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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Illustrated by John Tenniel This public-domain text (U.S.) is derived from THE MILLENIUM FULCRUM EDITION 3.0, and from illustrations available on the Inter- net. The Project Gutenberg edition (desig- nated “alice30”) was converted to LATEX using GutenMark software and then re-edited (for formatting) by Ron Burkey. Report problems to [email protected]. B 12/14/02. Proofing completed. C 01/05/03. Added the poem that follows the frontispiece. (The preparer is un- known.) Corrected the LATEX construct used for em-dashes. Corrected a couple of straight quotes. Improved the format- ting of ‘Father William’. Contents 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole 1 2 The Pool of Tears 15 3 A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale 27 4 The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill 39 5 Advice from a Caterpillar 55 6 Pig and Pepper 69 7 A Mad Tea-Party 85 8 The Queen’s Croquet-Ground 99 9 The Mock Turtle’s Story 115 10 The Lobster Quadrille 129 11 Who Stole the Tarts? 143 i ii 12 Alice’s Evidence 155 iii iv Allinthegoldenafternoon Fullleisurelyweglide; Forbothouroars,withlittleskill, Bylittlearmsareplied, Whilelittlehandsmakevainpretence Ourwanderstoguide. Ah,cruelThree! Insuchanhour, Beneathsuchdreamyweather, Tobegataleofbreathtooweak Tostirthetiniestfeather! Yetwhatcanonepoorvoiceavail Againstthreetonguestogether? ImperiousPrimaflashesforth Heredict“tobeginit”: IngentlertonesSecundahopes “Therewillbenonsenseinit!” WhileTertiainterruptsthetale Notmorethanonceaminute. Anon,tosuddensilencewon, Infancytheypursue Thedream-childmovingthroughaland Ofwonderswildandnew, Infriendlychatwithbirdorbeast— Andhalfbelieveittrue. Andever,asthestorydrained Wellsoffancydry, Andfaintlystrovethatwearyone Toputthesubjectby, “Therestnexttime—”“Itisnexttime!” Thehappyvoicescry. v ThusgrewthetaleofWonderland: Thusslowly,onebyone, Itsquainteventswerehammeredout— Andnowthetaleisdone, Andhomewesteer,amerrycrew, Beneaththesettingsun. Alice! Achildishstorytake, And,withagentlehand, LayitwhereChildhood’sdreamsaretwined InMemory’smysticband, Likepilgrim’swither’dwreathofflowers Pluck’dinafar-offland. vi Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole Alicewas beginningto getvery tiredof sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having noth- ing 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 pic- tures or conversation?’ Soshewasconsideringinherownmind(as wellasshecould,forthehotdaymadeherfeel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out 1 2 of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, ‘Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!’ (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat- pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burn- ing with curiosity, she ran across the field af- terit,andfortunatelywasjustintimetoseeit pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped sud- denly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself be- foreshefoundherselffallingdownaverydeep well. Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see any- thing; then she looked at the sides of the well,

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