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How does Alice manage to insult the caterpillar and the pigeon?
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Alice insults the Caterpillar by claiming that three inches is a 'wretched' height to be, and then it turns out that the Caterpillar is three inches tall:
`Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched height to be.'
`It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).
`But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!'
She doesn't insult the Pigeon particularly, but she does frighten it. After trying the mushroom, her neck grows very long and projects her head above the tree tops. This startles a pigeon, who thinks she is a serpent, trying to steal its eggs:
`Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon.
`I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!'
`Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, `I've tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!'
Alice tells the Pigeon that she is a little girl, but is forced to admit that she also eats eggs, which causes the Pigeon to concluded that a little girl is a type of serpent:
`I--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day.
`A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!'
`I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful child; `but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.'
`I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.'
Alice assures the Pigeon that she doesn't want its eggs, but the Pigeon still isn't happy about her being there: `You're looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?'
`It matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; `but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want YOURS: I don't like them raw.'
`Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest. So, the Pigeon isn't really insulted, it's just being protective.
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What did the Pigeon call Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
The Pigeon in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" called Alice a serpent.
What does the Caterpillar keep asking Alice?
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Does the cat or the caterpillar smoke the pipe in Alice in Wonderland?
The Caterpillar smokes the hookah pipe in Alice in Wonderland, not the cat. The Caterpillar is a character that Alice encounters in the story who is often seen smoking and blowing smoke rings.
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Caterpillar - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - was created in 1865.
What did the pigeon think Alice was in the book Alice in Wonderland?
A serpent
What was the name of the smoking caterpillar?
In the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, the smoking caterpillar does not have a name. He's just called "the caterpillar". In the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, the smoking caterpillar is called Absolem.
Where can one find images of the Alice in Wonderland caterpillar?
You can find images of the Alice in Wonderland caterpillar by doing a quick search on popular image websites like Google Images, Shutterstock, or Adobe Stock. Alternatively, you can search for illustrations of the caterpillar in the original book or in adaptations of the story.
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Telemar or Telemark does not refer to the smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Telemark is a county in Norway, while Telemar can refer to a Brazilian telecommunications company. The smoking caterpillar character from Alice in Wonderland is simply known as the Caterpillar.
What kind of caterpillar is Absalom from Alice in Wonderland?
Absalom the caterpillar from "Alice in Wonderland" is typically depicted as a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar with a very calm and laid-back personality. In the original book by Lewis Carroll, Absalom is not explicitly identified by a specific species of caterpillar.
How tall was the hookah smoking caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland?
The hookah smoking caterpillar was described as being three inches tall, according to Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Where might the steampunk styled Alice in Wonderland illustration of her and the caterpillar with a bunch of gears behind him be found?
There is a picture entitled Alice in Absinthe by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, which features Alice, the Caterpillar and a bunch of gears. Follow the related link below.There is also a picture by Sandra Chang-Adair called Steam Punk Alice in Wonderland which depicts Alice with a mechanised Caterpillar. See related link.
What person from Alices life does the caterpillar represents?
In the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Caterpillar doesn't represent anybody from either the fictional nor the real Alice's life.The Caterpillar is also unlikely to represent anybody from Alice Kingsleigh's life in Tim Burton's 2010 movie as in that film Wonderland/Underland is supposed to be a real place. So when Alice sees the blue butterfly at the end, THAT is the Caterpillar and nobody else is.(Similarly, the twins Faith and Fiona are not the Tweedles.)
