This is Lewis Carroll--you'll find a version with attribution at Bartelby: http://www.bartleby.com/66/97/10597.html It's in Through the Looking Glass, that's why you didn't find it in your search. George At 07:41 AM 8/4/01 -0400, you wrote: > >Does anyone know where the reference arose to "believing twelve impossible >things before breakfast"? > >I have searched Alice in Wonderland with no luck. > >R. Polk > ------------------------------------------------------------- The Thought for Today Quotation Archive http://webpages.ainet.com/gosner/quotationsarch/ George Osner <gosner@ainet.com> -------------------------------------------------------------