by Lewis Carroll

Contents

Chapter I: Down the Rabbit Hole
Chapter II: The Pool of Tears
Chapter III: Caucus-Race and Long Tale
Chapter IV: The Rabbit Sends in Little Bill
Chapter V: Advice from Caterpillar
Chapter VI: Pig and Pepper
Chapter VII: Mad Tea-Party
Chapter VIII: The Queen's Croquet-Ground
Chapter IX: The Mock Turtle's Story
Chapter X: The Lobster Quadrille
Chapter XI: Who Stole the Tarts ?
Chapter XII: Alice's Evidence

Chapter I: Down the Rabbit Hole

Alice was beginning very tired of sitting by her sister bank, and of having nothing : she had peeped book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations , 'and the use of book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation ? '

So she was considering in her own mind ( as , hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making daisy-chain worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her

nothing so very remarkable ; nor did Alice think it so way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear ! Oh dear ! late ! ' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she wondered , but it all seemed quite natural); but Rabbit actually took watch out waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, flashed across her mind that she had never before seen rabbit with either waistcoat-pocket, or watch out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just it pop down large rabbit-hole under the hedge .

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how she was out again

The rabbit-hole went straight on like tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice moment about stopping herself before she found herself falling down very deep well

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty as she went down to look about her and to wonder going to happen next First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but too dark anything; then she looked sides well, and noticed were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs She took down jar from shelves as she passed; labelled 'orange marmalade', but to her great disappointment empty: she like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed it into cupboards as she fell past it

'Well ! ' thought Alice to herself, 'after such fall , think nothing of tumbling down stairs ! How brave they'll all think me at home ! Why, I wouldn't say anything , even if I fell off the top house ! ' ( very likely true )

Down, down, down Would the fall never come to an end ! 'I wonder miles I've fallen ? ' she said aloud ' getting somewhere near the centre earth Let me see: four thousand miles down, --' (for, , Alice had learnt several things sort in her lessons schoolroom, and though not opportunity for showing off her knowledge, no one to listen to her, still good practice it over) '--yes, that's right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to ? ' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words )

Presently she began again 'I wonder if fall right earth ! How funny it'll seem out people that walk with their heads downward ! The Antipathies, --' (she was rather glad no one listening, , as it didn't sound at all the right word) '--but to ask them what the name country is, Please, Ma'am, New Zealand or Australia ? ' (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke--fancy curtseying 're falling air ! manage it ? ) 'And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking ! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps see it written up somewhere '

Down, down, down nothing else , so Alice soon began talking again Dinah'll miss me to-night, think ! ' (Dinah cat ) ' they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time Dinah my dear ! you were down here with me ! no mice air, I'm afraid, but catch bat, 's very like mouse, But do cats eat bats, I wonder ? ' And here Alice began rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats ? Do cats eat bats ? ' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats ? ' for, , as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter she put it She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat bat ? ' when suddenly, thump ! thump ! down she came upon heap of sticks and dry leaves, fall was over

Alice was not bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in moment: she looked up, but all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it not moment lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just to hear it say, as it turned corner, 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting ! ' She was close behind it when she turned to corner, but the Rabbit was no longer seen: she found herself in long, low hall, lit up by row of lamps hanging roof

There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever out again

Suddenly she came upon little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; nothing except tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought it might belong to doors hall; but, alas ! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it open any However, second time round, she came upon low curtain she noticed before, and behind little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key lock, and to her great delight it fitted !

Alice opened the door and found led into small passage, not much larger than rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage loveliest garden you ever saw How she longed out dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but even get her head though the doorway; 'and even head would go through,' thought poor Alice, 'it of very little use without my shoulders Oh, how shut up like telescope ! , if I only know how ' For, , out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun that very few things indeed were really impossible

There seemed no use in waiting little door, so she went back table, half hoping she might find another key , or at any rate book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: she found little bottle , ('which certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck bottle was paper label, words 'DRINK ME' beautifully printed in large letters

all 'Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to in hurry 'No, I'll look first,' she said, ' whether it's marked "poison" or not'; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that red-hot poker will burn you if your hold it too long; cut your finger very deeply with knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, drink much from bottle marked 'poison,' almost certain to disagree , sooner or later

However, this bottle was not marked 'poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, , sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she finished it off

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'What curious feeling ! ' said Alice; ' shutting up like telescope '

And so indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up thought that she was now the right size for going though the little door into that lovely garden First, however, she waited if she was going to shrink any further: she felt little nervous ; ' might end, ,' said Alice to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like candle I wonder what like then ? ' And she tried to fancy what the flame of candle is like candle is blown out, for remember ever having seen such thing

After while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice ! when she got door, she found he had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back table , she found possibly reach it: she it quite plainly glass, and she tried her best to climb up legs table, but too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried

'Come, there's no use in crying like that ! ' said Alice to herself, rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute ! ' She generally gave herself advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in game of croquet she was playing against herself, curious child was very fond of pretending two people 'But it's no use now,' thought poor Alice, 'to pretend two people ! Why, there's hardly enough of me left one respectable person ! '

Soon her eye fell on little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found cake, the words 'EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants 'Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, 'and makes me grow larger, reach the key; and makes me grow smaller, creep under the door; so either way I'll get garden, and I don't care which happens ! '

She ate little bit, and said anxiously to herself, ' ? ? ', holding her hand top of her head growing, and she was quite surprised that she remained the same size: , this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, seemed quite dull and stupid for life on common way

So she set to work, and finished off the cake

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Chapter II: The Pool of Tears