Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing...

So she was considering in her own mind as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very...

There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to...

The rabbit hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so...

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down...

Well. thought Alice to herself, after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down...

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end. I wonder how many miles Ive fallen by this...

Presently she began again. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth. How funny itll seem to...

Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me...

Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment. she looked up, but it was...

There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way...

Suddenly she came upon a little three legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on...

Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat hole....

There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping...

It was all very well to say Drink me, but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a...

However, this bottle was not marked poison, so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very...

And so it was indeed. she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought...

After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once;...

Come, theres no use in crying like that. said Alice to herself, rather sharply; I advise you to...

Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table. she opened it, and found in...

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, Which way. Which way., holding her hand on the...

Curiouser and curiouser. cried Alice she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite...

Poor Alice. It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden...

You ought to be ashamed of yourself, said Alice, a great girl like you, she might well say this, to...

After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes...

Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the...

Im sure Im not Ada, she said, for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesnt go in...

Im sure those are not the right words, said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she...

As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of...

That was a narrow escape. said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to...

As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash. she was up to her chin in...

I wish I hadnt cried so much. said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be...

Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to...

Would it be of any use, now, thought Alice, to speak to this mouse. Everything is so out of the way...

Perhaps it doesnt understand English, thought Alice; I daresay its a French mouse, come over with...

Well, perhaps not, said Alice in a soothing tone. dont be angry about it. And yet I wish I could...

We indeed. cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail. As if I would talk on...

I wont indeed. said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. Are you are you...

So she called softly after it, Mouse dear. Do come back again, and we wont talk about cats or dogs...

It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had...

The first question of course was, how to get dry again. they had a consultation about this, and...

At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, Sit down, all of...

Ahem. said the Mouse with an important air, are you all ready. This is the driest thing I know....

The Mouse did not notice this question, but hurriedly went on, found it advisable to go with Edgar...

Speak English. said the Eaglet. I dont know the meaning of half those long words, and, whats more,...

First it marked out a race course, in a sort of circle, the exact shape doesnt matter, it said, and...

This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time...

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her pocket, and pulled out a box...

Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so grave that she did not dare to...

The next thing was to eat the comfits. this caused some noise and confusion, as the large birds...

It is a long tail, certainly, said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouses tail; but why do...

Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, Let us both go to law. I will prosecute you. Come,...

What a pity it wouldnt stay. sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight; and an old Crab...

Alice replied eagerly, for she was always ready to talk about her pet. Dinahs our cat. And shes...

This speech caused a remarkable sensation among the party. Some of the birds hurried off at once....

I wish I hadnt mentioned Dinah. she said to herself in a melancholy tone. Nobody seems to like her,...

It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if...

Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her in an angry...

He took me for his housemaid, she said to herself as she ran. How surprised hell be when he finds...

How queer it seems, Alice said to herself, to be going messages for a rabbit. I suppose Dinahll be...

By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it as...

It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected. before she had drunk half the bottle, she...

Alas. it was too late to wish that. She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel...

Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger....

It was much pleasanter at home, thought poor Alice, when one wasnt always growing larger and...

Mary Ann. Mary Ann. said the voice. Fetch me my gloves this moment. Then came a little pattering of...

Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards,...

That you wont. thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under...

There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear whispers now and then; such as,...

She waited for some time without hearing anything more. at last came a rumbling of little...

Oh. So Bills got to come down the chimney, has he. said Alice to herself. Shy, they seem to put...

She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal...

The first thing she heard was a general chorus of There goes Bill. then the Rabbits voice along...

Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, Thats Bill, thought Alice, Well, I hardly know No more,...

There was a dead silence instantly, and Alice thought to herself, I wonder what they will do next....

A barrowful of what. thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of...

Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on...

So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly. As...

The first thing Ive got to do, said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, is to grow...

It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty...

An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw,...

Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy;...

And yet what a dear little puppy it was. said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to rest...

The great question certainly was, what. Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of...

She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes...

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I I hardly...

Well, perhaps you havent found it so yet, said Alice; but when you have to turn into a chrysalis...

Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation. Alice felt a little irritated...

Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might...

This time Alice waited patiently until it chose to speak again. In a minute or two the Caterpillar...

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the...

She was a good deal frightened by this very sudden change, but she felt that there was no time to...

Come, my heads free at last. said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another...

What can all that green stuff be. said Alice. And where have my shoulders got to. And oh, my poor...

As there seemed to be no chance of getting her hands up to her head, she tried to get her head down...

And just as Id taken the highest tree in the wood, continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a...

A likely story indeed. said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. Ive seen a good many...

This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the...

Well, be off, then. said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest. Alice...

It was so long since she had been anything near the right size, that it felt quite strange at...

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a...

The Fish Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself,...

Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing...

Theres no sort of use in knocking, said the Footman, and that for two reasons. First, because Im on...

There might be some sense in your knocking, the Footman went on without attending to her, if we had...

The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other. the...

There was certainly too much of it in the air. Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; and as for...

Alice did not at all like the tone of this remark, and thought it would be as well to introduce...

Which would not be an advantage, said Alice, who felt very glad to get an opportunity of showing...

Alice glanced rather anxiously at the cook, to see if she meant to take the hint; but the cook was...

Oh, dont bother me, said the Duchess; I never could abide figures. And with that she began nursing...

Here. you may nurse it a bit, if you like. the Duchess said to Alice, flinging the baby at her as...

Alice caught the baby with some difficulty, as it was a queer shaped little creature, and held out...

As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, which was to twist it up into a sort of...

The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter...

No, there were no tears. If youre going to turn into a pig, my dear, said Alice, seriously, Ill...

Alice was just beginning to think to herself, Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it...

So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the...

Cheshire Puss, she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the...

Alice waited a little, half expecting to see it again, but it did not appear, and after a minute or...

She had not gone much farther before she came in sight of the house of the March Hare. she thought...

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter...

The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it. No room. No...

The Hatter was the first to break the silence. What day of the month is it. he said, turning to...

The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily. then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and...

Ah. that accounts for it, said the Hatter. He wont stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good...

The Hatter shook his head mournfully. Not I. he replied. We quarrelled last March just before he...

Alice did not quite know what to say to this. so she helped herself to some tea and bread and...

He moved on as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him. the March Hare moved into the Dormouses...

The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going off into a doze; but, on being pinched...

This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear. she got up in great disgust, and walked off;...

Just as she said this, she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it. Thats...

Once more she found herself in the long hall, and close to the little glass table. Now, Ill manage...

A large rose tree stood near the entrance of the garden. the roses growing on it were white, but...

Seven flung down his brush, and had just begun Well, of all the unjust things when his eye chanced...

Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, Why the fact is, you see,...

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and...

Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on her face like the three gardeners,...

And who are these. said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rose...

Get to your places. shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, and people began running about in all...

The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo. she succeeded in getting...

The players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarrelling all the while, and fighting...

Alice began to feel very uneasy. to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but...

She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without...

Alice waited till the eyes appeared, and then nodded. Its no use speaking to it, she thought, till...

I dont think they play at all fairly, Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, and they all...

Alice thought she might as well go back, and see how the game was going on, as she heard the Queens...

The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed to Alice an excellent...

By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight was over, and both the...

When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a large crowd collected...