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For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in *livery came running out of the wood- and **rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles. It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like aContinue reading “Alice in Wonderland #10 | Pig and Pepper : The Strange Duchess 愛麗絲夢遊仙境集十”

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at the mushroom for a minute, trying to make out which were the two sides of it; and as it was perfectly round, she found this a very difficult quesiton. However, at last she stretched her arms round it as far as they would go, and broke off a bit ofContinue reading “Alice in Wonderland #9 | The Magic Mushroom and the Pigeon 愛麗絲夢遊仙境集九”

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn’t guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself “This is Bill”, she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next.

It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself, “The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can I have dropped them, I wonder?” Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid-gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen – everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool; and the great hall, with the galss table and the little door, had vanished completely.

As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, “and in that case I can go back by railway,” she said to herself. However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.

As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, “and in that case I can go back by railway,” she said to herself. However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.