Alice was beginning to get very bored.She and her sister were sitting under the trees.Her sisterwas reading,but Alice had nothing to do.Once or twice she looked into her sister's book,but ithad no pictures or conversations in it. "And what is the use of a book,"thought Alice,"without pictures or conversations?" She tried to think of something to do,but it was a hot day and she felt very sleepy andstupid.She was still sitting and thinking when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran pasther. There was nothing really strange about seeing a rabbit.And Alice was not very surprised whenthe Rabbit said,"Oh dear!Oh dear!I shall be late!"(Perhaps it was a little strange, Alice thoughtlater,but at the time she was not surprised.) But then the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket,looked at it,and hurried on.At once Alicejumped to her feet. "I've never before seen a rabbit with either a pocket,or a watch to take out of it,"shethought.And she ran quickly across the field after the Rabbit.She did not stop to think, andwhen the Rabbit ran down a large rabbit-hole,Alice followed it immediately. After a little way the rabbit-hole suddenly went down,deep into the ground.Alice could not stopherself falling,and down she went,too. It was a very strange hole Alice was falling very slowly, and she had time to think and to lookaround her.She could see nothing below her because it was so dark.But when she looked at thesides of the hole,she could see cupboards and books and pictures on the walls.She had time totake things out of a cupboard,look at them,and then put them back in a cupboard lower down. "Well!"thought Alice."After a fall like this,I can fall anywhere!I can fall downstairs at home,and Iwon't cry or say a word about it!" Down,down,down."How far have I fallen now?"Alice said aloud to herself."Perhaps I'm near thecentre of the earth.Let me think…That's four thousand miles down." (Alice was very good at herschool lessons and could remember a lot of things like this.) Down,down,down.Would she ever stop falling?Alice was very nearly asleep when,suddenly,shewas sitting on the ground.Quickly,she jumped to her feet and looked around.She could see theWhite Rabbit,who was hurrying away and still talking to himself."Oh my ears and whiskers!"hewas saying."How late it's getting!" Alice ran after him like the wind.She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned acorner.Alice ran round the corner too,and then stopped.She was now in a long,dark room withdoors all round the walls,and she could not see the White Rabbit anywhere. She tried to open the doors,but they were all locked."How will I ever get out again?"she thoughtsadly.Then she saw a little glass table with three legs,and on the top of it was a very small goldkey.Alice quickly took the key and tried it in all the doors,but oh dear!Either the locks were toobig,or the key was too small,but she could not open any of the doors.