Alice's testimony
Alice had forgotten how much she had grown in the last few moments. As she stood up, she caught the bench with the hem of her dress and knocked it over, along with all the jurors. "The trial may continue: Rule Forty-two: Any person over a mile tall must leave the courtroom. ‘I'm not a mile tall!’ said Alice. ‘Yes, you are,’ said the King. ‘Nearly two miles,’ added the Queen. ‘That rule isn't in the book, you just made it up.’ ‘It's the oldest rule in the book,’ said the King. "Then it should be number one " The King, pale, quickly closed his notebook.
‘Let the jury deliberate!’ he added, for the twentieth time that day. ‘No, no,’ said the Queen, ‘the sentence first, then we'll deliberate.’ ‘That doesn't make sense!’ said Alice aloud. ‘What an idea, to want to pass sentence first!’ ‘Be quiet!’ said the Queen, red with anger. ‘I won't be quiet!’ ‘Off with her head!’ shouted the Queen at the top of her voice. No one moved. ‘They don't care about you,’ said Alice, who had now returned to her normal size, adding: ‘You're just a common pack of cards!’ Then Alice let out a little cry, trying to push them away...
She found herself lying on the grass, her head on her sister's lap, who gently brushed the dead leaves that had fallen from the trees away from her face.