《Alice in wonderland (level 2)》.doc

Introduction This time the Cheshire Cat vanished quite slowly. First its body went, then its legs. Then all of it vanished, and there was only its smile. There are a lot of cats without a smile, but a smile without a cat! Sow thats very strange! Alice said. One hot summer day, Alice and her sister are sitting under a tree. Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. The rabbit goes down a rabbit-hole and Alice follows it. Down the rabbit-hole, everything is different. Alice is in Wonderland. Her size changes all the time. Caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. The Queen wants to cut off everybodys head. When the Queen sees the Cheshire Cat, she wants to cut off the Cats head too. But theres a problem. The Cheshire Cat hasnt got a body ... What strange things happen to Alice, in Wonderland ? And how will she get back home again ? Charles Dodgson was born in 1838. He went to Oxford University and then he was a teacher there. He was a quiet man and did not talk to people easily. He wrote Alice in Wonderland in 1865. For him, Alice in Wonderland was not an important book, so he did not use his name for the book. He used the name Lewis Carroll. But the book sold very well and it was quickly very famous. At that time, childrens books always tried to teach something. Lewis Carroll did not try to teach anything. He only wanted to tell a wonderful story. Carroll wrote a second story about Alice in 1871. He died in 1898. Today, Alice in Wonderland is one of the most famous childrens stories in the world. Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit-hole Alice and her big sister sat under a tree one sunny day. Alices sister had a book, but Alice had nothing with her. She looked at her sisters book. There were no pictures or conversations in it. Why is she reading a book without pictures or conversations? she thought. Im bored. I know! Ill look for some flowers. Then she thought, No, its too hot for that and I feel sleepy Suddenly, a white rabbit ran past her. It took a watch from it