ALICE IN WONDERLAND

One sunny day, Alice was sitting next to her sister while she was reading. Her sister had
been reading books all morning and Alice was very bored now. She thought for a while
and decided to ask her sister to stop reading. She was about to do that when she saw a
little white rabbit with pink eyes run past her. The rabbit was looking at his watch and
talked to himself.
Rabbit: “I’m late! I have to hurry. I’m late.”
Saying so he ran into his rabbit hole. Alice was suddenly interested in this turn of events
and she decided to follow the rabbit. She went to his rabbit hole and peered down it.
Suddenly the hold gave away and Alice fell into it. She kept falling for what seemed like
a very long time.
Alice: “Will I ever stop falling? What kind of a strange hole is this?”
At last she landed with a thud in a big empty room. The room had three doors of different
sizes. She saw the rabbit outside the smallest door before it closed shut. But the door was
very tiny. No bigger than Alice’s new pencil back home.
Alice: “I must get on the other side of that door. But how will I do that? It is so
small.”
Then Alice noticed a small table in the corner of the room. She went to it to find a small
bottle of pink potion with the label. Next to it was a small little key, the size of the
smallest door’s lock.
Alice: “I think this key belongs to that door. I wonder what this potion will do to me.
Let me try.”
And so Alice took the key in one hand and drank the potion from the bottle. Suddenly,
Alice could no longer see the top of the table. The empty bottle of the pink potion became
too heavy for her and fell out of her hand. And she was shrinking!
Alice: “What is happening to me? I am shrinking!”
Once Alice was small enough to go through the smallest door, the shrinking stopped.
Alice quickly ran to the door, opened it and ran out. She found herself in the most
beautiful garden she had ever seen. But she could not enjoy it because she was so tiny
and all the flowers and plants were so big.
Alice: “Oh! I wish I were bigger!”
Hearing her, the White rabbit came to her and ordered her rather rudely.
Rabbit: “Go to my house and get me my gloves and fan.”
Alice didn’t know why the rabbit was so rude to her. Perhaps he didn’t like being
followed. However, she decided to follow the instructions because she was curious and
wanted to see the rabbit’s house. When she entered the rabbit’s home, she saw a yummy
looking cake on the kitchen top. It has a sticker on its plate that said ‘Eat me’. Alice was
really hungry by now so she decided to eat the cake. As soon as she took one bite, she
started growing again. Soon she would not fit into the house. She could not see the
rabbit’s gloves anywhere but grabbed his fan and decided to run out of the house. As
soon as she ran out of the house, she started shrinking again.
Alice: “Oh no. What is this! Will I ever be back to my normal size again?”
Caterpillar: “One of my mushrooms makes you grow you tall and other side makes
you shrink.”
Alice turned to see who was talking to her. It was a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom.
She quickly ate a piece from the side he was pointing and came back to her normal size.
She thanked for his help and asked
Alice: “How do I get back home? Could you please tell me that?”
Cat: “That path leads to the Mat hatter and the other one to the Rabbit’s home.”
It was a cat that sat in the tree. Alice thanked him and took the path to the mat hatter. She
didn’t want to meet the rude rabbit again.
Cat: “I will meet you in the evening at the Queen’s palace.”
Mat Hatter: “To go further, you must answer my question correctly.”
Alice: “Oh! I love riddles. Please ask me your question. Tell me why is a raven like a
writing desk.”
Alice thought for a while but she didn’t know the answer to the riddle.
Alice: “Oh! I don’t know the answer to your question. Could you tell me why?”
The Mat Hatter was surprised. Never had anyone asked him the answer to his own riddle.
Mat Hatter: “Oh well! I don’t know either! We don’t know anything here. You can
go ahead on the path.”
Hence, Alice arrived at the Queen’s castle where a game of croquet was on. The Queen
was very unkind and unreasonable. If she didn’t like someone, she would instruct her
soldiers to “be off with his or her head” immediately. Her guards had made a mistake
earlier in the day and so she turned them into cards for the game. When the Queen saw
Alice, she instructed her to play with her.
Queen: “You will play with croquet with me and if I lose, it will be off with the head
for you!”
Alice: “Yes, your Majesty.”
Alice was very careful but the Queen was terrible at the game. And Alice had to try really
hard to lose!
Queen: “Hah! You lost! If I like, I will have your head for it.”
A trumpet sounded far off and the White rabbit hopped forward.
Rabbit: “The royal court is now in sessions and you will be tried.”
Alice: “Tried? For what? I haven’t even done anything!”
Rabbit: “You have been accused of stealing heart shaped tarts from the Queen’s
kitchen.”
Queen: “First you don’t know how to play croquet and then you dare steal tarts
from my kitchen! You should be punished.” “Off with her head.”
Alice: “This is silly. I haven’t even stolen anything. I just reached the castle and
started playing with the queen.”
She looked at the White rabbit, the Mat hatter, the caterpillar and the cat. They were all
looking at her and smiling.
Alice: “What is going on?”
Alice felt someone tapping her arm. It was her sister.
Sister: “Wake up, Alice. You fell asleep sitting next to me.”
Alice: “I had a strange dream. I promise I will never complain when you are
reading.”