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Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, 'and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!'

— Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

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'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes:
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