Week 13: Reading Notes (Looking Glass Part A)

This story is part of the Looking-Glass unit. Story source: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (1871).

Tweedledee and Tweedledum

• Alice was walking and talking to herself and stumbles upon two fat little men
• She knew their names because they had DUM and DEE embroidered on their clothes
• She kept staring and looking for the word TWEEDLE embroidered 
• The two stood as still as statues 
• Alice kept thinking about a song she knew; It referred to Tweedledum and Tweedledee
• The two argue all the time and the song Alice knew referenced that 
• The boys reminded Alice of little schoolboys \
• She just needed directions to get out of the forest 
• The boys grinned and said that she needed to properly shake their hands and greet them first 
• Alice not wanting to upset either of them, shook their hands at the same time 
• As soon as she shook their hands she found herself dancing with them, spinning in circles
• The boys were definitely out of shape and couldn't dance for too long 
• The boys avoided Alice's question on hot get out of the forest and wanted to read her poetry instead

(tweedledee and tweedledum)