Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
invitation
/ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn/a note or message asking someone to go somewhere
pepper
/ˈpepə(r)/a spicy black powder that adds heat and flavor to food
sneeze
/sniːz/to blow air out of the nose suddenly with a loud sound
grin
/ɡrɪn/to give a very big, wide smile
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Alice saw a footman with a fish face outside a small house in the woods. He gave a large letter to another footman with a frog face. "An invitation from the Queen for the Duchess to play croquet," he said. Both footmen bowed low, and their curls got stuck together. Alice knocked on the door, but nobody answered. So she opened the door and walked inside. The kitchen was completely full of smoke. A cook was making soup over the hot fire, and there was too much pepper in the air. The Duchess sat on a chair, holding a crying...
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