in a game of croquet she was playing againstherself, for this curious child was very fond ofpretending to be two people.
I think her loneliness has made her delusional.
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read several nicelittle stories aboutchildren who ha
She uses some of her education to help her along, which is interesting because she seems sort of obtuse, though I guess she is a child.
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shut up like a telescope
Here there can be two different meanings: shutting up as in finally shutting her big mouth, or making herself much smaller.
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“and even if my head would go through,”thought poor Alice, “it would be of very littleuse without my shoulders.
Yet here she uses some logic??
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“Do cats eat bats ? Do cats eat bats ?”and sometimes, “Do bats eat cats
She seems to speak out loud her entire stream of consciousness.
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I hope they’ll rememberher saucer of milk at tea-time.
Again, she's not even contemplating her fall through an enormous whole, but is worrying about something so random.
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fear of killing some-body underneath, so managed to
Why is it that she thinks logically at this time, actually considering the consequences of her actions before doing them?
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never once considering how in the worldshe was to get out again
It seems like Alice does not think before she takes action, which would presumably get her into lots of trouble. A normal reaction to a hole in the ground would be to avoid it, even if you were to wonder where it would lead.
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h dear ! Oh dear ! I shall be too late !”(when she thought it over afterwards, it oc-curred to her that she ought to have wonderedat this, but at the time it all seemed quitenatural) ; but when the Rabbit actually took awatch out of its waistcoat-pocket,and looked atit, and then hurried on, Alic
Why was she not in awe of it then? Maybe her boredom was so great that she began having hallucinations; and what about the watch made her scramble after him? Why was his speaking not enough for her to be startled?
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NavigateControlInternetDigital Interface by BookVirtual Corp. U.S. Patent Pending. © 2000 All Rights Reserved.Fit PageFull Screen On/OffClose BookAll in the golden afternoonFull leisurely we glide ;For both our oars, with little skill,By little arms are plied,While little hands make vain pretenceOur wanderings to guide.Ah, cruel Three ! In such an hour,Beneath such dreamy weather,
Why is three such a "cruel hour" when the weather is still "dreamy?"
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