Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice Through the Looking-Glass -(Illustrated Edition of World Children's Literature)

Author: Lewis Carroll
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Lewis Carroll is a famous British children's literature writer. Due to his severe stutter, he always kept away from adult society but enjoyed being close to children, often telling them stories. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published after he compiled the stories he told the children. The book caused a sensation upon its release and was printed in several editions. Later, he wrote Alice Through the Looking-Glass, which also achieved great success. Today, these two books have become, becoming one of the most popular children's novels in the world. This book is part of the "Illustrated Classics of World Children's Literature" series, featuring both classic works with exquisite illustrations. It preserves the original essence of the originals, allowing readers to fully experience the charm of the original texts.
Falling, falling, falling, falling endlessly! "How many miles have I fallen by now?" she said aloud. "I must be near the center of the earth. I think—oh, I do think—it must be four thousand miles down!" (For, you see, Alice had learned several things about this sort of thing at school, although it wasn't a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, and besides, it was a very good exercise to repeat it to herself) "—Yes, that's about it—but I do hope I shan't fall all the way through! Oh, that would be fun! I think they're all a pack of selfish little beasts!" (She was just glad she had no one listening, this was a very rude thing to say about people.) "—But, you see, I must ask them what country they live in. Please, Madam, is this New Zealand or Australia?" (She tried to curtsey as she spoke—imagine curtseying as you fall through the air!) "To ask that, she would think I was a very ignorant little girl! No, no, that won't do at all. Perhaps I shall see a sign posted somewhere."
Falling, falling, falling. There was nothing else to do, so soon Alice was talking again. "I wonder if Dinah will miss me tonight!" (Dinah was a cat.) "I hope they'll remember her little milk-tray at tea-time. Dinah, dear! I wish you were here with me falling! I think there are no mice in the air, but you could catch bats, you know, they're just like mice. But I don't know whether cats eat bats, do you?"
By this time, Alice was feeling very sleepy, but she still mumbled to herself, "Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?" Sometimes she said, "Do bats eat cats?" because, you see, she couldn't answer either question, so it didn't matter which way she put it. She felt herself nodding off, and began to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying very seriously, "Now, Dinah, tell me the truth, did you ever eat a bat?"
Suddenly, thump! thump! she fell down a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and at last she was down. Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up at once and stood on her feet. She looked up, and saw that the sky was black overhead; and before her was another long passage, and she could see a white rabbit, as usual, running as fast as it could. She had just enough time to say, "Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" and she was after it as fast as she could go. She had just caught up with it, when she saw it run into a large fan. After that, she saw it no more.
She found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked. Alice went round and round the hall looking for keys, and trying the doors, till she was quite tired of it, and was just going to give up hope when she found a little three-legged table all made of glass; there was a little golden key lying on it, and Alice's first idea was that it was for one of the doors of the hall. But, alas! the locks were too big, and the key was far too small.
However, as she turned round the second time, she found another little door, a tiny one, which she had not noticed before, sliding in a large one. She ran to it, and tried the little golden key in the lock, and the door opened! Alice felt that it would be very useful to have a large map to look at, and she tried to fancy what the country would be like, but it was too dark to see anything clearly, so she went on walking, saying to herself: "I wonder if I shall ever get to the end of this book?"
She had not gone far when she came upon a pool of water, and found that it was marked "WATER, YOU ARE NOT TO DRINK IT." This was a very curious thing!
Alice had never seen such a book before, but she had heard of one once. "Would you tell me," she said, half to herself and half to the book, "what you mean by 'water, you are not to drink it'? Do you mean to say that I can't?"
"I do," said the book, rather crossly: "you might do it, and what would happen? You see, you're in a pool of water, and you're not to get wet."
Alice felt that this was a very curious book indeed! Never, never did she hear such a sensible thing as this. Of course, she had learned several things about this sort of thing at school, although it wasn't a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, and besides, it was a very good exercise to repeat it to herself) "—Yes, that's about it—but I do hope I shan't fall all the way through! Oh, that would be fun! I think they're all a pack of selfish little beasts!" (She was just glad she had no one listening, this was a very rude thing to say about people.) "—But, you see, I must ask them what country they live in. Please, Madam, is this New Zealand or Australia?" (She tried to curtsey as she spoke—imagine curtseying as you fall through the air!) "To ask that, she would think I was a very ignorant little girl! No, no, that won't do at all. Perhaps I shall see a sign posted somewhere."
Falling, falling, falling. There was nothing else to do, so soon Alice was talking again. "I wonder if Dinah will miss me tonight!" (Dinah was a cat.) "I hope they'll remember her little milk-tray at tea-time. Dinah, dear! I wish you were here with me falling! I think there are no mice in the air, but you could catch bats, you know, they're just like mice. But I don't know whether cats eat bats, do you?"
By this time, Alice was feeling very sleepy, but she still mumbled to herself, "Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?" Sometimes she said, "Do bats eat cats?" because, you see, she couldn't answer either question, so it didn't matter which way she put it. She felt herself nodding off, and began to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying very seriously, "Now, Dinah, tell me the truth, did you ever eat a bat?"
