At last, when it was nearly dark, the Clever Alice awoke, and as soon
as she stood up, the net fell all over her hair, and the bells jingled
at every step she took. This quite frightened her, and she began to
doubt whether she were really Clever Alice, and said to herself, "Am I
she, or am I not?" This was a question she could not answer, and she
stood still a long while considering about it. At last she thought she
would go home and ask whether she were really herself--supposing
somebody would be able to tell her. When she came to the house-door it
was shut; so she tapped at the window, and asked, "Hans, is Alice
within?" "Yes," he replied, "she is." At which answer she became
really terrified, and exclaiming, "Ah, heaven, then I am not Alice!"
she ran up to another house, intending to ask the same question. But
as soon as the folks within heard the jingling of the bells in her
net, they refused to open their doors, and nobody would receive her.
So she ran straight away from the village, and no one has ever seen
her since.
THE END.
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BOOKS BY
MISS MULOCK
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MY MOTHER AND I
HANNAH
OLIVE
THE OGILVIES
A BRAVE LADY
THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM
MISTRESS AND MAID
THE UNKIND WORD, Etc.
THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY
YOUNG MRS. JARDINE
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN
AGATHA'S HUSBAND
A LIFE FOR A LIFE
TWO MARRIAGES
CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE
A NOBLE LIFE
A HERO
THE FAIRY BOOK
STUDIES FROM LIFE
SERMONS OUT OF CHURCH
THE LAUREL BUSH
A LEGACY
YOUNG MRS.
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