Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs. 🔊 Alice knew it was

the Rabbit coming to look for her, 🔊 and she trembled till she shook the

house, quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large

as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it. 🔊

 

Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; 🔊 but, as

the door opened inwards, and Alices elbow was pressed hard against it,

that attempt proved a failure. 🔊 Alice heard it say to itselfThen Ill

go round and get in at the window.’ 🔊

 

That you won’tthought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied

she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her

hand, and made a snatch in the air. 🔊 She did not get hold of anything,

but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass,

from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a

cucumber-frame, or something of the sort. 🔊

 

Next came an angry voice--the Rabbits--‘Pat! Pat! Where are you?’ 🔊 And

then a voice she had never heard before, ‘Sure then Im here! Digging

for apples, yer honour!’ 🔊