Stranica 20 [20]
4 DOWN THE
a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it
was labelled “ORANGE MARMALADE,” but
to her great disappointment it was empty: she
did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing
somebody underneath, so managed to put it into
one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
“Well!” thought Alice to herself, “after
such a fall as this, I. shall think nothing of
tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all
think me at home! Why, I wouldnt say any¬
thing 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
I’ve fallen by this time?” she 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,
Alice had learnt several things of this sort in
her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this
was not a very good opportunity for showing off
her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to