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“- Quiero decir, ¿qué es un regalo de no-cumpleaños? - Un regalo que te hacen cuando no es tu cumpleaños, naturalmente. Alicia meditó un momento. , dijo por fin. - ¡No sabes lo que dices! -exclamó Tentetieso- ¿Cuántos días tiene el año? - Trescientos sesenta y cinco -dijo Alicia. - ¿Y cuántos cumpleaños tienes? - Uno. - Y si restas uno a trescientos sesenta y cinco, ¿cuántos te quedan? - Trescientos sesenta y cuatro, naturalmente. [...] - Lo que demuestra que hay trescientos sesenta y cuatro días en que podrías recibir regalos de no-cumpleaños. - Desde luego -dijo Alicia. - Frente a sólo uno de cumpleaños. ¡Te has cubierto de gloria!”

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Book:Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

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Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, photographer, and children's author. He is best known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which is celebrated for its unique imagination, rich symbolism, and humor. more

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