[00:01.13]■5 A mad tea-party
[00:07.18]There was a table under a tree outside the house，
[00:11.89]and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea．
[00:16.40]A Dormouse was sitting between them，asleep．
[00:20.96]The three of them were all sitting together at one corner of the table，
[00:27.54]but the table was large and there were many other seats．
[00:32.58]Alice sat down in a big chair at one end．
[00:38.46]'Have some coffee，'the March Hare said in a friendly voice．
[00:46.95]Alice looked all round the table，but she could only see a teapot．
[00:53.50]'I don't see any coffee，'she said．
[00:57.27]'There isn't any，'said the March Hare．
[01:01.76]'Then why did you ask me to have some？'said Alice crossly．
[01:06.90]'It wasn't very polite of you．'
[01:10.35]'It wasn't very polite of you to sit down．We haven't invited you to tea.'
[01:16.57]said the March Hare．'But there are lots of seats，'said Alice．
[01:22.86]'Your hair's too long，'said the Hatter，looking at Alice with interest．
[01:30.69]'It's not polite to say things like that，'said Alice．
[01:37.89]The Hatter looked surprised，but he said，'Why is a bird like a desk？'
[01:46.03]Alice was pleased．She enjoyed playing wordgames，so she said，
[01:51.49]'That's an easy question．'
[01:54.68]'Do you mean you know the answer？'said the March Hare．
[01:58.45]'Yes，'said Alice．
[02:02.39]'Then you must say what you mean，'the March Hare said．
[02:08.36]'I do，'Alice said quickly．'Well，I mean what I say．
[02:15.29]And that's the same thing，you know．'
[02:18.01]'No，it isn't！'said the Hatter．'Listen to this．I see what I eat means one thing，
[02:30.57]but I eat what I see means something very different．'
[02:37.37]Alice did not know what to say to this．
[02:41.04]So she took some tea and some bread-and-butter while she thought about it．
[02:47.78]The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again．
[02:53.16]After a while the Hatter took out his watch，shook it，then looked at it sadly．
[03:02.66]'Two days slow！I told you that butter wasn't good for watches！'
[03:11.80]he said angrily to the March Hare．
[03:15.30]'It was the best butter，'said the March Hare sadly．
[03:20.49]Alice was looking at the watch with interest．'It's a strange watch，'she said．
[03:29.21]'It shows the day of the week，but not the time．'
[03:34.06]'But we know the time，'said the Hatter．'It's always six o'clock here．'
[03:42.72]Alice suddenly understood．'Is that why there are all these cups and plates？'
[03:52.29]she said．'It's always tea-time here，and you go on moving round the table．
[04:00.68]Is that right？But what happens when you come to the beginning again？'
[04:08.99]'Don't ask questions，'said the March Hare crossly．
[04:14.31]'You must tell us a story now．'
[04:17.39]'But I don't know any stories，'said Alice．
[04:22.27]Then the March Hare and the Hatter turned to the Dormouse．
[04:27.62]'Wake up，Dormouse！'they shouted loudly in its ears．'Tell us a story．'
[04:35.46]'Yes，please do，'said Alice．
[04:41.81]The Dormouse woke up and quickly began to tell a story，
[04:46.77]but a few minutes later it was asleep again．
[04:52.10]The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose，
[04:56.75]and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate．
[05:01.13]Alice decided to leave and walked away into the wood．She looked back once，
[05:09.22]and the March Hare and the Hatter were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot．
[05:16.64]'Well，I won't go there again，'said Alice．'What a stupid tea-party it was！'
[05:26.27]Just then she saw a door in one of the trees．'How curious！'she thought．
[05:35.00]'But everything is strange today．I think I'll go in．'
[05:41.28]So she went in．And there she was，back in the long room with the little glass table．
[05:50.15]At once，she picked up the gold key from the table，
[05:55.25]unlocked the little door into the garden，and then began to eat a piece of mushroom．
[06:03.41]When she was down to about thirty centimetres high，
[06:07.10]she walked through the door，and then，at last，
[06:11.85]she was in the beautiful garden with its green trees and bright flowers．