-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 Alice , `` shall I never get any older than I am now ? That 'll be a comfort , one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn ! Oh , I should n't like that ! '' `` Oh , you foolish Alice ! '' she said again , `` how can you learn lessons in here ? Why , there 's hardly room for you , and no room at all for any lesson-books ! '' And so she went on , taking first one side , and then the other , and making quite a conversation of it altogether , but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside , which made her stop to listen . `` Mary Ann ! Mary Ann ! '' said the voice , `` fetch me my gloves this moment ! ''
Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs : XXXXX knew it was the rabbit coming to look for her , and she trembled till she shook the house , quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the rabbit , and had no reason to be afraid of it .
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