‘Well!’ thought Alice to herself, ‘after such a fall as this, I shall

think nothing of tumbling down stairs! 🔊 How brave they’ll all think me at

home! 🔊 Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top

of the house!’ (Which was very likely true.) 🔊

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! 🔊 ‘I wonder how

many miles I’ve fallen by this time?’ she said aloud. 🔊 ‘I must be getting

somewhere near the centre of the earth. 🔊 Let me see: that would be four

thousand miles down, I think--’ 🔊 (for, you see, Alice had learnt several

things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this

was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there

was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) 🔊

‘--yes, that’s about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude

or Longitude I’ve got to?’ (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or

Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.) 🔊