Solved cryptogram
The poor little thing sobbed again (or grunted, it was impossible to say which), and they went on for some while in silence.
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 6.
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The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it. There could be no doubt that it had a very turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby: altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at all. "But perhaps it was only sobbing," she thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see if there were any tears.
No, there were no tears. "If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear," said Alice, seriously, "I'll have nothing more to do with you. Mind now!" The poor little thing sobbed again (or grunted, it was impossible to say which), and they went on for some while in silence.
Alice was just beginning to think to herself, "Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?" when it grunted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm. This time there could be no mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
- Written byLewis Carroll
- Taken fromAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Difficultyeasy
- Length97 letters, 20 unique
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