Voorbeeld: Boek

86 Humpty Dumpty The little fishes’ answer was” We cannot do it, Sir, because— “’ ‘I’m afraid I don’t quite understand,’ said Alice. ‘It gets easier further on,’ Humpty Dumpty replied. ‘I sent to them again to say “It will be better to obey.” The fishes answered with a grin, “Why, what a temper you are in!” I told them once, I told them twice: They would not listen to advice. I took a kettle large and new, Fit for the deed I had to do. My heart went hop, my heart went thump; I filled the kettle at the pump. Then some one came to me and said, “The little fishes are in bed.” I said to him, I said it plain, “Then you must wake them up again.” I said it very loud and clear; I went and shouted in his ear.’ Humpty Dumpty raised his voice almost to a scream as he repeated this verse, and Alice thought with a shudder, ‘I wouldn’t have been the messenger for anything !’ ‘But he was very stiff and proud; He said “You needn’t shout so loud!”