iad58 | Wordplay in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Reply)

First-degree wordplay:

[II] a great girl like you ~ (she might well say this)
[II] being drowned in my own tears ~ [figuratively]
[III] This is the driest thing I know. ~ [unwet]
[III] found it advisable ~ to go with Edgar Atheling
[III] Mine is a long and a sad tale! ~ It IS a long tail, certainly
[III] I had NOT! ~ A knot!
[III] an old Crab took the opportunity ~ [grouchy person]
[IV] W[hite] Rabbit ~ W[hatever given name] Rabbit
[IV] when I grow up ~ but I'm grown up now
[IV] Pat: Digging for apples ~ [potatoes]
[V] Explain yourself! ~ I can't explain MYSELF […] I'm not myself
[VI] to turn round on its axis ~ Talking of axes, […] chop off her head!
[VI] if one only knew the right way to change them ~ [diapers]
[VI] To begin with, a dog's not mad ~ assume all dogs are sane // take a non-rabid dog
[VII] it stays the same year for such a long time together ~ Which is just the case with MINE
[VII] I dare say you've never spoken to Time ~ [with a time limit]
[VII] I know I have to beat time when I learn music ~ He won't stand beating
[VII] He's murdering the time! ~ Off with his head!
[VII] three little sisters ~ three Liddell sisters
[VII] I've had nothing yet, so I can't take more ~ You mean you can't take LESS
[VII] treacle-well ~ [medicinal well]
[VII] I dare say there may be ONE ~ One, indeed!
[VII] they were learning to draw ~ you could draw treacle out of a treacle-well
[VII] But they were IN the well ~ well in
[VII] I don't think ~ Then you shouldn't talk
[VIII] spades ~ gardeners (Tenniel)
[VIII] clubs ~ soldiers
[VIII] diamonds ~ courtiers
[VIII] King ~ he-monarch
[VIII] Queen ~ she-monarch
[VIII] Are their heads off? ~ Their heads are gone
[IX] flamingoes and mustard both bite ~ [pungent]
[IX] The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours ~ a large mustard-mine
[IX] either you or your head must be off ~ [go // fall]
[IX] We called him Tortoise ~ because he taught us
[IX] I never said I didn't ~ You did
[IX] we went to school every day ~ I'VE been to a day-school, too
[IX] He was an old crab, HE was. ~ [grouchy person]
[IX] they're called lessons ~ because they lessen from day to day
[X] They're done with blacking, I believe ~ Boots and shoes under the sea […] are done with whiting
[X] Soles and eels ~ [soles and heels]
[X] With what porpoise? ~ Don't you mean “purpose”?
[XI] Knave ~ rogue
[XI] Take off your hat ~ the one you are wearing // the one you own
[XI] the twinkling of the tea— // It began with the tea ~ Of course twinkling begins with a T!
[XI] I'm a poor man ~ You're a very poor speaker
[XI] you may stand down ~ you may SIT down
[XII] Before she had this fit ~ the words don't fit you

Second-degree wordplay:

[1] Antipathies ~ [Antipodes]
[1] Do cats eat bats? ~ Do bats eat cats?
[1] Oh my ears and whiskers ~ Oh my eyes
[II] — Curiouser and curiouser! ~ more curious
[II] O Mouse ~ vocative
[III] caucus-race ~ in a sort of circle
[IV] The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill ~ [parliament]
[IV] Oh my dear paws ~ Oh my eyes
[IV] Oh my fur and whiskers ~ Oh my eyes
[IV] as sure as ferrets are ferrets ~ as eggs are eggs
[VI] Did you say pig ~ or fig?
[VII] you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM ~ [Time]
[VII] and muchness—[…] a drawing of a muchness ~ you know you say things are “much of a muchness”
[IX] Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves ~ pence, pounds
[IX] Birds of a feather flock together ~ [flamingoes and mustard]
[IX] Mock Turtle ~ mock [turtle soup]
[IX] Reeling and Writhing ~ Reading and Writing
[IX] Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision ~ Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
[IX] Uglification // Never heard of uglifying! ~ You know what to beautify is, I suppose?
[IX] Mystery ~ History
[IX] Seaography ~ Geography
[IX] Drawling, Stretching and Fainting in Coils ~ Drawing, Sketching and Painting in Oils
[IX] Laughing and Grief ~ Latin and Greek
[X] I've often seen them at dinn— ~ I don't know where Dinn may be