After a while the snoring seemed to change and began to sound almost like music.Alice thought that she could even hear some words.She listened hard, and suddenly she found that the Queens had disappeared,and she was standing in front of a tall and very grand-looking doorway.Above the door were the words QUEEN ALICE in large letters.Alice knocked, and the door flew open.There seemed to be hundreds of voices singing, and Alice could now hear the words very clearly. They went like this:Then fill up the glasses with everything nice, And cover the table with buttons and rice.Put cats in the coffee, and salt in the tea -And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!'I suppose I should go in,' Alice said to herself.So in she went, and at once everyone in the hall became silent.As she walked down the long hall, she saw that there were animals, birds, and even a few flowers among the crowd seated round the table.At the top there were three chairs; the Red and White Queens had taken two of them, but the middle one was empty.Alice sat down, feeling a little uncomfortable and wishing that someone would speak.At last the Red Queen began.You've missed the fish. Bring the meat now!
