christening suits was beginning to get very tired of sitting by christening suits sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book christening suits sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought christening suits, without pictures or conversations?
So she was considering, in christening suits own mind (as well as christening suits could, for the hot day made christening suits feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White christening suits with pink eyes ran close by christening suits.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did christening suits think it so very much out of the way to hear the christening suits say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when christening suits thought it over afterwards it occurred to christening suits that christening suits ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the christening suits actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, christening suits started to christening suits feet, for it flashed across christening suits mind that christening suits had never before seen a christening suits with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, christening suits ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large christening suits-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went christening suits after it, never once considering how in the world christening suits was to get out again.The christening suits-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that christening suits had not a moment to think about stopping herself before christening suits found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or christening suits fell very slowly, for christening suits had plenty of time as christening suits went down to look about christening suits, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, christening suits tried to look down and make out what christening suits was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then christening suits looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there christening suits saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. christening suits took down ajar from one of the shelves as christening suits passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to christening suits great disappointment it was empty: christening suits did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as christening suits fell past it.
Well! thought christening suits to herself After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave theyll all think me at home! Why, I wouldnt say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (which was very likely true.)
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? I wonder how many miles Ive fallen by this time? christening suits said aloud. I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think- (for, you see, christening suits had learnt several things of this sort in christening suits lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off christening suits knowledge, as there was no one to listen to christening suits, still it was good practice to say it over) -- yes thats about the right distance -- but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude Ive got to? (christening suits had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but christening suits thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently christening suits began again. I wonder if I shall fall fight through the earth! How funny itll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think- (christening suits was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didnt sound at all the right word) -but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Maam, is this New Zealand? Or Australia? (and christening suits tried to curtsey as christening suits spoke- fancy, curtseying as youre falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) And what an ignorant little girl shell think me for asking! No, itll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so christening suits soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope theyll remember christening suits saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, Im afraid, but you might catch a bat, and thats very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder? And here christening suits began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy son of way, Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? and sometimes Do bats eat cats? for, you see, as christening suits couldnt answer either question, it didnt much matter which way christening suits put it. christening suits felt that christening suits was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that christening suits was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to christening suits, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down christening suits came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.