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| 2 | +" " |
| 3 | +" CHAPTER I: Down the Rabbit-Hole. " |
| 4 | +" " |
| 5 | +" Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister " |
| 6 | +"on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had " |
| 7 | +"peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no " |
| 8 | +"pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' " |
| 9 | +"thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?' " |
| 10 | +" " |
| 11 | +" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, " |
| 12 | +"for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether " |
| 13 | +"the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble " |
| 14 | +"of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White " |
| 15 | +"Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. " |
| 16 | +" " |
| 17 | +" There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice " |
| 18 | +"think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to " |
| 19 | +"itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought " |
| 20 | +"it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have " |
| 21 | +"wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); " |
| 22 | +"but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- " |
| 23 | +"POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to " |
| 24 | +"her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never " |
| 25 | +"before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to " |
| 26 | +"take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the " |
| 27 | +"field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop " |
| 28 | +"down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. " |
| 29 | +" " |
| 30 | +" In another moment down went Alice after it, never once " |
| 31 | +"considering how in the world she was to get out again. " |
| 32 | +" " |
| 33 | +" The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, " |
| 34 | +"and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a " |
| 35 | +"moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself " |
| 36 | +"falling down a very deep well. " |
| 37 | +" " |
| 38 | +" Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she " |
| 39 | +"had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to " |
| 40 | +"wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look " |
| 41 | +"down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to " |
| 42 | +"see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and " |
| 43 | +"noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; " |
| 44 | +"here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She " |
| 45 | +"took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was " |
| 46 | +"labelled `ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it " |
| 47 | +"was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing " |
| 48 | +"somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she " |
| 49 | +"fell past it. " |
| 50 | +" " |
| 51 | +" `Well!' thought Alice to herself, `after such a fall as this, I " |
| 52 | +"shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll " |
| 53 | +"all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, " |
| 54 | +"even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely " |
| 55 | +"true.) " |
| 56 | +" " |
| 57 | +" Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end! `I " |
| 58 | +"wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. " |
| 59 | +"`I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let " |
| 60 | +"me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--' (for, " |
| 61 | +"you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her " |
| 62 | +"lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good " |
| 63 | +"opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to " |
| 64 | +"listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) `--yes, " |
| 65 | +"that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude " |
| 66 | +"or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, " |
| 67 | +"or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to " |
| 68 | +"say.) " |
| 69 | +" " |
| 70 | +" Presently she began again. `I wonder if I shall fall right " |
| 71 | +"THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the " |
| 72 | +"people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I " |
| 73 | +"think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this " |
| 74 | +"time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) `--but I shall " |
| 75 | +"have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. " |
| 76 | +"Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried " |
| 77 | +"to curtsey as she spoke--fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling " |
| 78 | +"through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) `And what " |
| 79 | +"an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll " |
| 80 | +"never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.' " |
| 81 | +" " |
| 82 | +" Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon " |
| 83 | +"began talking again. `Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I " |
| 84 | +"should think!' (Dinah was the cat.) `I hope they'll remember " |
| 85 | +"her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were " |
| 86 | +"down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but " |
| 87 | +"you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. " |
| 88 | +"But do cats eat bats, I wonder?' And here Alice began to get " |
| 89 | +"rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of " |
| 90 | +"way, `Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, `Do " |
| 91 | +"bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either " |
| 92 | +"question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt " |
| 93 | +"that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she " |
| 94 | +"was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very " |
| 95 | +"earnestly, `Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a " |
| 96 | +"bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of " |
| 97 | +"sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over. " |
| 98 | +" " |
| 99 | +" Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a " |
| 100 | +"moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her " |
| 101 | +"was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in " |
| 102 | +"sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: " |
| 103 | +"away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it " |
| 104 | +"say, as it turned a corner, `Oh my ears and whiskers, how late " |
| 105 | +"it's getting!' She was close behind it when she turned the " |
| 106 | +"corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found " |
| 107 | +"herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps " |
| 108 | +"hanging from the roof. " |
| 109 | +" " |
| 110 | +" There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; " |
| 111 | +"and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the " |
