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she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off. The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice.

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Lewis Carroll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1832
Born: January 27
Died: 1898
Died: January 14
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Cheshire
Charles Dodgson
Lewis Caroll
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
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Rev. C. L. Dodgson
Charles L. Dodgson
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