Fury Said to a Mouse

[ "Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the Mouse,

turning to Alice, and sighing.

"It is a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking down

with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you call

it sad?"

And she kept on puzzling about it while the

Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was

something like this:]

`Fury said to a

mouse, That he

met in the

house,

"Let us

both go to

law: I will

prosecute

YOU. --Come,

I'll take no

denial; We

must have a

trial: For

really this

morning I've

nothing

to do."

Said the

mouse to the

cur, "Such

a trial,

dear Sir,

With

no jury

or judge,

would be

wasting

our

breath."

"I'll be

judge, I'll

be jury,"

Said

cunning

old Fury:

"I'll

try the

whole

cause,

and

condemn

you

to

death."'