《爱丽丝梦游仙境》-P2

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Hello! Alice is having some very curious adventuresat the bottom of a rabbit hole. She drank a drink that made her very smallindeed. But she wants to grow bigger so that she can reach the key that willunlock the tiny door to a beautiful garden. After eating some cake she found ina little glass box, Alice started to feel something …

Alice
Curiouser and curiouser! I'm growing! My feetare so far away. Goodbye feet! How will I put my shoes and socks on, I wonder?Ouch!

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Alice grew so big that her head hit the ceiling!It was easy to reach the table now. She picked up the tiny key and rushed tothe door. But in her excitement, she forgot something again…

Alice
Ohhhh… this is hopeless! I'm much too big forthis door now! I'll never get into the garden! I can only look through the doorwith one eye! Oh…

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Alice was over nine feet tall, and when a girlthat big cries, the tears are big too. Alice criedand cried until half the hall was filledwith a salty pool of tears. After atime, Alice heard a little pattering of feet in the distance. She dried hereyes to see what was coming.

White Rabbit
Oh! I'm late! I'm so very late! I was told tobe early and I'm going to be late. The Duchess will be waiting. Oh my! Oh my!She will be so very angry with me! Oh my!

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The sight of The White Rabbit, splendidly dressedin his best clothes, and carrying a large fan and apair of white leather gloves was enough to stop Alice's tears.

Alice
If you please, sir…

White Rabbit
Oh!! Oh my!

Alice
Don't go! I won't hurt – Oh dear! You'vedropped your gloves… But look: what a pretty fan. And crying is such hot work.Oh, that's better. Oh dear… how strange everything is today. Yesterday thingswere normal. But today I'm not sure if I am the same girl who woke up thismorning. But, if I'm not the girl who woke up this morning, the question is,"Who am I?"

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Alice fanned herself while she talked. She feltmuch cooler. But after a minute or two, something started happening.

Alice
Oh: Here's that feeling again.

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Then something kept happening. Alice keptfanning herself.

Alice
I don't believe it. I must be… I am! I'mgrowing smaller again. Smaller than the table. Hello feet! It's good to see youagain.

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Soon Alice was smaller than ever. She wasstill shrinking and shrinking and she didn't knowwhy.

Alice
Oh dear - I'm getting very small. Oh… I'mgetting much too small! Oh dear - I shall fade away altogether! Ohh…! The fan?The fan!

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Just in time. Alice threw the fan on the floor,so she wouldn't get any smaller.  

Alice
That was a lucky escape!But now I'm small enough to get into the garden!

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Poor Alice! There she stood at the little door- but it was locked again. And there was the little key, back in its place, outof reach, on the table.

Alice
Oh not again! This is hopeless. I'll never getthat key now. I so badly wanted to see the garden. And things are worse thanever - I've never been so small as this in my life. Never!

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Things were as bad as ever. And they were aboutto get worse...

Alice
Ohhh!

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And poor little Alice fell into a pool of herown tears. Luckily, she knew how to swim. But she wasn't the only one who hadfallen into the pool. Next time, Alice meets a dodo, tries to make friends witha mouse, and joins in a very, very curious race. Goodbye.