So she was considering in her own mind , -LRB- as well as she could , for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid , -RRB- whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain was worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies , when a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her . There was nothing very remarkable in that , nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the rabbit say to itself `` dear , dear ! I shall be too late ! '' -LRB- when she thought it over afterwards , it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this , but at the time it all seemed quite natural -RRB- ; but when the rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket , looked at it , and then hurried on , Alice started to her feet , for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket or a watch to take out of it , and , full of curiosity , she hurried across the field after it , and was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge . In a moment down went Alice after it , never once considering how in the world she was to get out again . The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way , and then dipped suddenly down , so suddenly , that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself , before she found herself falling down what seemed a deep well . Either the well was very deep , or she fell very slowly , for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her , and to wonder what would happen next . First , she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to , but it was too dark to see anything : then , she looked at the sides of the well , and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves : here and there were maps and pictures hung on pegs . She took a jar down off one of the shelves as she passed : it was labelled `` Orange Marmalade , '' but to her great disappointment it was empty : she did not like to drop the jar , for fear of killing somebody underneath , so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it . `` Well ! '' thought Alice 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 would n't say anything about it , even if I fell off the top of the house ! '' -LRB- which was most likely true . -RRB- Down , down , down . 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 XXXXX through the earth !
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