'Then the Dormouse will tell us something,' cried the Hatter and the March Hare. 'Wake up, Dormouse!'
And they pinched it on both sides at once.
The Dormouse slowly opened his eyes.
'I wasn't asleep,' it said in a hoarse, feeble voice: 'I heard every word.'
'Tell us a story!' said the March Hare.
'Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice.
'And be quick,' added the Hatter.
'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…'
