The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

"Very good," said the King. "Call the first witness."

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

Alice looked at the jury, who were now writing everything down. It was a very strange jury. Some of the jurymen were animals, and the others were birds.

All on a summer day.

And took them all away.

The King and Queen of Hearts were sitting on their thrones when Alice and the Gryphon arrived. There was a great crowd of birds and animals, and all the pack of cards.

The first witness was the Hatter. He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread and butter in the other hand. "I'm very sorry, Your Majesty," he said. "I was in the middle of tea when the trial began."

Soldiers stood all around the Knave of Hearts, and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand.

In the middle of the room there was a table, with a large plate of tarts on it. "They look good," thought Alice, who was feeling a little hungry.

Then the White Rabbit called out loudly, "Silence! The trial of the Knave of Hearts will now begin!" He took out a long piece of paper, and read:

Then the White Rabbit blew his trumpet three times, and called out, "First witness!"

Just then Alice had a strange feeling. After a minute or two she understood what it was.

The unhappy Hatter saw this, and dropped his bread and butter. "I'm a poor man, Your Majesty," he said again.

"I keep hats to sell," explained the Hatter. "I don't have a hat myself. I'm a Hatter."

"I'm very sorry," Alice said politely. "I'm getting bigger and taller, you see."

"Take off your hat," the King said.

"Don't push like that," said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her. "I'm nearly falling off my seat."

"It isn't mine," said the Hatter.

The Hatter was still giving evidence, but nobody could understand a word of it. The King looked at the Queen, and the Queen looked at the executioner.

The Hatter's face turned white. "I'm a poor man, Your Majesty," he began, in a shaking voice.

"Give your evidence," said the King, "or we'll cut your head off."

"Well, you can't do that here," said the Dormouse crossly, and he got up and moved to another seat.

"Stolen! Write that down," the King said to the jury.

"You're a very poor, speaker," said the King. He turned to the White Rabbit. "Call the next witness," he said.

"Read it to us," said the King.

"Nothing," said Alice.

The Queen was looking hard at Alice. Now she said, "All people a mile high must leave the room."

The next witness was the Duchess's cook, who spoke very angrily and said that she would not give any evidence. The King looked worried and told the White Rabbit to call another witness. Alice watched while the White Rabbit looked at the names on his piece of paper. Then, to her great surprise, he called out loudly,"Alice!"

"I'm not a mile high," said Alice. "And I won't leave the room. I want to hear the evidence."

"Your Majesty!" said the White Rabbit, jumping up in a great hurry. "We've just found this letter. There's no name on it, but I think the Knave wrote it."

"There is no more evidence," said the King very quickly, "and now the jury will --"

"Here!" cried Alice, jumping to her feet.

"No, I didn't!" said the Knave loudly.

"Begin at the beginning," said the King, "and go on until you get to the end, then stop."

"What do you know about these tarts?" said the King.

"Where shall I begin, Your Majesty?" asked the Rabbit.

And talked of me to him.

She thought I was a gardener,

I gave her one, they gave him two,

But said I could not swim.

But they were mine before.

What will they do to you?

If she decides to hurry on,

They tell me you have been to her,

You gave us three or more.

The Knave's face was sad. "Do I look like a swimmer?" he said. (And he didn't -- because he was made of paper.)

He tells them that I have not gone,

They all returned from him to you,

(We know that this is true).

"That's a very important piece of evidence," said the King. He looked very pleased. "Now the jury must --"

"If anybody in the jury can explain that letter," said Alice (she was not afraid of anything now, because she was much bigger than everybody in the room), "I'll give him sixpence. It's all nonsense! It doesn't mean anything."

The jury busily wrote this down. "She thinks it's all nonsense."

"All nonsense, eh?" said the King. He read some of the words again. "But said I could not swim. You can't swim, can you?" he said to the Knave.

Everybody listened very carefully while the White Rabbit read these words.

The King smiled. "I understand everything now," he said. "There are the tarts, and here is the Knave of Hearts. And now the jury must decide who the thief is."

"No, no!" said the Queen. "Off with his head! The jury can say what it thinks later."

"I won't!" said Alice.

"Off with her head!" screamed the Queen. Nobody moved.

"It doesn't matter what you say," said Alice. "You're only a pack of cards!"

"Be quiet!" said the Queen, her face turning red.

"What nonsense!" said Alice loudly. "The jury must decide first. You can't --"

"Wake up, Alice dear," said her sister. "You've been asleep a long time."

Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alice's face. She gave a little scream… and woke up. She was lying next to her sister under the trees, and some leaves were falling on her face.

"Oh, I've had a very curious dream!" said Alice, and she told her sister all about the strange adventures in her wonderful dream.