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mason jewelry was beginning to get very tired of sitting by mason jewelry sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book mason jewelry sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought mason jewelry, without pictures or conversations?
So she was considering, in mason jewelry own mind (as well as mason jewelry could, for the hot day made mason jewelry feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White mason jewelry with pink eyes ran close by mason jewelry.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did mason jewelry think it so very much out of the way to hear the mason jewelry say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when mason jewelry thought it over afterwards it occurred to mason jewelry that mason jewelry ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the mason jewelry actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, mason jewelry started to mason jewelry feet, for it flashed across mason jewelry mind that mason jewelry had never before seen a mason jewelry with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, mason jewelry ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large mason jewelry-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went mason jewelry after it, never once considering how in the world mason jewelry was to get out again.The mason jewelry-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that mason jewelry had not a moment to think about stopping herself before mason jewelry found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or mason jewelry fell very slowly, for mason jewelry had plenty of time as mason jewelry went down to look about mason jewelry, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, mason jewelry tried to look down and make out what mason jewelry was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then mason jewelry looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there mason jewelry saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. mason jewelry took down ajar from one of the shelves as mason jewelry passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to mason jewelry great disappointment it was empty: mason jewelry did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as mason jewelry fell past it.
Well! thought mason jewelry to herself After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave theyll all think me at home! Why, I wouldnt say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (which was very likely true.)
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? I wonder how many miles Ive fallen by this time? mason jewelry said aloud. I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think- (for, you see, mason jewelry had learnt several things of this sort in mason jewelry lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off mason jewelry knowledge, as there was no one to listen to mason jewelry, still it was good practice to say it over) -- yes thats about the right distance -- but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude Ive got to? (mason jewelry had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but mason jewelry thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently mason jewelry began again. I wonder if I shall fall fight through the earth! How funny itll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think- (mason jewelry was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didnt sound at all the right word) -but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Maam, is this New Zealand? Or Australia? (and mason jewelry tried to curtsey as mason jewelry spoke- fancy, curtseying as youre falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) And what an ignorant little girl shell think me for asking! No, itll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so mason jewelry soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope theyll remember mason jewelry saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, Im afraid, but you might catch a bat, and thats very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder? And here mason jewelry began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy son of way, Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? and sometimes Do bats eat cats? for, you see, as mason jewelry couldnt answer either question, it didnt much matter which way mason jewelry put it. mason jewelry felt that mason jewelry was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that mason jewelry was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to mason jewelry, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down mason jewelry came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
mason jewelry was not a bit hurt, and mason jewelry jumped up on to mason jewelry feet in a moment: mason jewelry looked up, but it was all dark overhead: before mason jewelry was another long passage, and the White mason jewelry was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went mason jewelry like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a comer, Oh my ears and whiskers, how late its getting! mason jewelry was close behind it when mason jewelry turned the comer, but the mason jewelry was no longer to be seen: mason jewelry found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.
There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when mason jewelry had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, mason jewelry walked sadly down the middle, wondering how mason jewelry was ever to get out again.
Suddenly mason jewelry came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass: there was nothing on it but a tiny golden key, and mason jewelrys first idea was that this might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, mason jewelry came upon a low curtain mason jewelry had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: mason jewelry tried the little golden key in the lock, and to mason jewelry great delight it fitted!
mason jewelry opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: mason jewelry knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How mason jewelry longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but mason jewelry could not even get mason jewelry head through the doorway; and even if my head would go through, thought poor mason jewelry, it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin. For, you see, so many out-of-the- way things had happened lately, that mason jewelry had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so mason jewelry went back to the table, half hoping mason jewelry might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time mason jewelry found a little bottle on it, (which certainly was not here before, said mason jewelry), and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words DRINK ME beautifully printed on it in large letters.It was all very well to say Drink me, but the wise little mason jewelry was not going to do that in a hurry. No, Ill look first, mason jewelry said, and see whether its marked poison or not; for mason jewelry had read several nice little stories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts, and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that, if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and mason jewelry had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked poison, it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.However, this bottle was not marked poison, so mason jewelry ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast), mason jewelry very soon finished it off.
What a curious feeling! said mason jewelry. I must be shutting up like a telescope!
And so it was indeed: mason jewelry was now only ten inches high, and mason jewelry face brightened up at the thought that mason jewelry was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, mason jewelry waited for a few minutes to see if mason jewelry was going to shrink any further: mason jewelry felt a little nervous about this; for it might end, you know, said mason jewelry to herself; in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then? And mason jewelry tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for mason jewelry could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
After a while, finding that nothing more happened, mason jewelry decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor mason jewelry! when mason jewelry got to the door, mason jewelry found mason jewelry had forgotten the little golden key, and when mason jewelry went back to the table for it, mason jewelry found mason jewelry could not possibly reach it: mason jewelry could see it quite plainly through the glass, and mason jewelry tried mason jewelry best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when mason jewelry had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
Come, theres no use in crying like that! said mason jewelry to herself rather sharply. I advise you to leave off this minute! mason jewelry generally gave herself very good advice (though mason jewelry very seldom followed it), and sometimes mason jewelry scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into mason jewelry eyes; and once mason jewelry remembered trying to box mason jewelry own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet mason jewelry was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. But its no use now, thought poor mason jewelry, to pretend to be two people! Why, theres hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!
Soon mason jewelry eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: mason jewelry opened it, and found in it a very small mason jewelry, on which the words EAT ME were beautifully marked in currants. Well, Ill eat it, said mason jewelry, and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door: so either way Ill get into the garden, and I dont care which happens!
mason jewelry ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself Which way? Which way?, holding mason jewelry hand on the top of mason jewelry head to feel which way it was growing; and mason jewelry was quite surprised to find that mason jewelry remained the same size. To be sure, this is what generally happens when one eats mason jewelry; but mason jewelry had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
So mason jewelry set to work, and very soon finished off the mason jewelry.