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