papter | Ale was tayinacig to yet very Uered of sidlity by der sister on Ce bart, ‘ dnd of Raving nothing “5 bot =. do: once or twit ste had peepid tr the book her gates STA Sir ne etading bat a, 6 pictires of conversations in ib, and re is the xe oy 6 book, ought Alice, wethout pectares om Con- ECE -yersations ? So ste was considerdng cn her cin mind, Cas well as she could, for the hot day monde aor “del very: Sleepy and “tuped,) whether the pleasure ef matiry a daisy-chan wes worth te trouble of : gy te daisies, when a walle getting Yo and preker wabbit wilk penk eves ran close by Her. There was nothing verv remarkable in thet, nor did Alice thee ié so very muck out of the way “lo Atar the radbet say b cliedt * hear, dear! I shall be foo late / * (wihte She Phouydt £ over after wards, t& occurred to her that she ought & have wondered at Seemed quilé nateral ); Gut when the ruéet-actually fook a wateh unt of ils weistroatrportet, looked at it, and the» hurnied on, Alice sfartad fo her feet, Jor s but ut the time cf ail24. haptee ll , They were én decd a curious looking Wyparty that a ssembled Won the bank—— the \ herds wilh draggled leathers , the ar imals Wvilk their fur clinging close fo them —— ot dripping wel, crass, and uncomfortable, The fort question of Course was, how “be yet dry: they hed a consallalcon about this ,and Alice hardly felt at all surprised at fouding her. aself talking farniliarly welt the birds, as if she had known them all hén life. Indeed, she Aad guile o long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only Say "T am older than you, and mast know best? and thes Alcce would not admi® without enowing how old the Lrovy was, and as the Lory povilively refused fo tell ibs age, there was nothing more to te. said.We lived. beneath the map Warm and snun ag ne that Wos the cat! To eur joys a clos, In our ayes @ F09,On our hearts a log He tog! & es ee ou ast46 “The first thing Tye aot ta do,’ said Alice b herself, as She wandered. about in the wood, “is ts anew fe my right i ize, and the second Liking és be find m ng ts y WY way ints tat lovely garden. I thenk thot SSE ll be the best plan’ pxcellert, plan, no doubt, ply arranged. :the only Tt sounded an and very neatly and sim difgccully wae, that she had. 204 Fhe smallest den fow te set about ib, and while she was peering anxiously among the trees round her, tittle sharp bark fast over her head made her took up in a greal hurry. An tnormens puppy was looking clown al fer with large round eyes,and foebly wivetching out one paw, bying & reach her: " ah» " . . . “nsor thing ("Sack Alice tr a waxing Tine,68. ter hapter |) wee stiod near the entrance of He garden : te roses on ik were white, but there were three gardeners al it, busily painting them red. ‘Chis Alize ought a very curious Yung, and she went near Us; swat’ Hem arid b she came up she Aeard. one of them just as " look, owt, Five ! Don go splashing paint over me lke that !” "E couldnt help it} sad Five una say sulky ‘fone,’ Seven fogged mry elbow On rvhedt Seven lifted up his head said “thats right, Five ! Always lay 1” anil the tlame on others the wi betlir not talk !"said Eye, “I90 of Aer own tittle sister. Sa the boat wound slowly along, beneath the bright Summer clay, wilh us merry crew and ls music of weiees and tlaughhr, tél jk passed round one of He many turnings of the stream, and she saw ik no mor, Then she thought, (in a drtam within the dream,as th were,) how this same lilt Alice would ,in the afler—lime., be herself a grown woman: and how che would keep, Hrough. her riper years, the ‘simple and loving hearty of her childhood ; anh how she would gather axvuna Fee other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager wilh many a Wonderful ale, perhaps even wilh these very adventures of the little Alice of long-ageiand how she would feel wilh all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remem bering her own. child-life, and. te. hoppy summegaALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND BEING A WACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MS. BOOK AFTERWARDS DEVELOPED INTO “ ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" we LEWIS CARROLL WITH THINTYSEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS ‘Honton MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK. 1886 (Tie RUNE of Translation ond Reproduction tx Rocroet.}