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Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland
Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland
Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland
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Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland

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Die fiktionale Welt, in der Alice im Wunderland angesiedelt ist, spielt in solch einer Weise mit Logik, dass sich die Erzählung unter Mathematikern und Kindern gleichermaßen großer Beliebtheit erfreut. Sie enthält zahlreiche satirische Anspielungen – nicht nur auf persönliche Freunde Carrolls, sondern auch auf die Schullektionen, die Kinder im England jener Zeit auswendig lernen mussten.
LanguageDeutsch
Release dateFeb 23, 2016
ISBN9783958495920
Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland
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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, deacon and photographer. He is most famous for his timeless classics, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. His work falls within the genre of ‘literary nonsense’, and he is renowned for his use of word play and imagination. Carroll’s work has been enjoyed by many generations across the globe.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I plan to read Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy and thought it might be interesting to reread the book, this time in French. >My first observation was that the translator did a good job and most of the book was translated well - at least to the limits of my memory. Then I did notice some shortcomings, for instance the wordplay in the mouse poem relating the mouse's tail to the tale being told just didn't work in French. However, the translator did include good footnotes. Here, he explained differences in the French and English version. He also added some historical notes that I found added value to the story. This included some symbology that I was completely unaware of. Some of the jokes and puns were, if my memory serves, and perhaps were replaced with new or similar ones taking advantage of the language differences.Overall, it is a quick read, delightful and imaginative and well worth some time spent.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Delightfully fun, whimsically amusing and what an imagination! Between the outlandish characters, the silly puns and the play with logic, it is easy to see how this book is such a great story for both children and adults. Obviously, a reader needs to love - or at least appreciate - the nonsensical fun to fully enjoy this story, especially given the caricatures and the mayhem that is Wonderland. I can see where some adult readers may revisit this one for nostalgic childhood reasons, but I think I probably appreciate the story more as a adult reader, than I would have reading it as a young girl. Overall, very happy to have finally read this children's classic.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Many of the reviews on this site do not relate to the Salvador Dali illustrated book, but rather to another illustrator. Very Confusing.I love Alice's imaginative adventures and her increasing confidence as she accepts her changing size and bizarre circumstances.Yet, just as I did not enjoy the treatment of animals in a cruel way - the flamingoes, hedgehogs, guinea pigs - when I first read the book as a child and, although I was happy with the final resolution of the Queen and her deck of cards, the constant "Off with their heads!" was and is still annoying.Dali's paintings remain dramatic and an eternal evocative mystery. So good that this book has come to all of us!