Alice in Wonderland

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Mariena Foley. Alice in Wonderland

Down the Rabbit Hole

The Pool of Tears

A Caucus-Race And a Long Tale

The Rabbit Sends In a Little Bill

Advice From a Caterpillar

Pig and Pepper

A Mad Tea-Party

The Queen’s Croquet Ground

The Mock Turtle’s Story

The Lobster-Quadrille

Who Stole the Tarts?

Alice’s Evidence

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Down the Rabbit-Hole

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”

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“We, indeed!” cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of its tail. “As ifIwould talk on such a subject! Our family alwayshatedcats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don’t let me hear the name again!”

“I won’t indeed!” said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. “Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?” The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: “There is such a nice little dog, near our house, I should like to show you! A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair! And it’ll fetch things when you throw them, and it’ll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I can’t remember half of them—and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he says it’s so useful, it’s worth a hundred pounds! He says it kills all the rats, and—oh dear!” cried Alice in a sorrowful tone, “I’m afraid I’ve offended it again!” For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and making quite a commotion in the pool as it went.

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