I suppose the mice keep the bees out--or the bees keep the mice out, I don't know which." "I was wondering what the mouse-trap was for," said Alice.

"It isn't very likely there would be any mice on the horse's back." "Not very likely, perhaps," said the Knight: "but if they DO come, I don't choose to have them running all about." "You see," he went on after a pause, "it's as well to be provided for EVERYTHING.

That's the reason the horse has all those anklets round his feet." "But what are they for ?" Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.
"To guard against the bites of sharks," the Knight replied.

"It's an invention of my own.

And now help me on.