← there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice’s first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; 🔊
← she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted! 🔊
← but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, 🔊
← in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door. 🔊
← ‘How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! 🔊
← ‘and now for the garden!’ and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, 🔊
← ‘Now, I’ll manage better this time,’ she said to herself, and began by taking the little golden key, and unlocking the door that led into the garden. 🔊