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