Through the Looking-Glass, Chapter 4 summary
Chapter 4 of 11 · 12 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 4, Alice meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, hears a poem about deceived oysters, and rejects their claim that she exists inside the Red King’s dream. Their quarrel over a broken rattle draws her into preparations for battle, but a huge crow arrives and scatters them.
What happens
- Alice asks the brothers for directions, but they draw her into a dance and a poetry recital instead.
- Tweedledee recites a poem in which the Walrus and the Carpenter lure oysters ashore and eat them.
- The brothers show Alice the sleeping Red King and insist that she exists only within his dream.
- Alice cries, rejects their claim, and tries again to leave the darkening wood.
- Tweedledum discovers his broken rattle, challenges Tweedledee, and gets Alice to help dress them for battle.
- A huge crow frightens the brothers away, and Alice shelters beneath a tree as its wings stir the wood.
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