Lewis Carroll: "'Merayap di kakimu,' kata si Agas (Alice menar...

"'Merayap di kakimu,' kata si Agas (Alice menarik kakinya kembali dengan agak khawatir), 'kamu bisa mengamati Roti-dan-Kupu-Kupu. Sayapnya adalah irisan tipis Roti-dan-mentega, tubuhnya kerak, dan kepalanya benjolan gula. ' Dan apa itu hidup? ' Lemah teh dengan krim di dalamnya. ' Kesulitan baru muncul di kepala Alice. 'Seandainya itu tidak dapat menemukan?' dia menyarankan. Maka itu akan mati, tentu saja. ' Tapi itu pasti sering terjadi, 'kata Alice sambil berpikir. Itu selalu terjadi, 'kata nyamuk."

--- Lewis Carroll

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Crawling at your feet,' said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), `you may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.' And what does IT live on?' Weak tea with cream in it.' A new difficulty came into Alice's head. `Supposing it couldn't find any?' she suggested. Then it would die, of course.' But that must happen very often,' Alice remarked thoughtfully. It always happens,' said the Gnat.