"Doesn't it stop anywhere?" cried Alice in amazement.
"It stops everywhere," said the Hatter. "What I mean is it hasn't any ends at all. It's just one big circular car that runs all around the city and joins itself where it began in the beginning. We call it the M. O. Express, M. O. standing for Municipal Ownership——"
"And Money Owed," laughed a[Pg 20] Weasel that sat on the other side of the car.
"Put that fellow off," said the March Hare indignantly. "Conductor—out with him."
The Conductor immediately threw the Weasel out of the window, as ordered, and the Hatter resumed.
"We call it the express because it is so fast," he continued.
"You'd hardly think it was going at all," observed Alice, as she noticed the entire lack of motion in the car.
"It isn't," said the Hatter. "It's built on a solid foundation and doesn't move[Pg 21] an inch, and yet at the same time it runs all around the city. It was my idea," he added proudly.
"But you said it was fast," protested Alice.
"And so it is, my child," said the Hatter kindly. "It's as fast as though it was glued down with mucilage. There's several ways of being fast, you know. Did you ever hear of the Ballade of the Nancy P. D. Q.?"
"No," said Alice.
"It's a Sea Song in B flat," said the Hatter. "I will sing it for you."
And placing his hat before his lips to give a greater mellowness to his voice, the Hatter sang:
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