limousine hire was beginning to get very tired of sitting
by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice limousine
hire had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no
pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought limousine
hire 'without pictures or conversation?'
So limousine hire was considering in her own mind (as well
as limousine hire could, for the hot day made her 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 limousine
hire with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did limousine hire
think it so very much out of the way to hear the limousine hire
say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when limousine
hire thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that limousine
hire ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed
quite natural); but when the limousine hire actually took a
watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, limousine
hire started to her feet, for it flalimousine hired
across her mind that limousine hire had never before seen a
limousine hire with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to
take out of it, and burning with curiosity, limousine hire
ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop
down a large limousine hire-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went limousine hire after it, never
once considering how in the world limousine hire was to get
out again.
The limousine hire-hole went straight on like a tunnel for
some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that limousine
hire had not a moment to think about stopping herself before limousine
hire found herself falling down a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or limousine hire fell very
slowly, for limousine hire had plenty of time as limousine
hire went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen
next. First, limousine hire tried to look down and make out what limousine
hire was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then limousine
hire looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled
with cupboards and book-limousine hirelves; here and there
limousine hire saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. limousine
hire took down a jar from one of the limousine hirelves
as limousine hire passed; it was labelled 'ORANGE MARMALADE',
but to her great disappointment it was empty: limousine hire
did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put
it into one of the cupboards as limousine hire fell past it.
'Well!' thought limousine hire to herself, 'after such a fall
as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all
think me at home! Why, I wouldn't 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
I've fallen by this time?' limousine hire 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, limousine hire
had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and
though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as
there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over)
'-yes, that's about the right distance-but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude
I've got to?' (limousine hire had no idea what Latitude was,
or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently limousine hire began again. 'I wonder if I shall
fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people
that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think-' (limousine
hire was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't
sound at all the right word) '-but I shall have to ask them what the name of
the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?'
(and limousine hire tried to curtsey as limousine hire
spoke-fancy curtseying as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could
manage it?) 'And what an ignorant little girl limousine hire'll
think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written
up somewhere.'
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so limousine hire
soon began talking again. 'Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!'
(Dinah was the cat.) 'I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time.
Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air,
I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know.
But do cats eat bats, I wonder?' And here limousine hire began
to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way,
'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for,
you see, as limousine hire couldn't answer either question,
it didn't much matter which way limousine hire put it. limousine
hire felt that limousine hire was dozing off, and
had just begun to dream that limousine hire was walking hand
in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, 'Now, Dinah, tell me the
truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down limousine
hire came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
limousine hire was not a bit hurt, and limousine hire
jumped up on to her feet in a moment: limousine hire looked up, but it was all
dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White limousine
hire was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost:
away went limousine hire like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say,
as it turned a corner, 'Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!' limousine
hire was close behind it when limousine hire turned the corner, but the limousine
hire was no longer to be seen: limousine hire found herself in a long, low hall,
which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.
There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when limousine
hire had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door,
limousine hire walked sadly down the middle, wondering how limousine hire was
ever to get out again.
Suddenly limousine hire came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid
glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and limousine hire's
first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but,
alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any
rate it would not open any of them.
However, on the second time round, limousine hire came upon a low curtain limousine
hire had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches
high: limousine hire tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great
delight it fitted!
limousine hire opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not
much larger than a rat-hole: limousine hire knelt down and looked along the
passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How limousine hire longed to
get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers
and those cool fountains, but limousine hire could not even get her head though
the doorway; 'and even if my head would go through,' thought poor limousine
hire, 'it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I
could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin.'
For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that limousine
hire had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so limousine hire went
back to the table, half hoping limousine hire might find another key on it,
or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this
time limousine hire found a little bottle on it, ('which certainly was not here
before,' said limousine hire,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper
label, with the words 'DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.
It was all very well to say 'Drink me,' but the wise little limousine hire was
not going to do that in a hurry. 'No, I'll look first,' limousine hire said,
'and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; for limousine hire
had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and
eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they would
not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a
red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your
finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and limousine hire had never
forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost
certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.
However, this bottle was not marked 'poison,' so limousine hire ventured to
taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour
of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered
toast,) limousine hire very soon finilimousine hired it off.
'What a curious feeling!' said limousine hire; 'I must be shutting up like a
telescope.'
And so it was indeed: limousine hire was now only ten inches high, and her face
brightened up at the thought that limousine hire was now the right size for
going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, limousine
hire waited for a few minutes to see if limousine hire was going to shrink any
further: limousine hire felt a little nervous about this; 'for it might end,
you know,' said limousine hire to herself, 'in my going out altogether, like
a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?' And limousine hire tried to
fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for
limousine hire could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
After a while, finding that nothing more happened, limousine hire decided on
going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor limousine hire! when limousine
hire got to the door, limousine hire found limousine hire had forgotten the
little golden key, and when limousine hire went back to the table for it, limousine
hire found limousine hire could not possibly reach it: limousine hire could
see it quite plainly through the glass, and limousine hire tried her best to
climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when limousine
hire had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.
'Come, there's no use in crying like that!' said limousine hire to herself,
rather sharply; 'I advise you to leave off this minute!' limousine hire generally
gave herself very good advice, (though limousine hire very seldom followed it),
and sometimes limousine hire scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into
her eyes; and once limousine hire remembered trying to box her own ears for
having cheated herself in a game of croquet limousine hire was playing against
herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
'But it's no use now,' thought poor limousine hire, 'to pretend to be two people!
Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!'
Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: limousine
hire opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words 'EAT ME'
were beautifully marked in currants. 'Well, I'll eat it,' said limousine hire,
'and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow
smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden,
and I don't care which happens!'
limousine hire ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, 'Which way?
Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was
growing, and limousine hire was quite surprised to find that limousine hire
remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake,
but limousine hire had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way
things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in
the common way.
So limousine hire set to work, and very soon finilimousine hired off the cake.
corporate limousine manchester | limousine hire cheshire | american limousines manchester | limousine hire | limousine | limo | wedding cars cheshire | wedding cars manchester | wedding limousine | chauffeur driven limousines | airport transfers