She soon found herself in front of a neat little house , on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name W. RABBIT , ESQ. . She went in , and hurried upstairs , for fear she should meet the real Mary Ann and be turned out of the house before she had found the gloves : she knew that one pair had been lost in the hall , `` but of course , '' thought Alice , `` it has plenty more of them in its house . How queer it seems to be going messages for a rabbit ! I suppose Dinah 'll be sending me messages next ! '' And she began fancying the sort of things that would happen : `` Miss Alice ! come here directly and get ready for your walk ! '' `` Coming in a minute , nurse ! but I 've got to watch this mousehole till Dinah comes back , and see that the mouse does n't get out -- '' `` only I do n't think , '' Alice went on , `` that they 'd let Dinah stop in the house , if it began ordering people about like that ! '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room , with a table in the window on which was a looking-glass and , -LRB- as Alice had hoped , -RRB- two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves : she took up a pair of gloves , and was just going to leave the room , when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass : there was no label on it this time with the words `` drink me , '' but nonetheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips : `` I know something interesting is sure to happen , '' she said to herself , `` whenever I eat or drink anything , so I 'll see what this bottle does . I do hope it 'll make me grow larger , for I 'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing ! '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- It did so indeed , and much sooner than she expected : before she had drunk half the bottle , she found her head pressing against the ceiling , and she stooped to save her neck from being broken , and hastily put down the bottle , saying to herself `` that 's quite enough -- I hope I sha 'n' t grow any more -- I wish I had n't drunk so much ! '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Alas ! it was too late : she went on growing and growing , and very soon had to kneel down : in another minute there was not room even for this , and she tried the effect of lying down , with one elbow against the door , and the other arm curled round her head . Still she went on growing , and as a last resource she put one arm out of the window , and one foot up the chimney , and said to herself `` now I can do no more -- what will become of me ? '' Luckily for Alice , the little magic bottle had now had its full effect , and she grew no larger ; still it was very uncomfortable , and as there seemed to be no sort of chance of ever getting out of the room again , no wonder she felt unhappy . `` It was much pleasanter at home , '' thought poor Alice , `` when one was n't always growing larger and smaller , and being ordered about by mice and rabbits -- I almost wish I had n't gone down that rabbit-hole , and yet , and yet -- it 's rather curious , you know , this sort of life . I do wonder what can have happened to me ! When I used to read fairy-tales , I fancied that sort of thing never happened , and now here I am in the middle of one ! There out to be a book written about me , that there ought ! and when I grow up I 'll write one -- but I 'm grown up now '' said she in a sorrowful tone , `` at least there 's no room to grow up any more here . ''
-LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` But then , '' thought XXXXX , `` shall I never get any older than I am now ?
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