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Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table : she opened it , and found in it a very small cake , on which the words “ EAT ME ” were beautifully marked in currants . “ Well , I’ll eat it , ” said Alice , “ 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 I’ll get into the garden , and I don’t care which happens ! ” She ate a little bit , and said anxiously to herself , “ Which way ? Which way ? ” , holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing , and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size : to be sure , this generally happens when one eats cake , but Alice 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 she set to work , and very soon finished off the cake . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHAPTER II . The Pool of Tears “ Curiouser and curiouser ! ” cried Alice ( she was so much surprised , that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English ) ; “ now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was ! Good - bye , feet ! ” ( for when she looked down at her feet , they seemed to be almost out of sight , they were getting so far off ) . “ Oh , my poor little feet , I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now , dears ? I’m sure I shan’t be able ! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you : you must manage the best way you can ; — but I must be kind to them , ” thought Alice , “ or perhaps they won’t walk the way I want to go ! Let me see : I’ll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas . ” And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it . “ They must go by the carrier , ” she thought ; “ and how funny it’ll seem , sending presents to one’s own feet ! And how odd the directions will look ! Alice’s Right Foot , Esq . , Hearthrug , near the Fender , ( with Alice’s love ) . Oh dear , what nonsense I’m talking ! ” Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall : in fact she was now more than nine feet high , and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door . Poor Alice ! It was as much as she could do , lying down on one side , to look through into the garden with one eye ; but to get through was more hopeless than ever : she sat down and began to cry again . “ You ought to be ashamed of yourself , ” said Alice , “ a great girl like you , ” ( she might well say this ) , “ to go on crying in this way ! Stop this moment , I tell you ! ” But she went on all the same , shedding gallons of tears , until there was a large pool all round her , about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall .
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