The Caucus Race

Alice and an assortment of animals have got wet, and are trying to dry out. The Dodo gets them to run a Caucus Race, a chaotic affair with no start, middle or end. Nonetheless, they want to know who the winner is, and the Dodo announces that everybody has won, and deserves a prize.

Alice and an assortment of wet animals have run a ‘Caucus Race’ to dry out, and the Dodo nominates Alice to provide prizes. She hands round a box of sweets, but there is no sweet for her, so the Dodo borrows Alice’s own thimble, and graciously presents it back to her.

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