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Alice in Wonderland vertelt het verhaal van de kleine Alice die in slaap sukkelt bij een uitstapje en in haar droom een wit konijn achterna rent door een pijp. Ze komt in een volledig andere wereld terecht en wordt geconfronteerd met de meest vreemde schepsels: eigenaardige dieren en levende kaarten, enzovoort. Allemaal zijn ze druk met zichzelf bezig en niet echt er op uit Alice beter te leren kennen. Die vraagt zichzelf trouwens geregeld af wie ze eigenlijk is. De gekste gebeurtenissen doen zich voor en de gekste teksten worden de lezer voorgeschoteld, tot Alice uiteindelijk weer ontwaakt.Achter de spiegel borduurt voort op dat thema, zelfs in een nog hogere versnelling. Alice geraakt in een spiegel en komt buiten het zichtsveld weer in een vreemde wereld terecht. Vooral de schaakfiguren beheersen hier de zaak. Er zijn andermaal tal van zonderlinge figuren. De dialogen hebben nog meer dubbele bodems dan tevoren. Maar het geheel geeft een zo mogelijk nog verwarder en daardoor ondoorgrondelijker indruk dan het vorige verhaal. Op de duur wordt het - zeker bij een lectuur voor kinderen - gewoon ontoegankelijk. Het einde is vrij abrupt.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fantastic book! Wonderfully illustrated!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It was okayy..
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Dette er den originale håndskrevne version af historien "Alice's Adventures under Ground", urmanuskriptet. Den blev oversat til dansk som "Maries Hændelser i Vidunderlandet" allerede i 1875, men den var dårligt oversat og vakte ikke større begejstring. Der er et efterskrift, der fortæller bogens historie og fx at "How doth the little busy bee, improve each shining hour..." er et digt fra 1715 af Isaac Watt.Historien kender vi jo: Alice følger efter en kanin, falder ned i et hul, havner i en sal med døre, drikker af en flaske og bliver mindre, men kan nu ikke længere nå nøglen. Hun spiser af en kage, der gør hende for stor. Hun har grædt en stor vandpyt og falder selv i den sammen med en mus, en and, en dum dodo, en dværgpapegøje og en ørneunge og en masse andre dyr. Den hvide kanin dukker op igen og hun følger efter den til dens hus. Indenfor drikker hun igen en flaske og bliver kæmpestor. Peter Kanin truer med at brænde huset af, da firbenet Ole ikke kan få hende ud, men hun når at blive lille igen. Hun stikker af og møder snart efter den blå kålorm. Hun læser en underlig version af "Du er gammel, far Vilhelm" op for kålormen. Derfra går det via Filurkatten over til gartnerne, der maler hvide roser røde. Den Røde Dronning har let ved at dømme folk til døden, men Alice redder gartnerne ved at stikke dem i lommen. Dronningen spiller kroket med Alice, men snyder groft. Næsten alle bliver dømt til døden, men faktisk er det indrettet så ingen bliver henrettet. En forloren skildpadde og en grif bliver afbrudt i deres historie af en retssag, hvor Dronningen vil have først dommen og så beviserne.Netop da vågner Alice.Fremragende historie oprindeligt fortalt til Alice Liddell. Historien er både bundet til Carrolls egen tid og alligevel stadig holdbar.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very nicely read. Enjoyable audiobook.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    While the story is creative, it is also a lot of nonsense. Albeit is supposed to be a dream, it is rather bizarre. I find it odd that the story has such renown. I mildly recommend this book mainly for the value of being familiar with the story because it is so well known.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    hard to believe i've never read this but wonderful story
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I once read Alice in Wonderland when I was younger and I thought it was okay. Not amazing, but okay. I reread it now a few years later in this edition and I think it was the illustrations that did it for me. I really enjoyed the story. The pictures brought so much to the story. I would recommend this edition. 5 out of 5 stars.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    An Exercise in Insanity

