She ran out of the house as quick as she could , and found quite a crowd of little animals waiting outside -- guinea-pigs , white mice , squirrels , and `` Bill '' a little green lizard , that was being supported in the arms of one of the guinea-pigs , while another was giving it something out of a bottle . They all made a rush at her the moment she appeared , but Alice ran her hardest , and soon found herself in a thick wood . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Chapter III -LSB- Illustration -RSB- `` The first thing I 've got to do , '' said Alice to herself , as she wandered about in the wood , `` is to grow to my right size , and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden . I think that will be the best plan . '' It sounded an excellent plan , no doubt , and very neatly and simply arranged : the only difficulty was , that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it , and while she was peering anxiously among the trees round her , a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry . An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes , and feebly stretching out one paw , trying to reach her : `` poor thing ! '' said Alice in a coaxing tone , and she tried hard to whistle to it , but she was terribly alarmed all the while at the thought that it might be hungry , in which case it would probably devour her in spite of all her coaxing . Hardly knowing what she did , she picked up a little bit of stick , and held it out to the puppy : whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once , and with a yelp of delight rushed at the stick , and made believe to worry it then Alice dodged behind a great thistle to keep herself from being run over , and , the moment she appeared at the other side , the puppy made another dart at the stick , and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold : then Alice , thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse , and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet , ran round the thistle again : then the puppy begin a series of short charges at the stick , running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back , and barking hoarsely all the while , till at last it sat down a good way off , panting , with its tongue hanging out of its mouth , and its great eyes half shut . This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape . She set off at once , and ran till the puppy 's bark sounded quite faint in the distance , and till she was quite tired and out of breath . `` And yet what a dear little puppy it was ! '' said Alice , as she leant against a buttercup to rest herself , and fanned herself with her hat . `` I should have liked teaching it tricks , if -- if I 'd only been the right size to do it ! Oh ! I 'd nearly forgotten that I 've got to grow up again ! Let me see ; how is it to be managed ? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other , but the great question is what ? '' The great question certainly was , what ? Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass but could not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat under the circumstances . There was a large mushroom near her , about the same height as herself , and when she had looked under it , and on both sides of it , and behind it , it occurred to her to look and see what was on the top of it .
She stretched herself up on tiptoe , and peeped over the edge of the mushroom , and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar , which was sitting with its XXXXX folded , quietly smoking a long hookah , and taking not the least notice of her or of anything else .
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