Which excerpt from Chapter IX of Alice in Wonderland best illustrates that this is a work of fantasy?

"I wish they'd get the trial done," Alice thought, "and hand 'round the refreshments!"
The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them.
"That's the jury-box," thought Alice; "and those twelve creatures (some were animals and some were birds) I suppose they are the jurors."
He kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and, in his confusion, he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread and butter.

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The excerpt that best illustrates that Alice in Wonderland is a work of fantasy is:

"He kept shifting from one foot to the other, looking uneasily at the Queen, and, in his confusion, he bit a large piece out of his teacup instead of the bread and butter."

This sentence captures the nonsensical and whimsical elements characteristic of fantasy literature, where ordinary rules and logic are subverted, such as the notion of a character biting into a teacup instead of food.