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Alice was sitting beside her sister under a tree on a warm summer day. She was feeling sleepy and bored when suddenly a white rabbit ran past her. The rabbit was wearing a waistcoat and looking at a pocket watch, muttering that he was late. Curious and surprised, Alice got up and followed him. Without thinking, she jumped into a rabbit hole after him and found herself falling down a deep tunnel that seemed to go on forever. As she fell, she noticed shelves, maps, and strange jars around her, but she couldn’t grab any. Finally, she landed softly on a pile of leaves.
When Alice stood up, she saw a long hallway with many doors. All of them were locked. On a little glass table, she found a tiny golden key and a bottle that said “DRINK ME.” She tasted the drink, and suddenly she began to shrink until she was very small. She found a small door behind a curtain and peeked through—it led to a beautiful garden with bright flowers and fountains. But the door was too small for her to go through. Then she found a cake labeled “EAT ME.” She ate a piece, and this time she grew so tall that her head touched the ceiling. She began to cry, and her tears formed a pool around her. She didn’t know what to do.
While Alice was crying, she saw a little white rabbit rushing by again, this time dropping a fan and gloves. Alice picked them up and began to fan herself, and suddenly she started shrinking again until she was small enough to swim in her own pool of tears. Soon, other small creatures like a Mouse, a Duck, and a Dodo fell into the pool too. They all swam to the shore and held a “Caucus Race” to get dry. Everyone ran around in circles with no rules or winner, and at the end, the Dodo declared that everyone had won. The animals left, but the Mouse got angry at Alice for talking about her cat, and soon she found herself alone again.
A little later, the White Rabbit appeared once more, mistook Alice for his maid, and ordered her to fetch his gloves and fan from his house. When she went inside, she found another bottle and, without thinking, drank it. Instantly, she grew enormous, filling the whole room. The rabbit and his servants tried to pull her out, even throwing pebbles through the window. The pebbles turned into little cakes, and when Alice ate one, she shrank again and was able to escape from the house.
Alice wandered into a wood and met a giant Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom, calmly smoking a hookah. The Caterpillar asked her who she was, and she couldn’t answer because she kept changing size so much. He told her that one side of the mushroom would make her grow taller and the other would make her smaller. Alice broke off two pieces and tried them. With a few bites and adjustments, she finally returned to a normal size. Feeling relieved, she continued walking.
Soon she came across a small house and decided to visit. Inside, she found a Duchess holding a screaming baby while a cook was angrily throwing dishes. The air was filled with pepper, making everyone sneeze. The Duchess handed Alice the baby, but as she carried it outside, she realized it was turning into a pig. She let it go, and it ran off into the forest. Then Alice met a grinning Cheshire Cat sitting on a branch. The Cat could appear and disappear whenever it wanted, leaving only its wide smile behind. Alice asked where she should go next, and the Cat told her that everyone in Wonderland was mad. He directed her to visit the March Hare or the Hatter.
Alice went to the March Hare’s house and found a long tea table under a tree. The March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and a sleepy Dormouse were sitting there having tea. They were all very rude, moving seats constantly and talking nonsense. They told riddles without answers, sang songs, and argued about time. The Hatter explained that time had stopped for them, so it was always tea time. Tired of their madness, Alice left them and walked away.
She wandered into a lovely garden full of colorful flowers that could talk. They told her that everyone in the Queen’s garden must behave carefully, especially around the Queen of Hearts. Then Alice saw three gardeners painting white roses red because they had planted the wrong kind by mistake. Suddenly, the Queen of Hearts arrived with her guards, soldiers shaped like playing cards. She was shouting “Off with their heads!” at everyone who displeased her. When she saw Alice, she asked her name. Alice answered bravely, and the Queen seemed pleased enough to invite her to play croquet.
The croquet game was unlike any normal game. The balls were hedgehogs, the mallets were flamingos, and the arches were soldiers bending over. Everyone was shouting and arguing, and the Queen kept ordering beheadings. Alice tried to play, but it was impossible to control the flamingos. Suddenly, the Cheshire Cat appeared again, floating above them, and the Queen got angry because the Cat was grinning at her. When the King tried to speak to it, the Cat disappeared, leaving only its head behind. The Queen ordered it to be removed, but since it had no body, no one knew how.
After that chaos, the Queen took Alice to meet the Mock Turtle, who was sitting sadly by the sea with the Gryphon. The Mock Turtle told Alice about his school days under the sea and about subjects like “Reeling and Writhing.” Then the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle performed a dance called the Lobster Quadrille, where they pretended to toss lobsters into the sea. Alice laughed and enjoyed listening to their strange stories, but soon the Gryphon told her she must go with him to attend a trial at the King’s court.
When Alice arrived at the courtroom, she saw the Knave of Hearts standing as a prisoner. The accusation was that he had stolen the Queen’s tarts. The King of Hearts was the judge, and the jury was made up of animals. The White Rabbit was acting as a herald. Evidence was silly and meaningless—there were poems, letters, and nonsense witnesses. The first witness was the Hatter, who spoke in riddles and got scolded. The next was the Duchess’s cook, who shouted “Pepper!” all the time. Alice began to grow taller again while the trial continued, and soon she was a giant compared to everyone else.
The Queen suddenly shouted that Alice should be executed, but Alice stood up and said that they were nothing but a pack of cards. At that moment, all the cards rose up and flew at her. She screamed and tried to brush them away, but then she woke up and realized she was lying on her sister’s lap under the same tree. It had all been a dream. Her sister gently brushed some leaves from Alice’s face while Alice told her about her strange adventure. Then Alice got up and went home for tea, leaving her sister to dream about Wonderland herself.
Her sister imagined the curious world that Alice had described—the talking animals, the strange characters, the croquet game, the tea party, and the magical garden. She thought how wonderful it would be if everyone could keep a little of that childlike curiosity and imagination even after growing up. As the sun set, she smiled, still half dreaming, and listened to the sounds of the evening while thinking of her little sister’s adventure in that fantastic world beneath the rabbit hole.
Alice, meanwhile, went on with her normal life, but she often thought about her dream. She sometimes looked at flowers and imagined them whispering to each other or wondered if rabbits really carried watches. She kept her sense of wonder alive, and deep inside, she knew that somewhere, in some mysterious corner of her mind, Wonderland would always exist—a world where time could stop, cats could grin, and anything was possible for a curious heart.