    This book was insane. The adventures she had and the creatures she met...It all sounded like what a bad acid trip would be like.

    I'm honestly not sure I enjoyed it. This may require a re-read in the future.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This follows largely the same plotline as the unpublished Adventures Underground I have just read, with the welcome additions of the Cheshire cat and the Mad Hatter's tea party. Wonderful stuff, though if pushed I would say that this seems to drag a bit in one or two places (to the extent that such a minor criticism is relevant to literary nonsense) and that Underground is probably a tauter piece of writing. John Tenniel's depiction of Alice in his illustrations here has become iconic, though I thought Carroll's own original illustrations are a little more haunting. 4.5/5
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Timeless, relatable story for many young readers. Fosters and an amazing sense of imagination. Student learn that whenever they face an obstacle they can overcome it. One theme in this book is life being a puzzle. This story is similar to how a child might think. I think it would be a very good book to use in the classroom.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Ugh. Alice is ridiculously annoying. I did not enjoy the plot of this, the poetry, the constant repetition of ideas (the shrinking and growing). None of the characters were in any way interesting. I don't understand the universal love of this book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The edition I read was actually an online version with the same illustrations and everything. It is a rather fun book, and is certainly far deeper than the "children's book" that it is depicted to be on its surface. I wouldn't say I loved it, but it was certainly worth finally reading the book behind a story I have heard so much about. The language twists alone made it well worth it, as there is definitely a lot of creativity there.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    As a child, I read the stories of Alice in Wonderland (and, later, Through the Looking Glass) with a sense of wonder and amusement. Alice shows that it is possible to engage with a world which makes no sense on her own terms; she is not overwrought at her lack of understanding of the improbable and bizarre happenings around her. She brings reason to bear in narrow, specific cases (such as when arguing with the Red Queen), but is not paralysed by the irrationality of general occurrence. In this, she is like all children - dealing with reality not by knowing, but by exploring and engaging. This sense of innocent inquiry creates great sympathy in the younger reader.As an adult (older, grizzled and perhaps wiser), re-reading these stories once again provokes wonder and amusement - but this time, the wonder is at the ingenuity of the author and the amusement is if anything greater. This shift in reaction is because, as an adult, I know a few things: I know that it is impossible (in general life!) for soldiers to be playing cards, for Cheshire cats to disappear from the tail and for children to shrink and grow at the slightest provocation. Knowing this increases my admiration for Lewis Carroll, as he has constructed a world where the impossible occurs, but not without its own logic.While there is nonsense, there is structure - and the impossibilities have the common feature that they are all things which might occur to an imaginative young child while daydreaming. Thus they are not simply random (which would be nowhere near so satisfying to read), they are linked and interlocked to form a thoroughly pleasing structure. The underlying structure of the poem Jabberwocky has been analysed at length in [Hoftstadter], which elicits further wonder at the interlinked meanings and senses in the work. The amusement, of course, comes from understanding more of the jokes!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the Classic nonsense tale of an English girl falling down a rabbit hole, there to encounter the strange world of absurdly anthropomorphized animals and playing cards, enigmatic messages and, well, sizing issues :-D

    A Classic is usually a novel that has become so ingrained in the collective memory or culture, that one might not be sure whether one has read it or not. The reputation of the book itself precedes the actual experience of reading it and the characters are often the prototypes of later iterations and any number of adaptations. If you've never experienced Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, or read it once before, or even if you've read it multiple times, it bears (another) reading. As familiar as many are with the tale, to actually read or hear the original, un-Disneyfied tale is a pleasure as the nuances of the language surface and fade in ephemeral logic and gently wry humor. The subtlety, whimsy and detail of Wonderland, its inhabitants and their language lends itself to repeated discoveries.

    Michael York as the narrator of this audiobook edition brings a nice range of character voices to the story, never sounded absurd himself as he renders the tale of Alice with obvious affection and a master storyteller's grace. His smooth, somewhat effete British voice evokes the romance of an afternoon spent on the Thames and brings the curiouser and curiouser world of Carroll's creation to life.

    Redacted from the original blog review at dog eared copy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; 07/12/2011
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It was fun and bizarre and I'm happy I read it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” The Chesire cat to AliceWhat delightful wonderous nonsense. To spend 2 hours and 44 minutes listening to Scarlett Johansson’s joyful narration of "Alice in Wonderland" was like a breeze of fresh air for my overworked brain.“Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin… but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever saw in my life!” Is it subversive nonsense? Filled with hidden meanings? Cleverly organised and meticulously metered out nonsense? Maybe…I don’t know - overblown psychoanalytical interpretations kill the wonder of it all - and it’s original intention: The enchanted nonsense of a child’s imagination. As the forever tea party - where Alice ponders:“The Hatter’s remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.”And it’s certainly a “curious dream” I will revisit again and again. Scarlett, we have a date next year for another 2 hours and 44 minutes.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Its been many years since I last read this and it was better than I remember it being and more nonsensical. I think my memory of the book had been warped by the movies (just a bit crap especially the most recent Johnny Depp one!).
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is such a classic, how can you not love it! I think this book should be read to all children at some point in their lives, not just watching the movie.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5


    Alice in Wonderland might have been the world most reinterpreted work in every form of living history. While I love the interpretative works like ABC's Once Upon A Time, SyFy's Alice, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and such, unfortunately, it's one of my most hated Disney movie of all time despite it is one of a setting of Square-Enix's Kingdom Heart which I used to like playing it.

