Go ask Alice

[lizziebelle]

queen of hearts, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words `EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants. `Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, `and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!'

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, `Which way? Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

Happy birthday, Lewis Carroll.

Comments

[firespirit1.livejournal.com]

This probably makes me a Philistine, but when I saw your title, I thought of the Jefferson Airplane not Lewis Carroll. The sad part is I loved his books as a kid.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Well, that was on purpose. Nobody captured the psychedelic qualities of that book like they did. :)

[singingnettle.livejournal.com]

Lovely juxtaposition of words and image.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The title of the pic and the excerpt came after I remembered it was his birthday today. :)