Alice in Wonderland (20)

Alice in Wonderland (20)

Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor.

" If I eat one of these cakes, it's sure to make some change in my size," she thought.
So she swallowed one of the cakes.

To her delight she began shrinking at once, and as soon as she was small enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house.

Outside she found a crowd of little animals and birds.

" There she is !, " they all made a rush at Alice.

She ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a thick wood. 

" The first thing I've got to do is to grow to my right size again, "she thought, " and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden."

While she was peering about anxiously among the trees, she heard a shrap bark just over her head and she looked up in a great hurry.

An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.



Alice picked up a little bit of stick and held it out to the puppy.

The puppy jumped into the air at once with a yelp of delight and rushed at the stick.

Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being knocked over.
The moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at her stick.
It seems game of play with puppy.

At last the puppy sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its eyes half shut.

This seemd to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape.
So she set off at once and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath.

When at last she stopped, the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.       

" And yet what a dear little puppy it was ! " said Alice, as she lean against a buttercup to rest herself.

There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself.  

When she stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peered over the edge of mushroom, her eyes immediately met those of large blue caterpillar that was sitting on the top with its arm folded.



He quitely smoking a long hookah that is a sort of long, curly water pipe.

At first the Caterpillar took no notice of her or of anything else.

(20/50)
今回は、少し長かったのですが、次回（５月６日）より、新章 (6) Advice from a Caterpillar に入ります。
なお、次の章　Advice from a Caterpillar は原作では第５章ですが、1日１分では第１章DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE　の途中から THE GOLD KEY を別章立てとしたため、申し訳ありませんが、１章ずれています。現在、原作の約１/３が終わったところです。

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