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Alice was too big for the room “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 [...] [more...] |
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An enormous puppy “An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. ‘Poor little thing!’ said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be [...] [more...] |
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The Caterpillar “She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking [...] [more...] |
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Father William standing on his head. “ ‘You are old, Father William,’ the young man said, |
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Father William somersaulting in through the door ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘as I mentioned before, |
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Father William finished the goose ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘and your jaws are too weak |
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Father William balances an eel on his nose ‘You are old,’ said the youth, ‘one would hardly suppose |
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The Fish Footman and the Frog Footman “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—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles. It was opened by another [...] [more...] |
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Cook, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Baby, and Alice “The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring [...] [more...] |
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Alice and the pig baby “The baby grunted again, and Alice looked very anxiously into its face to see what was the matter with it. There could be no doubt that it had a very turn-up nose, much more like a snout than a real nose; also its eyes were getting extremely small for a baby: altogether Alice did not like the look of the thing at all. ‘But perhaps it was only sobbing,’ she thought, and looked [...] [more...] |
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Alice speaks to the Cheshire Cat “she was a little startled by seeing the Cheshire Cat sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off.” |
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Cheshire Cat fading to smile “ ‘All right,’ said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.” [more...] |
