Would the fall never come to an end ? `` I wonder how many miles I 've fallen by this time ? '' she 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 -- '' -LRB- for you see Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom , and though this was not a very good opportunity of showing off her knowledge , as there was no one to hear her , still it was good practice to say it over , -RRB- `` yes that 's the right distance , but then what Longitude or Latitude-line shall I be in ? '' -LRB- Alice had no idea what Longitude was , or Latitude either , but she thought they were nice grand words to say . -RRB- Presently she began again : `` I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth ! How funny it 'll be to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards ! 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 she tried to curtsey as she spoke -LRB- fancy curtseying as you 're falling through the air ! do you think you could manage it ? -RRB- `` and what an ignorant little girl she '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 Alice soon began talking again . `` Dinah will miss me very much tonight , I should think ! '' -LRB- Dinah was the cat . -RRB- `` I hope they 'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time ! Oh , dear Dinah , I wish I had you here ! 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 , my dear . But do cats eat bats , I wonder ? ''
And here XXXXX began to get rather sleepy , and kept on saying to herself , in a dreamy sort of way `` do cats eat bats ?
Alice Australia Dinah Latitude-line Longitude Zealand centre downwards right tea-time