Project Gutenberg ' s Alice ' s Adventures in Wonderland , by Lewis Carroll

ALICE ' S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Lewis Carroll

THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION 3 . 0




CHAPTER I . 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
conversation ?'

So she was considering in her own mind ( as well as she could , for the
hot day made her feel 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 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 burning with curiosity , she ran across the field
after it , and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large
rabbit - hole under the hedge .