Alice questions whether certain behaviors truly prove someone is mad, indicating her curiosity and skepticism. The Cat responds with a logic game, comparing animals’ behaviors like growling and tail wagging as indicators of their mood, and then humorously claims that its own contradictory actions suggest it must be mad.
The conversation highlights the playful use of logic and language, illustrating the book's whimsical approach to examining madness and sanity. Alice’s observations and the Cat’s clever reasoning emphasize the book's theme of questioning reality and the nature of madness.