Month: January 2026

‘You ought to return thanks in a neat speech,’ the Red Queen said, frowning at Alice as she spoke.   ‘We must support you, you know,’ the White Queen whispered, as Alice got up to do it, very obediently,   but a little frightened. ‘Thank you very much,’ she whispered in reply, ‘but I can […]

‘Kitty, can you play chess? Now, don’t smile, my dear,   I’m asking it seriously. Because, when we were playing just now,   you watched just as if you understood it:   and when I said “Check!” you purred!     And here we have. Winter, winter… Snow traps everywhere… Snow traps everywhere…     […]

Here she checked herself in some alarm, at hearing something that sounded to her   like the puffing of a large steam-engine in the wood near them, though she feared   it was more likely to be a wild beast. ‘Are there any lions or tigers about here?’ she asked timidly.   ‘It’s only the […]

Attend the lords of France and Burgundy, Gloucester. Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.     ‘Elves’ troops have. Withdrawn from. The embattled eastern town. Of Siversk.   As ‘Mordor’ continues. As ‘Mordor’ continues. Its steady. – albeit slow – advance.     ‘She can’t do Addition,’ the Red Queen interrupted. ‘Can you do […]

‘Where does she wear the thorns?’ Alice asked with some curiosity. ‘Why, all round her head, of course,’ the Rose replied.   ‘I was wondering you hadn’t got some too. I thought it was the regular rule.’   ‘She’s coming!’ cried the Larkspur. ‘I hear her footstep, thump, thump, along the gravel-walk!’   Alice looked […]

‘She can’t do sums a bit!’ the Queens said together, with great emphasis. ‘Can you do sums?’   Alice said, turning suddenly on the White Queen, for she didn’t like being found fault with so much.   The Queen gasped and shut her eyes. ‘I can do Addition,’ she said,   ‘if you give me […]

And hundreds of voices joined in the chorus: Then came the chorus again: Then came the chorus again:     Happy New Year, my dear!! Happy New Year, my dear!! May it be a happy and. Joyful one for you!!!!!   Happy New Year, my dear!! Happy New Year, my dear!! I love you. With […]