There was a table under a tree outside the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea. A Dormouse was sitting between them, asleep. The three of them were all sitting together at one corner of the table, but the table was large and there were many other seats. Alice sat down in big chair at one end.
‘Have some coffee,’ the March Hare said in a friendly voice.
Alice looked all around the table, but she could only see a teapot. ‘I don’t see any coffee,’ she said.
‘There isn’t any,’ said the March Hare.
‘Then why did you ask me to have some?’ said Alice crossly. ‘It wasn’t very polite of you.’
‘It wasn’t very polite of you to sit down. We haven’t invited you to tea.’ Said the March Hare.
‘But there are lots of seats,’ said Alice.
‘Your hair’s too long,’ said the Hatter, looking at Alice with interest.
‘It’s not polite to say things like that,’ said Alice.
