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 | | Dodgson wrote that "In a desperate attempt to strike some new line of fairy-lore, I sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole, without the least idea what was to happen afterwards." As he rowed from the bow Dodgson invented the story, and everyone in the boat was a character in the tale. |
 | | The Dodo was Dodgson, the duck was Duckworth, the lory, Lorina, the eaglet, Edith, and of course, Alice was Alice. |
 | | Duckworth, who was hearing the story told over his shoulder, was impressed by its originality and he called back to Dodgson to ask him if he was really making it up. |
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