A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TALE
“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 the
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 wast-
ing our
breath.'
'I'll be
judge,
I'll be
jury,’
said
cun-
ning
old
Fury:
'I'll
try
the
whole
cause,
and
con-
demn
you to
death.'"
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