'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 a trial: For really this morning I've nothing to do."
— Certo è una coda lunga, — disse Alice, guardando con meraviglia la coda del topo, — ma perchè la chiami trista? — E continuò a pensarci impacciata, mentre il Topo parlava. Così l'idea che ella si fece di quella storia con la coda fu press'a poco questa: Furietta disse al Topo che avea sorpreso in casa: Andiamo in tribunale; per farti processare; Non voglio le tue scuse, o Topo scellerato.