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Title: Clara In Blunderland
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Caroline Lewis, pseud.
Subjects: Satire Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Satire Political science Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898, Parodies, imitations, etc
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, quite forgetting that a garden cant bea palace. She tried very hard to get through the key-hole into this charming place, but it was of nouse, and when she found that she would haveto stop in the hall with the green chairs andhear the White Rabbit read the bill, she satdown and cried and cried. Must I stop here for ever and ever? shemoaned. u My dear, answered the White Rabbit, Digitized by Google 6 IN A HOLE AGAIN. I am afraid you will never leave this houseuntil it is dissolved. Oh dear, oh dear, she said, despairingly, Why was it built on such solid foundations ? . You oughtto be very thank-ful, he added,after your greatcome down, tobe here at allwhen you thinkhow manystrange crea-tures are tryingto get in andcant. After the billwas read theserious businessbegan. The hallbecame full of all sorts of animals. Bothquadrangles and biceps/ as she told Geraldineafterwards. There were a good many geese,a very ugly duckling, some saucy monkeys,wolves in sheeps clothing, parrots in eagles
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Digitized by Google IN A HOLE AGAIN. 7 feathers, guinea pigs looking about for guineas,pigeons, cuckoos, and any quantity of rats.These strangely assorted creatures began atonce to wrangle, and insult each other, andsoon there was a free fight, which lasted,Clara could not say how long. At length, however, the White Rabbit rosefrom his seat, and pulled out his watch, crying,Time! Time! Then the animals and birds trooped out ofthe hall, and Clara found herself hustled by thecrowd out into the lobby. When the noisy party had thinned downsomewhat, a stately Dodo approached Claradiplomatically, and said politely, 44 I have beenwatching you for some time in the house, and,if you will excuse my saying so, my dear,admiring your way of looking on while otherpeople did the business. It seems to me thatyou have grasped the meaning of that policy ofmasterly inactivity which is the key-note to ourParty Tactics. Clara did not understand the meaning of allthese long words, but she smiled prettily.

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