A likely story indeed! said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent, and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg! I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly, said Alice, who was a very truthful child, but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.