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood . ` If it had grown up , ' she said to herself , ` it would have made a dreadfully ugly child : but it makes rather a handsome pig , I think . ' And she began thinking over other children she knew , who might do very well as pigs , and was just saying to herself , ` if one only knew the right way to change them -- ' when she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off . The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice . It looked good-natured , she thought : still it had VERY long claws and a great many teeth , so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect . ` Cheshire Puss , ' she began , rather timidly , as she did not at all know whether it would like the name : however , it only grinned a little wider . ` Come , it 's pleased so far , ' thought Alice , and she went on . ` Would you tell me , please , which way I ought to go from here ? ' ` That depends a good deal on where you want to get to , ' said the Cat . ' I do n't much care where -- ' said Alice . ` Then it does n't matter which way you go , ' said the Cat . ' -- so long as I get SOMEWHERE , ' Alice added as an explanation . ` Oh , you 're sure to do that , ' said the Cat , ` if you only walk long enough . ' Alice felt that this could not be denied , so she tried another question . ` What sort of people live about here ? '
` In THAT direction , ' the XXXXX said , waving its right paw round , ` lives a Hatter : and in THAT direction , ' waving the other paw , ` lives a March Hare .
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