Calico Illustrated Classics: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Calico Illustrated Classics: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — page 3
was empty She didn’t dare drop the jar and hurt anyone underneath So she managed to place it on a shelf as she continued her fall Well thought Alice after such a fall as this I shall think nothing of tumbling down the stairs Even if I fell off the house it would not be such a fall as this Down down down Would the fall ever end I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen Alice thought I must be getting near the center of the earth Let me see that would be about 4,000 miles down Then she had an eerie thought I wonder if I shall fall through the earth I’d have to ask if I were in New Zealand or Australia I suppose Alice tried to curtsy as she fell for she wanted to appear polite They’d think I was a silly girl for asking Alice said aloud She decided she’d never ask anyone which country she landed in She’d find out the answer herself She must 6