    Alice's Adventure in Wonderland started when the curious Alice who followed a rattled rabbit in waistcoat into a whole that leads to a place where she called Wonderland. She had the most curious response to her environment and tried logically to make sense of her surroundings. She met with countless of creatures of all shapes and sizes. She did however shapeshifted to various shapes and sizes from eating and drinking things in the nonsense world.

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) was a mathematician and to me, it was evident that he uses applied mathematics and probabilities in his plots despite the confusion in story progressions and the deux es machina nature of the book. He added puzzles and contradicting poems and often offering questions and dialogues to an other ignorant audience. In what probably an attempt to elevate himself in a way that no one could comprehend his inner joke that I need The Annotated Alice to make sense what it is. Well, thats what I think....

    I would say the most content that you get from the book was from the characters in it. There are also a bulk of poetry and riddles that occupied the book that made the premise sounded like the "Inception" within a story. The bulk of what AiW meaningful were the multitudes of intriguing characters and unpredictable qualities of all of them which are interesting even when you see them being caricatured in every sort of ways. That is why the reinterpretation of the characters are very appealing to me.

    From the first chapter, I was surprised that I do feel similarities with myself and Alice in the book. She's curious, she actually contradicted herself like I do all the time. She sees the world as dull and she's attracted to intelligent things that when she's unable to rationalize the things that were happening, she came out with interesting solutions. For the story of a little girl, she's quite intelligent for her age. She is rational and intuitive and fearless. I guess it explained why the Disney interpretation of Alice gave me an unsubtle intense dislike because the animation seemed to fit in the perception of woman and superficial Disney princess in the 50s and not the book. I have taken a liking with the 2010's version but Alice is very similar to the ones in the animation that it came off as bland and dull despite interesting casts.

    Had the book came without its attached illustrative etching from Sir John Tenniel, one would have some problem in the settings of the book. I do find Wonderland were up to the interpretation of people who want to view it. And in my mind eyes, unlike the characters residing in it, Wonderland is much less of a vibrant and bleak country like the differences with the romance of the south and the industrialize north of England like the setting of Victorian era's "North and South" novel. In a sense the realism Carroll tried to emulate by refusing to humanize the characters and giving them an anthropomorphic qualities and comical portrayals in the illustrations. However if you think of applied mathematical in a way, what seems illogical to a rational mind is in fact dependent on the perceptions that it would have been logical in irrational beings.

