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Let's find out what happens next in Chapter 2 of Alice in Wonderland!
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Luckily I'm a very good swimmer!
I took lessons at camp!
Oh look!
There's a friendly looking mouse!
Yoo-hoo!
Mousy!
Mr. Mouse?
Do you know how to get to the beautiful garden
with the ferris wheel and the merry-go-round?
Come on! Follow me!
Okay!
Soon we were joined by all sorts of small animals!
A gang of baby ducks,
a salamander,
2 frogs,
and a hamster, named Phillip!
We swam, and swam, and swam.
Going right under the door, and into the garden
and downstream past flowers,
and crickets,
caterpillars,
and garden gnomes!
When we finally got to dry land,
I thought we would go play, or at least find a snack, but the animals said they
had to have an election.
But they couldn't decide what they were voting on and it got quite noisy
Oh look! There's the white rabbit!
He was the one who lead me down the rabbit hole, so he MUST know the way out!
I chased after him but I was too small for him to notice me!
Ugh! If only there was more growing potion!
And poof!
Just like magic, there was a little bottle right in my path.
And it had a label on it that said: "Drink me, Alice!"
So I took a sip.
And I grew! Ha! What a relief!
Oh, I'm me again!
Not a great big giant, and not a teeny tiny mouse.
Oh! Speaking of a tiny mouse,
all the animals saw me grow larger, and boy, did that scare them!
They all scattered away, shrieking!
Girlzilla!
She's a giant!
...Sorry.
Where's that darn rabbit this time?!
I'm wooking for a wabbit.
Are you looking for something?
I found myself face-to-face with a giant caterpillar!
Wait, did I shrink again?
You don't look shrunken to me!
But why are you so large... and how did you learn to talk?
That's a silly question! Are you silly?
I don't think so!
Well, then, let's hear a poem!
Excuse me?
I'd liked to hear a poem. One that rhymes, please.
Okay, well I never heard of the caterpillar who likes poetry but here goes!
Ahem!
This one is called "The Queen of Hearts."
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts
on a summer's day.
The Nave of Hearts, he stole those tarts
and took them clean away.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts
and beat the Nave full sore
The Nave of Hearts brought back the tarts
and vowed he'd steal no more
How dare you accuse the Nave of stealing the Queen's tarts!
Don't you know that the Queen would say "Off with his head"?
It's only a made-up poem! The Queen of Hearts isn't real!
Shh! Of course the Queen is real!
And if she hears you say she isn't,
She'll say "off with YOUR head!"
Oh no! But I like my head!
It helps me think things,
and see things,
and smell things!
And, it has my hair on it.
I really like my hair!
You're a traitor to the Queen!
Oh! This is a terrible misunderstanding!
I-I wish I could shrink down SO super tiny
that I could just escape!
Here! Eat this!
I gobbled up the cookie that he gave me, and--
Oh no! I grew taller...
and taller,
and taller!
And I was VERY gigantic!
Hey! I wanna be small so I could just hide from the Queen!
You made me even bigger!!
And you've turned rainbow-colored
so you're easier to spot!
Grrr, you caterpillar! I oughtta step on you!
That would be a crime, and the Queen would say--
"Off with her head." Yeah, yeah. I heard you the first time!
Oh how puzzling all these changes are!
I'm never sure what I'm going to be from one minute to another!
I've got to get back to looking like myself again!
And I must get to that garden and ride the ferris wheel
at least one and then I definitely absolutely
must get home in time for dinner!
Ugh, where's that rabbit?!
And that's the end of Chapter 2!
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We have to find out what happens to Alice next!
Will she find her way home?
Will she ever get back to her right size?
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