When I used to read fairy-tales , I fancied that kind of thing never happened , and now here I am in the middle of one ! There ought 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 , ' she added in a sorrowful tone ; ` at least there 's no room to grow up any more HERE . ' ` 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 answered herself . ` 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 , and stopped 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 . Alice 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 . Presently the Rabbit came up to the door , and tried to open it ; but , as the door opened inwards , and Alice 's elbow was pressed hard against it , that attempt proved a failure . Alice heard it say to itself ` Then I 'll go round and get in at the window . ' ` THAT you wo n't ' thought Alice , and , after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window , she suddenly spread out her hand , and made a snatch in the air .
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