    For all it tries to be, Alice in Wonderland may be short but its wealth of questions lingered in millions of readers that made the book in some ways; immortal.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I had never read the original despite being familiar with multiple movie versions. The narration of the production I listened to was first rate, and there were definitely some humorous bits, but in the end the cleverness wore thin for me. This story is definitely full of originality.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Alice, a young potentially schizophrenic British lass, is transported to a world of wonder upon following a white rabbit down the rabbit hole. What follows is a disjointed series of events as Alice explores Wonderland, the world of her dreams. Your reaction to this book probably varies based on where you happen to be on life's journey. A small child may view this is to be an amusing story full of talking animals and fantastical situations. Someone a little further on in their years may view this as a handbook of things not to do. For example, if there is a cup on a table with a sign that says "drink me"... don't. If there is a piece of cake next to aforementioned drink with a sign that says "eat me"... don't. Aside from Alice's somewhat poor decision making skills, this is a fun children's classic that everyone should read at least once.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    After reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, I realized I was long overdue for a look at Alice in Wonderland – and what a short little book! And quite perfect for my level of mental energy the morning after a fever (though I didn't finish it all then). Might have to read Through the Looking-Glass, too. More as background & cultural education than as entertainment, though. It's very light and easy reading, but I didn't really find it terribly engaging or interesting. Then again, I've kinda grown out of the target age-group. Still...
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A classic. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the first installment of this classic story. It’s one of those movies that has been depicted in film for years, and will be interesting for children to read. This curious tale of Alice encourages children to glimpse a new world full of fun and exciting things. Things most would never even think of. It begins when Alice sees a White Rabbit running across the bank wearing a vest and holding a pocket watch. She decides to go on an adventure and follow this rabbit down his hole where she falls for what seems like ages. After growing and shrinking several times, she gets through a small door which leads to a whole different world. This world includes talking animals and cards. On this adventure through Wonderland, Alice comes across many strange circumstances and in trying to be polite gets caught in some people's company that is less than desirable (like the caterpillar, the Duchess, the Pig, the Mock Turtle, and the Red Queen). Alice enjoys exploring the world she entered through the White Rabbit’s hole that is so different from her own. But Alice finds these creature lack manners and sometimes run confusing circles with their conversation. This book is great for introducing children to the fun of poetry (which there is plenty of) and how manners were extremely important to children in 1865. This is a great and interesting read for children both young and old. Details: This novel was written to interest children in grades 3-6 and is on a 5.9 reading level.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    So I finally read it. After reading Splintered, I was expecting something more darker and with other characters. I was also hoping that Alice wouldn't be an idiot. Sadly, I was disappointed on all accounts.Just because Alice is seven or something doesn't mean she has to be annoying. That was my main problem with this book: I didn't like Alice. Carol may have been trying to capture the innocence of children, but children can be innocent without acting ignorantly.I also didn't like the way the plot developed. It was very hazy and hard to understand. Alice would go to this place, and then forget about it. Then she'd go to another place, all throughout the novel. She'd figure out one problem, but then forget how to solve it in the next chapter.This ending is one of the most cliche endings of all time, and I think it started with this book. It was probably a huge surprise in the nineteenth or twentieth century, but for me, it was boring.Carol described things in the most limited way possible. I don't know how, but he seemed to make it work.It was like Carol gave just enough information for a reader to know what he was talking about, but left all the details to imagination. I feel like this will be a hit or miss for many readers, but I liked it.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the classics that won't make you fall asleep while reading them, so if you don't mind annoying main characters and backwards logic, you should definitely pick this up.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Listened to this on CD. Alice's adventures after she falls down a rabbit hole chasing the white rabbit. She runs into several other characters, the cheshire cat, the queen of hearts, the tortise, and has quite an imaginative adventure in wonderland.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a lot of fun! Gleefully absurd, thick with wordplay and puns (some of which I had to go back and re-read in an English accent to "get"), and a quick, joyful little read. I highly recommend this to anyone, whether or not you've seen any of the film adaptations - I've seen most, and I was still missing out until I read this.

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Alices Abenteuer im Wunderland - Lewis Carroll

Klügste.

Kapitel 1

Hinunter in den Kaninchenbau

Alice fing an sich zu langweilen; sie saß schon lange bei ihrer Schwester am Ufer und hatte nichts zu thun. Das Buch, das ihre Schwester las, gefiel ihr nicht; denn es waren weder Bilder noch Gespräche darin. »Und was nützen Bücher,« dachte Alice, »ohne Bilder und Gespräche?«

Sie überlegte sich eben, (so gut es ging, denn sie war schläfrig und dumm von der Hitze,) ob es der Mühe werth sei aufzustehen und Gänseblümchen zu pflücken, um eine Kette damit zu machen, als plötzlich ein weißes Kaninchen mit rothen Augen dicht an ihr vorbeirannte.

Dies war grade nicht sehr merkwürdig; Alice fand es auch nicht sehr außerordentlich, daß sie das Kaninchen sagen hörte: »O weh, o weh! Ich werde zu spät kommen!« (Als sie es später wieder überlegte, fiel ihr ein, daß sie sich darüber hätte wundern sollen; doch zur Zeit kam es ihr Alles ganz natürlich vor.) Aber als das Kaninchen seine Uhr aus der Westentasche zog, nach der Zeit sah und eilig fortlief, sprang Alice auf; denn es war ihr doch noch nie vorgekommen, ein Kaninchen mit einer Westentasche und einer Uhr darin zu sehen. Vor Neugierde brennend, rannte sie ihm nach über den Grasplatz, und kam noch zur rechten Zeit, um es in ein großes Loch unter der Hecke schlüpfen zu sehen.

