"Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."

Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

"It's very good jam," said the Queen."Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate.""You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday but never jam to-day.""It must come sometimes to "jam to-day,""Alice objected."No it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day; to-day isn't any other day, you know.""I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing."