Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Pg. 33-41

Alice runs into a group of birds, who are all wet from the flooding.  They then decide the best way to dry off would be to have a Caucus race.  The Dodo bird marks the track in a circle then everyone starts running.  After the race, they decide that all of them have won so they turn to Alice for a prize.  Alice doesn't know what to do, so she just reaches into her pocket and finds a box of comfits, which she then gives one to each bird and the mouse.  But one of the birds says that Alice has to have a prize, so she again reaches into her pocket and finds a thimble.  Alice begins to miss her cat, Dinah, and starts to talk about him.  She starts to describe how he eats mice, but then the mouse walks away from the conversation.  She notices this and tries to apologize, but the mouse keeps walking and shakes his head.