Den nächsten Augenblick war sie ihm nach in das Loch hineingesprungen, ohne zu bedenken, wie in aller Welt sie wieder herauskommen könnte.

Der Eingang zum Kaninchenbau lief erst geradeaus, wie ein Tunnel, und ging dann plötzlich abwärts; ehe Alice noch den Gedanken fassen konnte sich schnell festzuhalten, fühlte sie schon, daß sie fiel, wie es schien, in einen tiefen, tiefen Brunnen.

Entweder mußte der Brunnen sehr tief sein, oder sie fiel sehr langsam; denn sie hatte Zeit genug, sich beim Fallen umzusehen und sich zu wundern, was nun wohl geschehen würde. Zuerst versuchte sie hinunter zu sehen, um zu wissen wohin sie käme, aber es war zu dunkel etwas zu erkennen. Da besah sie die Wände des Brunnens und bemerkte, daß sie mit Küchenschränken und Bücherbrettern bedeckt waren; hier und da erblickte sie Landkarten und Bilder, an Haken aufgehängt. Sie nahm im Vorbeifallen von einem der Bretter ein Töpfchen mit der Aufschrift: »Eingemachte Apfelsinen«, aber zu ihrem großen Verdruß war es leer. Sie wollte es nicht fallen lassen, aus Furcht Jemand unter sich zu tödten; und es gelang ihr, es in einen andern Schrank, an dem sie vorbeikam, zu schieben.

»Nun!« dachte Alice bei sich, »nach einem solchen Fall werde ich mir nichts daraus machen, wenn ich die Treppe hinunter stolpere. Wie muthig sie mich zu Haus finden werden! Ich würde nicht viel Redens machen, wenn ich selbst von der Dachspitze hinunter fiele!« (Was sehr wahrscheinlich war.)

Hinunter, hinunter, hinunter! Wollte denn der Fall nie endigen? »Wie viele Meilen ich wohl jetzt gefallen bin!« sagte sie laut. »Ich muß ungefähr am Mittelpunkt der Erde sein. Laß sehen: das wären achthundert und funfzig Meilen, glaube ich –« (denn ihr müßt wissen, Alice hatte dergleichen in der Schule gelernt, und obgleich dies keine sehr gute Gelegenheit war, ihre Kenntnisse zu zeigen, da Niemand zum Zuhören da war, so übte sie es sich doch dabei ein) – »ja, das ist ungefähr die Entfernung; aber zu welchem Länge- und Breitegrade ich wohl gekommen sein mag?« (Alice hatte nicht den geringsten Begriff, was weder Längegrad noch Breitegrad war; doch klangen ihr die Worte großartig und nett zu sagen.

Bald fing sie wieder an. »Ob ich wohl ganz durch die Erde fallen werde! Wie komisch das sein wird, bei den Leuten heraus zu kommen, die auf dem Kopfe gehen! die Antipathien, glaube ich.« (Diesmal war es ihr ganz lieb, daß Niemand zuhörte, denn das Wort klang ihr gar nicht recht.) »Aber natürlich werde ich sie fragen müssen, wie das Land heißt. Bitte, liebe Dame, ist dies Neu-Seeland oder Australien?« (Und sie versuchte dabei zu knixen, – denkt doch, knixen, wenn man durch die Luft fällt! Könntet ihr das fertig kriegen?) »Aber sie werden mich für ein unwissendes kleines Mädchen halten, wenn ich frage! Nein, es geht nicht an zu fragen; vielleicht sehe ich es irgendwo angeschrieben.«

