Oldal 90 [90]
14 ADVICE FROM A
nest. Alice crouched down among the trees as
well as she could, for her neck kept getting
entangled among tke branches, and every now
and then she had to stop and _ untwist it.
After a while she remembered that she still
held the pieces of mushroom in her hands, and
she set to work very carefully, nibbling first at
one and then at the other, and growing some¬
times taller and sometimes shorter, until she had
succeeded in bringing herself down to her usual
height.
It was so long since she had been anything
near the right size, that it felt quite strange
at first; but she got used to it in a few
minutes, and began talking to herself, as usual.
“Come, there’s half my plan done now! How
puzzling all these changes are! I'm never sure
what I’m going to be, from one minute to
another! However, I’ve got back to my right
size: the next thing is, to get into that
beautiful garden—how is that to be done, |
wonder?” As she said this, she came suddenly