| 112 | +"other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, " |
| 113 | +"wondering how she was ever to get out again. " |
| 114 | +" " |
| 115 | +" Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of " |
| 116 | +"solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, " |
| 117 | +"and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the " |
| 118 | +"doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or " |
| 119 | +"the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of " |
| 120 | +"them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low " |
| 121 | +"curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little " |
| 122 | +"door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key " |
| 123 | +"in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted! " |
| 124 | +" " |
| 125 | +" Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small " |
| 126 | +"passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and " |
| 127 | +"looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. " |
| 128 | +"How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about " |
| 129 | +"among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but " |
| 130 | +"she could not even get her head though the doorway; `and even if " |
| 131 | +"my head would go through,' thought poor Alice, `it would be of " |
| 132 | +"very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish " |
| 133 | +"I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only " |
| 134 | +"know how to begin.' For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things " |
| 135 | +"had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few " |
| 136 | +"things indeed were really impossible. " |
| 137 | +" " |
| 138 | +" There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she " |
| 139 | +"went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on " |
| 140 | +"it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like " |
| 141 | +"telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (`which " |
| 142 | +"certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck " |
| 143 | +"of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' " |
| 144 | +"beautifully printed on it in large letters. " |
| 145 | +" " |
| 146 | +" It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little " |
| 147 | +"Alice was not going to do THAT in a hurry. `No, I'll look " |
| 148 | +"first,' she said, `and see whether it's marked 'poison' or not'; " |
| 149 | +"for she had read several nice little histories about children who " |
| 150 | +"had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant " |
| 151 | +"things, all because they WOULD not remember the simple rules " |
| 152 | +"their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker " |
| 153 | +"will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your " |
| 154 | +"finger VERY deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had " |
| 155 | +"never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked " |
| 156 | +"`poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or " |
| 157 | +"later. " |
| 158 | +" " |
| 159 | +" However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured " |
| 160 | +"to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort " |
| 161 | +"of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast " |
| 162 | +"turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished " |
| 163 | +"it off. " |
| 164 | +" * * * * * * * " |
| 165 | +" " |
| 166 | +" * * * * * * " |
| 167 | +" " |
| 168 | +" * * * * * * * " |
| 169 | +" " |
| 170 | +" `What a curious feeling!' said Alice; `I must be shutting up " |
| 171 | +"like a telescope.' " |
| 172 | +" " |
| 173 | +" And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and " |
| 174 | +"her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right " |
| 175 | +"size for going though the little door into that lovely garden. " |
| 176 | +"First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was " |
| 177 | +"going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about " |
| 178 | +"this; `for it might end, you know,' said Alice to herself, `in my " |
| 179 | +"going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be " |
| 180 | +"like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is " |
| 181 | +"like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember " |
| 182 | +"ever having seen such a thing. " |
| 183 | +" " |
| 184 | +" After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided " |
| 185 | +"on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when " |
| 186 | +"she got to the door, she found he had forgotten the little golden " |
| 187 | +"key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she " |
| 188 | +"could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly " |
| 189 | +"through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the " |
| 190 | +"legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had " |
| 191 | +"tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and " |
| 192 | +"cried. " |
| 193 | +" " |
| 194 | +" `Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said Alice to " |
| 195 | +"herself, rather sharply; `I advise you to leave off this minute!' " |
| 196 | +"She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very " |
| 197 | +"seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so " |
| 198 | +"severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered " |
| 199 | +"trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game " |
| 200 | +"of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious " |
| 201 | +"child was very fond of pretending to be two people. `But it's no " |
| 202 | +"use now,' thought poor Alice, `to pretend to be two people! Why, " |
| 203 | +"there's hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable " |
| 204 | +"person!' " |
| 205 | +" " |
| 206 | +" Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under " |
| 207 | +"the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on " |
| 208 | +"which the words `EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants. " |
| 209 | +"`Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, `and if it makes me grow larger, " |
| 210 | +"I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep " |
| 211 | +"under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I " |
| 212 | +"don't care which happens!' " |
| 213 | +" " |
| 214 | +" She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, `Which " |
| 215 | +"way? Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to " |
| 216 | +"feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to " |
| 217 | +"find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally " |
| 218 | +"happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the " |
| 219 | +"way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, " |
| 220 | +"that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the " |
| 221 | +"common way. " |
| 222 | +" " |
| 223 | +" So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake. "; |
| 224 | + |
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