Hinunter, hinunter, hinunter! Sie konnte nichts weiter thun, also fing Alice bald wieder zu sprechen an. »Dinah wird mich gewiß heut Abend recht suchen!« (Dinah war die Katze.) »Ich hoffe, sie werden ihren Napf Milch zur Theestunde nicht vergessen. Dinah! Miez! ich wollte, du wärest hier unten bei mir. Mir ist nur bange, es giebt keine Mäuse in der Luft; aber du könntest einen Spatzen fangen; die wird es hier in der Luft wohl geben, glaubst du nicht? Und Katzen fressen doch Spatzen?« Hier wurde Alice etwas schläfrig und redete halb im Traum fort. »Fressen Katzen gern Spatzen? Fressen Katzen gern Spatzen? Fressen Spatzen gern Katzen?« Und da ihr Niemand zu antworten brauchte, so kam es gar nicht darauf an, wie sie die Frage stellte. Sie fühlte, daß sie einschlief und hatte eben angefangen zu träumen, sie gehe Hand in Hand mitDinah spazieren, und frage sie ganz ernsthaft: »Nun, Dinah, sage die Wahrheit, hast du je einen Spatzen gefressen?« da mit einem Male, plump! plump! kam sie auf einen Haufen trocknes Laub und Reisig zu liegen, – und der Fall war aus.

Alice hatte sich gar nicht weh gethan. Sie sprang sogleich auf und sah in die Höhe; aber es war dunkel über ihr. Vor ihr lag ein zweiter langer Gang, und sie konnte noch eben das weiße Kaninchen darin entlang laufen sehen. Es war kein Augenblick zu verlieren: fort rannte Alice wie der Wind, und hörte es gerade noch sagen, als es um eine Ecke bog: »O, Ohren und Schnurrbart, wie spät es ist!« Sie war dicht hinter ihm, aber als sie um die Ecke bog, da war das Kaninchen nicht mehr zu sehen. Sie befand sich in einem langen, niedrigen Corridor, der durch eine Reihe Lampen erleuchtet war, die von der Decke herabhingen.

Zu beiden Seiten des Corridors waren Thüren; aber sie waren alle verschlossen. Alice versuchte jede Thür erst auf einer Seite, dann auf der andern; endlich ging sie traurig in der Mitte entlang, überlegend, wie sie je heraus kommen könnte.

Plötzlich stand sie vor einem kleinen dreibeinigen Tische, ganz von dickem Glas. Es war nichts darauf als ein winziges goldenes Schlüsselchen, und Alice'serster Gedanke war, dies möchte zu einer der Thüren des Corridors gehören. Aber ach! entweder waren die Schlösser zu groß, oder der Schlüssel zu klein; kurz, er paßte zu keiner einzigen. Jedoch, als sie das zweite Mal herum ging, kam sie an einen niedrigen Vorhang, den sie vorher nicht bemerkt hatte, und dahinter war eine Thür, ungefähr funfzehn Zoll hoch. Sie steckte das goldene Schlüsselchen in's Schlüsselloch, und zu ihrer großen Freude paßte es.

Alice schloß die Thür auf und fand, daß sie zu einem kleinen Gange führte, nicht viel größer als ein Mäuseloch. Sie kniete nieder und sah durch den Gang in den reizendsten Garten, den man sich denken kann. Wie wünschte sie, aus dem dunklen Corridor zu gelangen, und unter den bunten Blumenbeeten und kühlen Springbrunnen umher zu wandern; aber sie konnte kaum den Kopf durch den Eingang stecken. »Und wenn auch mein Kopf hindurch ginge,« dachte die arme Alice, »was würde es nützen ohne die Schultern. O, ich möchte mich zusammenschieben können wie ein Teleskop! Das geht ganz gewiß, wenn ich nur wüßte, wie man es anfängt.« Denn es war kürzlich so viel Merkwürdiges mit ihr vorgegangen, daß Alice anfing zu glauben, es sei fast nichts unmöglich.

Es schien ihr ganz unnütz, länger bei der kleinen Thür zu warten. Daher ging sie zum Tisch zurück, halb und halb hoffend, sie würde noch einen Schlüssel darauf finden, oder jedenfalls ein Buch mit Anweisungen, wie man sich als Teleskop zusammenschieben könne. Diesmal fand sie ein Fläschchen darauf. »Das gewiß vorhin nicht hier stand,« sagte Alice; und um den Hals des Fläschchens war ein Zettel gebunden, mit den

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