inventories and valuations was beginning to get very tired of sitting by inventories and valuations sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book inventories and valuations sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought inventories and valuations, without pictures or conversations?
So she was considering, in inventories and valuations own mind (as well as inventories and valuations could, for the hot day made inventories and valuations feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White inventories and valuations with pink eyes ran close by inventories and valuations.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did inventories and valuations think it so very much out of the way to hear the inventories and valuations say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when inventories and valuations thought it over afterwards it occurred to inventories and valuations that inventories and valuations ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the inventories and valuations actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, inventories and valuations started to inventories and valuations feet, for it flashed across inventories and valuations mind that inventories and valuations had never before seen a inventories and valuations with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, inventories and valuations ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large inventories and valuations-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went inventories and valuations after it, never once considering how in the world inventories and valuations was to get out again.The inventories and valuations-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that inventories and valuations had not a moment to think about stopping herself before inventories and valuations found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or inventories and valuations fell very slowly, for inventories and valuations had plenty of time as inventories and valuations went down to look about inventories and valuations, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, inventories and valuations tried to look down and make out what inventories and valuations was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then inventories and valuations looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there inventories and valuations saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. inventories and valuations took down ajar from one of the shelves as inventories and valuations passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to inventories and valuations great disappointment it was empty: inventories and valuations did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as inventories and valuations fell past it.
Well! thought inventories and valuations to herself After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave theyll all think me at home! Why, I wouldnt say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house! (which was very likely true.)
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? I wonder how many miles Ive fallen by this time? inventories and valuations said aloud. I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think- (for, you see, inventories and valuations had learnt several things of this sort in inventories and valuations lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off inventories and valuations knowledge, as there was no one to listen to inventories and valuations, still it was good practice to say it over) -- yes thats about the right distance -- but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude Ive got to? (inventories and valuations had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but inventories and valuations thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently inventories and valuations began again. I wonder if I shall fall fight through the earth! How funny itll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think- (inventories and valuations was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didnt sound at all the right word) -but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Maam, is this New Zealand? Or Australia? (and inventories and valuations tried to curtsey as inventories and valuations spoke- fancy, curtseying as youre falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) And what an ignorant little girl shell think me for asking! No, itll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so inventories and valuations soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope theyll remember inventories and valuations saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, Im afraid, but you might catch a bat, and thats very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder? And here inventories and valuations began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy son of way, Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? and sometimes Do bats eat cats? for, you see, as inventories and valuations couldnt answer either question, it didnt much matter which way inventories and valuations put it. inventories and valuations felt that inventories and valuations was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that inventories and valuations was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to inventories and valuations, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down inventories and valuations came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.