'They don't keep this room so tidy as the other,' Alice thought to herself, as she noticed several of the chessmen down in the hearth among the cinders; but in another moment with a little 'Oh!' of surprise, she was down on her hands and knees watching them. The chessmen were walking about, two and two! 'Here are the Red King and the Red Queen,' Alice said (in a whisper, for fear of frightening them), 'and there are the White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel -- and here are two Castles walking arm in arm ...' Here something began squeaking on the table behind Alice, and made her turn her head just in time to see one of the White Pawns roll over and begin kicking ... (cf. Through the Looking Glass, Macmillan & Son, 1871, p. 15)