Lily's Read/February

Title: Alice in Wonderland

Author: Retold by Tomalin, Mary

Lily’s Read

            This story talks about Alice had a dream. One hot summer day Alice and her sister are sitting under a tree. She slept and had a strange dream.

            She dreamed she went down the rabbit hole and everything is different and strange. She saw small door about 40 centimeters high. The little key opened it. She saw a beautiful garden. She was too big; she can’t get in. Alice thought: why can’t I get smaller?

            She looked at the table. There was a little bottle on it. The bottle had “drink me” on it in large letters. After she read she drank a little. Within short time she was only 25 centimeters high. She thought she can open the door but she was too short and she couldn’t get the key from the table.

            Then she saw a little box under the table. She opened it there was a cake inside, on it she saw the words “eat me.” After she finished the cake, she is getting taller in a short time. Alice was more than three meters high. She was too big and couldn’t go through it. She began to cry, her tears were very big too. She couldn’t stop the big tears and after a time there was water everywhere!

            Alice met White Rabbit and she had Rabbit’s hat and became smaller and smaller. She cried “I’m going to vanish!” She quickly took the hat off. She ran to the little door, but before she got there she fell into some water. She thought: the water was her tears.

            She looked around there and, near her, there was a mouse and a lot of animals and birds in the water. When they saved her they got out of the water.

            Alice and the birds and animals felt cold and wet. The largest bird spoke to Alice “We all want to get warm, so let’s have a race-a Caucus Race.” After the race everybody went home.

            She came to a pretty little house. Above the door were the words “W. Rabbit.” She saw a little bottle and drank from it. She became taller, but she didn’t get bigger. So she ate cake late and she was small again.

            After she came to a wood she met Caterpillar who offered her to eat brown mushroom. She became bigger; her size was 18 centimeters high. She walked to the house, opened the door and went in.

            Alice met a large, ugly woman sitting with a baby in her arms, a cook, and a smiling cat. She saw a baby changing into a pig. The woman told her she is going to see the Queen today. Alice said “I haven’t got an invitation.” The Cheshire cat told her “You will see me in the Queen’s garden.” Then it vanished.

            Alice began to walk again. She saw the March Hare’s house. She ate some of the white mushrooms. She got bigger again; she was about 60 centimeters high. She felt afraid but walked to the house. She met Mad Hatter, the March hare, and a large brown mouse. Mad Hatter was polite but March Hare wasn’t. Mad Hatter told Alice that his watch didn’t tell the time because it’s always tea time. They didn’t offer Alice tea, bread or butter. Alice got up angrily and walked away from the table, and walked back into the woods. She was back in the long room. She is small now. She got into the garden and her size was about 30 centimeters high.

            She met three gardeners by the tree. They were making the flowers red for the Queen wanted trees with red flowers on them. If the trees got white flowers the Queen would be very angry and cut off their heads. Alice thought she would see the Queen. A lot of people, the King, the Queen, and the White Rabbit entered the garden. The Queen asked Alice: What’s your name child?” She didn’t feel very afraid of the Queen; she thought “They are only cards.”

            The Queen looked at the gardeners. They were on the ground and she couldn’t see their faces. “Who are these men?” she asked. “Don’t ask me; I don’t know,” answered Alice, not very politely. The Queen’s feet got redder and redder. She looked at Alice and shouted “Cut off her head!” The Queen was saying it but she never did it.

            The cards-all fifty-two of them came down on top of Alice. She felt afraid and angry and started to fight with them. Then she opened her eyes….

            She saw a tree, a big old tree. She was under it, next to her sister. She slept for a long time! She sat up and told her sister about her story. Her sister laughed and they went home.