There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and, when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it.
don’t see how he can ever finish, if he doesn’t begin
Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!