Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
skirt
/skɜːt/A piece of clothing that hangs down from the waist.
rule
/ruːl/An instruction that tells you what you can or cannot do.
meaning
/ˈmiːnɪŋ/The idea or message in a text, word, or action.
nonsense
/ˈnɒnsns/Words or ideas that are silly or not true.
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"Here!" Alice called out. She stood up very quickly. Alice forgot that she was now very tall! Her skirt hit the jury-box, and all the small animals fell down. Alice quickly picked them up and put them back. The King looked at Alice. "What do you know about this?" he asked. "Nothing," Alice said. "That is very important," the King told the jury. "Unimportant, your Majesty," the White Rabbit said quickly. "Yes, unimportant," the King said. Some animals wrote "important" and some wrote "unimportant." Then the King read a new rule: "Rule Forty-two. All people more than a mile high...
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