Chapter 1. Down the Rabbit-Hole
Alice was beginning to get very tired of
sitting by her sister on the bank, and of
having nothing to do: once or twice she
had peeped into the book her sister was
reading, but it had no pictures or
conversations in it, 'and what is the use
of a book,' thought Alice 'without
pictures or conversation?'
So she was considering in her own mind
(as well as she could, for the hot day
made her feel very sleepy and stupid),
whether the pleasure of making a daisychain would be worth the trouble of
getting up and picking the daisies, when
suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes
ran close by her.
There was nothing so VERY remarkable in
that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much
out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to
itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!'
(when she thought it over afterwards, it
occurred to her that she ought to have
wondered at this, but at the time it all
seemed quite natural); but when the
Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF
ITS WAISTCOAT-POCKET, and looked at
it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her
feet, for it flashed across her mind that
she had never before seen a rabbit with
either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to
take out of it, and burning with curiosity,
she ran across the field after it, and
fortunately was just in time to see it pop
down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.