` Well , I 'll eat it , ' said Alice , ` and if it makes me grow larger , I can reach the key ; and if it makes me grow smaller , I can creep under the door ; so either way I 'll get into the garden , and I do n't care which happens ! ' She ate a little bit , and said anxiously to herself , ` Which way ? Which way ? ' , holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing , and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size : to be sure , this generally happens when one eats cake , but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen , that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way . So she set to work , and very soon finished off the cake . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHAPTER II . The Pool of Tears ` Curiouser and curiouser ! ' cried Alice -LRB- she was so much surprised , that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English -RRB- ; ` now I 'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was ! Good-bye , feet ! ' -LRB- for when she looked down at her feet , they seemed to be almost out of sight , they were getting so far off -RRB- . ` Oh , my poor little feet , I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now , dears ? I 'm sure I sha n't be able ! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you : you must manage the best way you can ; -- but I must be kind to them , ' thought Alice , ` or perhaps they wo n't walk the way I want to go ! Let me see : I 'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas . ' And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it . ` They must go by the carrier , ' she thought ; ` and how funny it 'll seem , sending presents to one 's own feet ! And how odd the directions will look ! ALICE 'S RIGHT FOOT , ESQ. . HEARTHRUG , NEAR THE FENDER , -LRB- WITH ALICE 'S LOVE -RRB- . Oh dear , what nonsense I 'm talking ! '
Just then her head struck against the roof XXXXX the hall : in fact she was now more than nine feet high , and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door .
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