Suddenly, thump! thump! she fell down a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and at last she was down. Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up at once and stood on her feet. She looked up, and saw that the sky was black overhead; and before her was another long passage, and she could see a white rabbit, as usual, running as fast as it could. She had just enough time to say, "Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" and she was after it as fast as she could go. She had just caught up with it, when she saw it run into a large fan. After that, she saw it no more.
She found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked. Alice went round and round the hall looking for keys, and trying the doors, till she was quite tired of it, and was just going to give up hope when she found a little three-legged table all made of glass; there was a little golden key lying on it, and Alice's first idea was that it was for one of the doors of the hall. But, alas! the locks were too big, and the key was far too small.
However, as she turned round the second time, she found another little door, a tiny one, which she had not noticed before, sliding in a large one. She ran to it, and tried the little golden key in the lock, and the door opened! Alice felt that it would be very useful to have a large map to look at, and she tried to fancy what the country would be like, but it was too dark to see anything clearly, so she went on walking, saying to herself: "I wonder if I shall ever get to the end of this book?"
She had not gone far when she came upon a pool of water, and found that it was marked "WATER, YOU ARE NOT TO DRINK IT." This was a very curious thing!
Alice had never seen such a book before, but she had heard of one once. "Would you tell me," she said, half to herself and half to the book, "what you mean by 'water, you are not to drink it'? Do you mean to say that I can't?"
"I do," said the book, rather crossly: "you might do it, and what would happen? You see, you're in a pool of water, and you're not to get wet."
Alice felt that this was a very curious book indeed! Never, never did she hear such a sensible thing as this. Of course, she had learned several things about this sort of thing at school, although it wasn't a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, and besides, it was a very good exercise to repeat it to herself) "—Yes, that's about it—but I do hope I shan't fall all the way through! Oh, that would be fun! I think they're all a pack of selfish little beasts!" (She was just glad she had no one listening, this was a very rude thing to say about people.) "—But, you see, I must ask them what country they live in. Please, Madam, is this New Zealand or Australia?" (She tried to curtsey as she spoke—imagine curtseying as you fall through the air!) "To ask that, she would think I was a very ignorant little girl! No, no, that won't do at all. Perhaps I shall see a sign posted somewhere."
Falling, falling, falling. There was nothing else to do, so soon Alice was talking again. "I wonder if Dinah will miss me tonight!" (Dinah was a cat.) "I hope they'll remember her little milk-tray at tea-time. Dinah, dear! I wish you were here with me falling! I think there are no mice in the air, but you could catch bats, you know, they're just like mice. But I don't know whether cats eat bats, do you?"
By this time, Alice was feeling very sleepy, but she still mumbled to herself, "Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?" Sometimes she said, "Do bats eat cats?" because, you see, she couldn't answer either question, so it didn't matter which way she put it. She felt herself nodding off, and began to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying very seriously, "Now, Dinah, tell me the truth, did you ever eat a bat?"
Suddenly, thump! thump! she fell down a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and at last she was down. Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up at once and stood on her feet. She looked up, and saw that the sky was black overhead; and before her was another long passage, and she could see a white rabbit, as usual, running as fast as it could. She had just enough time to say, "Oh, my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" and she was after it as fast as she could go. She had just caught up with it, when she saw it run into a large fan. After that, she saw it no more.
She found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked. Alice went round and round the hall looking for keys, and trying the doors, till she was quite tired of it, and was just going to give up hope when she found a little three-legged table all made of glass; there was a little golden key lying on it, and Alice's first idea was that it was for one of the doors of the hall. But, alas! the locks were too big, and the key was far too small.
However, as she turned round the second time, she found another little door, a tiny one, which she had not noticed before, sliding in a large one. She ran to it, and tried the little golden key in the lock, and the door opened! Alice felt that it would be very useful to have a large map to look at, and she tried to fancy what the country would be like, but it was too dark to see anything clearly, so she went on walking, saying to herself: "I wonder if I shall ever get to the end of this book?"
She had not gone far when she came upon a pool of water, and found that it was marked "WATER, YOU ARE NOT TO DRINK IT." This was a very curious thing!
Alice had never seen such a book before, but she had heard of one once. "Would you tell me," she said, half to herself and half to the book, "what you mean by 'water, you are not to drink it'? Do you mean to say that I can't?"
"I do," said the book, rather crossly: "you might do it, and what would happen? You see, you're in a pool of water, and you're not to get wet."
Alice felt that this was a very curious book indeed! Never, never did she hear such a sensible thing as this. Of course, she had learned several things about this sort of thing at school, although it wasn't a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, and besides, it was a very good exercise to repeat it to herself) "—Yes, that's about it—but I do hope I shan't fall all the way through! Oh, that would be fun! I think they're all a pack of selfish little beasts!" (She was just glad she had no one listening, this was a very rude thing to say about people.) "—But, you see, I must ask them what country they live in. Please, Madam, is this New Zealand or Australia?" (She tried to curtsey as she spoke—imagine curtseying as you fall through the air!) "To ask that, she would think I was a very ignorant little girl! No, no, that won't do at all. Perhaps I shall see a sign posted somewhere."