THE Story of Alice and A Queen's Teachings on The Philosophy of Impossibility `I`m seven and a half exactly.' `You needn't say "exactually,"' the Queen remarked: `I can believe it without that. Now I'll give you something to believe. I'm just one hundred and one, five months and a day.' `I can't believe that!' said Alice. `Can't you?' the Queen said in a pitying tone. `Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.' Alice laughed. `There's no use trying,' she said: `one can't believe impossible things.' `I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. `When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'