Publisher's Synopsis
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing todo: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures orconversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures orconversations?"So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel verysleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble ofgetting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way tohear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" (when she thought it overafterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemedquite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, andthen hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never beforeseen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-holeunder the hedge.In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was toget out again.The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, sosuddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herselffalling down a very deep well
