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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1: Down the Rabbit Hole
On a golden summer afternoon, Alice sat by the river. Her older sister, Charlotte, sat beside her, happily reading a book. Feeling bored, Alice glanced at her sister's book.
"What's the point of a book without pictures?" Alice asked.
Charlotte was too busy reading to reply. Alice gave a tired sigh and thought about making a daisy chain. However, that would require getting up to pick the daisies. And the hot day was making Alice feel very tired and lazy.
Suddenly a rabbit ran past the two girls. He was white and wore a colorful vest. "Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" he cried. "I'm going to be late!"
Alice was so sleepy that she didn't think a talking animal was strange. But then the White Rabbit pulled a watch from his vest pocket.
"Rabbits don't wear vests," Alice said to herself. "And they certainly don't carry watches."
Alice jumped up and ran after the White Rabbit. Near a hedge he popped down a large rabbit hole. Alice followed right after him, not thinking about how she'd get out. Suddenly she was falling!
"Help!" Alice cried. She felt as if she were falling down a deep well.
It was too dark to see anything below, so Alice looked around as she fell. The rabbit hole was lined with cupboards and shelves. Maps and pictures decorated the walls.
Alice grabbed a jar labeled Orange Jam from one shelf. She was disappointed to discover it was empty.
"If I drop this jar, it might kill somebody below," Alice said. She slipped it onto the next shelf she passed. Alice continued to fall.
"After this, I'll never get upset about just falling down some stairs. Why, I won't even complain if I fall off the roof!"
Down, down, down. Would this fall ever end?
"How many miles have I fallen by now?" Alice said. "I must be getting near the center of the earth. What if I fall right through the earth?"
Where would she end up? Alice tried to remember her geography lessons.