[00:01.860]■7 Who stole the tarts？
[00:07.340]The King and Queen of Hearts were sitting on their thrones
[00:12.830]When Alice and the Gryphon arrived．
[00:16.770]There was a great crowd of birds and animals，
[00:20.150]and all the pack of cards．
[00:22.920]Soldiers stood all around the Knave of Hearts，
[00:26.870]and near the King was the White Rabbit，with a trumpet in one hand．
[00:32.680]In the middle of the room there was a table，with a large plate of tarts on it．
[00:40.450]'They look good，'thought Alice，who was feeling a little hungry．
[00:45.820]Then the White Rabbit called out loudly，'Silence！
[00:51.670]The trial of the Knave of Hearts will now begin！'
[00:57.450]He took out a long piece of paper，and read：
[01:03.240]The Queen of Hearts，she made some tarts，All on a summer day．
[01:10.910]The Knave of Hearts，he stole those tarts，And took them all away．
[01:17.560]'Very good，'said the King．'Call the first witness．'
[01:22.840]Alice looked at the jury，who were now writing everything down．
[01:29.740]It was a very strange jury．
[01:34.490]Some of the jurymen were animals，and the others were birds．
[01:39.210]Then the White Rabbit blew his trumpet three times，
[01:45.920]and called out，'First witness！'
[01:49.340]The first witness was the Hatter．
[01:53.240]He came in with a teacup in one hand
[01:56.770]and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other hand．
[01:59.990]'I'm very sorry，Your Majesty，'he said．
[02:05.630]'I was in the middle of tea when the trial began．'
[02:09.250]'Take off your hat，'the King said．
[02:14.500]'It isn't mine，'said the Hatter．
[02:18.330]'Stolen！Write that down，'the King said to the jury．
[02:25.130]'I keep hats to sell，'explained the Hatter．'I don't have a hat myself．I'm a Hatter．'
[02:35.390]'Give your evidence，'said the King，or we'll cut your head off．'
[02:43.520]The Hatter's face turned white．'I'm a poor man，Your Majesty，'
[02:52.190]he began，in a shaking voice．
[02:54.660]Just then Alice had a strange feeling．
[03:00.350]After a minute or two she understood what it was．
[03:05.390]'Don't push like that，'said the Dormouse，who was sitting next to her．
[03:11.950]'I'm nearly falling off my seat．'
[03:15.640]'I'm very sorry，'Alice said politely．'I'm getting bigger and taller，you see．'
[03:25.860]'Well，you can't do that here，'said the Dormouse crossly，
[03:30.110]And he got up and moved to another seat．
[03:34.900]The Hatter was still giving evidence，but nobody could understand a word of it．
[03:42.720]The King looked at the Queen，and the Queen looked at the executioner．
[03:50.420]The unhappy Hatter saw this，and dropped his bread-and-butter．
[03:55.840]'I'm a poor man，Your Majesty，'he said again．
[04:02.190]'You're a very poor，speaker，'said the King．He turned to the White Rabbit．
[04:10.510]'Call the next witness，'he said．
[04:15.150]The next witness was the Duchess's cook，
[04:19.970]who spoke very angrily and said that she would not give any evidence．
[04:26.170]The King looked worried and told the White Rabbit to call another witness．
[04:33.760]Alice watched while the White Rabbit looked at the names on his piece of paper．
[04:40.170]Then，to her great surprise，he called out loudly，'Alice！'
[04:48.170]'Here！'cried Alice，jumping to her feet．
[04:53.830]'What do you know about these tarts？'said the King．
[04:58.260]'Nothing，'said Alice．
[05:04.880]The Queen was looking hard at Alice．Now she said，
[05:10.000]'All people a mile high must leave the room．'
[05:16.580]'I'm not a mile high，'said Alice．
[05:21.530]'And I won't leave the room．I want to hear the evidence．'
[05:26.430]'There is no more evidence，'said the King very quickly，'and now the jury will—'
[05:36.110]'Your Majesty！'said the White Rabbit，jumping up in a great hurry．
[05:41.690]'We've just found this letter．There's no name on it，but I think the Knave wrote it．'
[05:50.330]'No，I didn't！'said the Knave loudly．
[05:55.180]'Read it to us，'said the King．
[05:58.790]'Where shall I begin，Your Majesty？'asked the Rabbit．
[06:04.710]'Begin at the beginning，'said the King，
[06:08.620]'and go on until you get to the end，then stop．'
[06:14.840]Everybody listened very carefully while the White Rabbit read these words．
[06:23.340]They tell me you have been to her，
[06:29.550]And talked of me to him．
[06:33.510]She thought I was a gardener，
[06:37.250]But said I could not swim．
[06:41.640]He tells them that I have not gone，
[06:46.160](We know that this is true)．
[06:49.690]If she decides to hurry on，
[06:53.500]What will they do to you？
[06:57.470]I gave her one，they gave him two，
[07:04.130]You gave us three or more．
[07:07.480]They all returned from him to you，
[07:12.330]But they were mine before．
[07:16.340]'That's a very important piece of evidence，'said the King．He looked very pleased．
[07:25.480]'Now the jury must—'
[07:29.120]'If anybody in the jury can explain that letter，'said Alice
[07:35.180]（she was not afraid of anything now，
[07:40.620]because she was much bigger than everybody in the room），
[07:45.480]'I'll give him sixpence．It's all nonsense！It doesn't mean anything．'
[07:54.410]The jury busily wrote this down．'She thinks it's all nonsense．'
[08:02.710]'All nonsense，eh？'said the King．He read some of the words again．
[08:11.840]'But said I could not swim．You can't swim，can you？'he said to the Knave．
[08:24.940]The Knave's face was sad．'Do I look like a swimmer？'he said．
[08:33.960](And he didn't—because he was made of paper．)
[08:40.000]The King smiled．'I understand everything now，'he said．
[08:50.440]'There are the tarts，and here is the Knave of Hearts．
[08:57.680]And now the jury must decide who the thief is．'
[09:04.640]'No，no！'said the Queen．'Off with his head！The jury can say what it thinks later．'
[09:14.030]'What nonsense！'said Alice loudly．'The jury must decide first．You can't—'
[09:24.340]'Be quiet！'said the Queen，her face turning red．
[09:32.760]'I won't！'said Alice．
[09:35.990]'Off with her head！'screamed the Queen．Nobody moved．
[09:42.180]'It doesn't matter what you say，'said Alice．'You're only a pack of cards！'
[09:52.000]Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alice's face．
[10:01.020]She gave a little scream…and woke up．
[10:06.610]She was lying next to her sister under the trees，
[10:11.550]and some leaves were falling on her face．
[10:15.280]'Wake up，Alice dear，'said her sister．
[10:19.630]'You've been asleep a long time．'
[10:23.430]'Oh，I've had a very curious dream！'said Alice，
[10:31.000]and she told her sister all about the strange adventures in her wonderful dream．