and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and

behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what

was on the top of it. 🔊

 

She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the

mushroom, 🔊 and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar,

that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long

hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else. 🔊