Алиса в Стране чудес / Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again.

'It was the best butter, you know,' he said again.

Alice looked over his shoulder with some curiosity.

'What a funny watch!' she remarked. 'It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell the time!'

'Why?' muttered the Hatter. 'Does your watch tell you what year it is?'

'Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: 'but that's because my year is very long.'

'But my year is also long,' said the Hatter.

'I don't quite understand you,' Alice said.

'The Dormouse is sleeping again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.

The Dormouse shook its head, and said, 'Of course, of course; it's just what I was going to say.'

'What about the riddle?' asked the Hatter.

'I can't guess,' Alice replied: 'what's the answer?'

'No idea,' said the Hatter.

'Nor I,' said the March Hare.

'What's the time?' asked Alice.

'It's always six o'clock now,' the Hatter answered. 'It's always tea-time, and we have no time to wash the dishes.'