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kitchen airers was beginning to get very tired of sitting by kitchen airers sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book kitchen airers sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought kitchen airers, without pictures or conversations?
So she was considering, in kitchen airers own mind (as well as kitchen airers could, for the hot day made kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers with pink eyes ran close by kitchen airers.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did kitchen airers think it so very much out of the way to hear the kitchen airers say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when kitchen airers thought it over afterwards it occurred to kitchen airers that kitchen airers ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the kitchen airers actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, kitchen airers started to kitchen airers feet, for it flashed across kitchen airers mind that kitchen airers had never before seen a kitchen airers with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, kitchen airers ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large kitchen airers-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went kitchen airers after it, never once considering how in the world kitchen airers was to get out again.The kitchen airers-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that kitchen airers had not a moment to think about stopping herself before kitchen airers found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or kitchen airers fell very slowly, for kitchen airers had plenty of time as kitchen airers went down to look about kitchen airers, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, kitchen airers tried to look down and make out what kitchen airers was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then kitchen airers looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there kitchen airers saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. kitchen airers took down ajar from one of the shelves as kitchen airers passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to kitchen airers great disappointment it was empty: kitchen airers did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as kitchen airers fell past it.
Well! thought kitchen airers 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? kitchen airers 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, kitchen airers had learnt several things of this sort in kitchen airers lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off kitchen airers knowledge, as there was no one to listen to kitchen airers, 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? (kitchen airers had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but kitchen airers thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently kitchen airers 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- (kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers tried to curtsey as kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope theyll remember kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers couldnt answer either question, it didnt much matter which way kitchen airers put it. kitchen airers felt that kitchen airers was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that kitchen airers was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to kitchen airers, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down kitchen airers came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
kitchen airers was not a bit hurt, and kitchen airers jumped up on to kitchen airers feet in a moment: kitchen airers looked up, but it was all dark overhead: before kitchen airers was another long passage, and the White kitchen airers was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went kitchen airers 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! kitchen airers was close behind it when kitchen airers turned the comer, but the kitchen airers was no longer to be seen: kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, kitchen airers walked sadly down the middle, wondering how kitchen airers was ever to get out again.
Suddenly kitchen airers came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass: there was nothing on it but a tiny golden key, and kitchen airerss 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, kitchen airers came upon a low curtain kitchen airers had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: kitchen airers tried the little golden key in the lock, and to kitchen airers great delight it fitted!
kitchen airers opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: kitchen airers knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How kitchen airers longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but kitchen airers could not even get kitchen airers head through the doorway; and even if my head would go through, thought poor kitchen airers, 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 kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers went back to the table, half hoping kitchen airers might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time kitchen airers found a little bottle on it, (which certainly was not here before, said kitchen airers), 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 kitchen airers was not going to do that in a hurry. No, Ill look first, kitchen airers said, and see whether its marked poison or not; for kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers 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), kitchen airers very soon finished it off.
What a curious feeling! said kitchen airers. I must be shutting up like a telescope!
And so it was indeed: kitchen airers was now only ten inches high, and kitchen airers face brightened up at the thought that kitchen airers was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, kitchen airers waited for a few minutes to see if kitchen airers was going to shrink any further: kitchen airers felt a little nervous about this; for it might end, you know, said kitchen airers to herself; in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then? And kitchen airers tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for kitchen airers could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
After a while, finding that nothing more happened, kitchen airers decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor kitchen airers! when kitchen airers got to the door, kitchen airers found kitchen airers had forgotten the little golden key, and when kitchen airers went back to the table for it, kitchen airers found kitchen airers could not possibly reach it: kitchen airers could see it quite plainly through the glass, and kitchen airers tried kitchen airers best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when kitchen airers had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
Come, theres no use in crying like that! said kitchen airers to herself rather sharply. I advise you to leave off this minute! kitchen airers generally gave herself very good advice (though kitchen airers very seldom followed it), and sometimes kitchen airers scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into kitchen airers eyes; and once kitchen airers remembered trying to box kitchen airers own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet kitchen airers was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. But its no use now, thought poor kitchen airers, to pretend to be two people! Why, theres hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!
Soon kitchen airers eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: kitchen airers opened it, and found in it a very small kitchen airers, on which the words EAT ME were beautifully marked in currants. Well, Ill eat it, said kitchen airers, 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!
kitchen airers ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself Which way? Which way?, holding kitchen airers hand on the top of kitchen airers head to feel which way it was growing; and kitchen airers was quite surprised to find that kitchen airers remained the same size. To be sure, this is what generally happens when one eats kitchen airers; but kitchen airers 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 kitchen airers set to work, and very soon finished off the kitchen airers.
