Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Part I

One hot summer day, Alice and her sister Loreen sat on the grass in a field near the river. Alice did not know what to do, so she decided to pick some flowers, but it was very hot and she wanted to sleep. She lay down on the grass.

Suddenly, a White Rabbit ran near, which said, “Oh, I shall be late.” “I did not know that a rabbit could talk,” thought Alice. Then the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket, looked at it, and hurried on. Alice got up and ran after the Rabbit. She was surprised that a rabbit could have a watch in its pocket. Alice crossed the field after the White Rabbit, then before her eyes, it jumped down into a large rabbit hole.

Alice went after the Rabbit. She fell down the hole very slowly, so she had time to look around. It was very dark there, but she saw many cupboards and bookcases, maps and pictures on the walls of the hole.

As Alice fell down and down, she thought, “It’s interesting to know how far I’ve fallen now.” “I must be near the center of the Earth.” “Shall I fall through the Earth?” “And when I come out of the hole, shall I see people who walk on their heads?” Suddenly, Alice fell onto a heap of dry leaves. She quickly jumped to her feet and looked around her.

Part II

Alice saw that she was in a long, low corridor. At the end of it, she saw the White Rabbit. Alice hurried after the Rabbit and heard these words: “Oh, my ears, how late I am!” Then the Rabbit turned round a corner and Alice could not see it. When she came up to that corner and turned round it, she saw a large low hall. There were doors around the hall, but they were all shut.

Alice did not like to be in this hall; she wanted to go home. Then, suddenly, she saw a small table made of glass. There was nothing on the table but a little key. Alice took the key and tried to open the doors with it, but it was too small.

Then Alice found a small door and opened it with the key. There was another low corridor in front of her, and at the end of it, she saw a garden with trees and flowers in it. But the door was very small and Alice could not get through it. She shut the door and went back to the small table. This time she found a little bottle on it. She put the key on the table and took the little bottle. Around the bottle there was a piece of paper with the words “Drink me”.

It was very well to say “Drink me”, but Alice did not want to do that so quickly. “No, I'll look first,” she said, “and see if I can drink it.” She looked at the bottle, then drank a little of the water in it and found that it was nice. So the little girl drank it all. Then Alice saw that she was now as small as a rabbit.