Narrator
Hello. So far, Alice had been very small, thenvery tall, then very small again in this strange Wonderland she found when shechased a talking rabbit and fell down the rabbit hole. Now she was swimming ina pool of her own tears, wondering what was going to happen next.
Alice
Ooh, whatever's this? It's a mouse! Hellomouse! You're a very big mouse… but then, I'm a very, very little girl today.Whatever next? If this mouse talks, I won't be at all surprised…Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I'm very tired of swimmingabout here, Mouse! Mouse? Hmmm. Perhaps it doesn't understand English. Maybeit's a French mouse! Now, what was that French I learned in school? Où est machatte?
Mouse
Chatte? Cat! Did you say cat?!
Alice
Oh, I'm so sorry Mouse! I forgot mice don'tlike cats.
Mouse
Would you like cats if you were me?
Alice
Well… perhaps not. But my cat Dinah isdifferent. She's such a sweet, quiet thing. If you meet her, I'msure you'll like her.
Mouse
We won't talk about cats any more, thank you!
Alice
We won't! Er… do you - do you er… like dogs?They can be so sweet and they kill all the rats… and… Oh dear!
Alice
Oh please come back, dear Mouse. Wewon't talk about cats or dogs, if you don't like them. Swim with me tothe shore.
Narrator
So Alice and the mouse swam to the edge of thepool of tears. And as they swam, they were joined by lots of other creatures thathad fallen into the pool, just like Alice and the mouse. There was a duck anda dodo and many other strange animals that Alice hadnever seen before. All the creatures had the same question.
Animals
How can we get dry? What can we do? I'm so faraway from my nest, that pool was very wet and salty, oh it's no good for myfur, etc…
Dodo
We must have a Caucus-race!
Animals
Hooray! Hoorah!
Alice
What's a Caucus-race, Mr Dodo?
Dodo
The best way to explain a Caucus-race is tohave a Caucus-race!
Narrator
It was the strangest race Alice had ever seen.The Dodo marked a circle for the racecourse and everyone stood anywhere theywanted to. Nobody said "One, two, three, go!" but everyone startedrunning. Alice ran too, although she didn't quite know where she should run to.Everyone ran left and right in any direction they pleased. But after half anhour of running, everybody was quite dry again.
Dodo
The race is over!
Multiple voices
But who has won? Did I win? Who is the winner?
Dodo
Ah... yes... Who has won? Who has won?Everybody has won and everyone must have prizes! And shemust give the prizes!
Alice
Me?
Narrator
Alice didn't have any prizes for a Caucus-racewith her, but she searched in her pockets and found some sweets. She had enoughsweets to give exactly one sweet to every runner.
Alice
Here you are, one for you, and one for you…
Animals
Thank you very much… oh dear, this has no tastewhatsoever… oh, I shall choke…it's rather good, yes very tasty…
Alice
And one for you – now, does everybody have one?Oh, I must say, my cat Dinah would love a Caucus-race…
Animals
Let's go! Come away! Time for bed! Oh, is itthat time already? Cats - ugh!
Alice
Oh dear. I said it again. Come back! Please!I'm sorry! Poor Dinah. Nobody seems to like her down here and I'm sure she'sthe best cat in the world!
Narrator
Poor Alice felt very lonely and sad. She criedquietly to herself for a while. But in a little while, she heard footsteps inthe distance. She looked up to see who it was. Next time, I'll tell you who thefootsteps belonged to, and how Alice got so big she filled a whole house, andwhat happened when she kicked poor Bill the lizard up and out of the chimney.Goodbye.
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