Chapter 7 A
Mad Tea-PartyThere was a table set out under a tree in front of the house,
and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse
was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using
it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its
head. “Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,” thought Alice; “only
as it’s asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind.”
The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded
together at one corner of it. “No room! No room!” they cried out
when they saw Alice coming. “There’s plenty of room!” said Alice
indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of
the table.
“Have some wine,” the March Hare said in an encouraging
tone.
Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it
