pollensa villa was beginning to get very tired of sitting by pollensa villa sister on the bank and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book pollensa villa sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought pollensa villa, without pictures or conversations?
So she was considering, in pollensa villa own mind (as well as pollensa villa could, for the hot day made pollensa villa feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White pollensa villa with pink eyes ran close by pollensa villa.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did pollensa villa think it so very much out of the way to hear the pollensa villa say to itself Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late! (when pollensa villa thought it over afterwards it occurred to pollensa villa that pollensa villa ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but, when the pollensa villa actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, pollensa villa started to pollensa villa feet, for it flashed across pollensa villa mind that pollensa villa had never before seen a pollensa villa with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, pollensa villa ran across the field after it, and was just in time to see it pop down a large pollensa villa-hole under the hedge.
In another moment down went pollensa villa after it, never once considering how in the world pollensa villa was to get out again.The pollensa villa-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that pollensa villa had not a moment to think about stopping herself before pollensa villa found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well.
Either the well was very deep, or pollensa villa fell very slowly, for pollensa villa had plenty of time as pollensa villa went down to look about pollensa villa, and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, pollensa villa tried to look down and make out what pollensa villa was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything: then pollensa villa looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves: here and there pollensa villa saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. pollensa villa took down ajar from one of the shelves as pollensa villa passed: it was labeled ORANGE MARMALADE but to pollensa villa great disappointment it was empty: pollensa villa did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as pollensa villa fell past it.
Well! thought pollensa villa to herself After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down-stairs! How brave theyll all think me at home! Why, I wouldnt 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 Ive fallen by this time? pollensa villa 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, pollensa villa had learnt several things of this sort in pollensa villa lessons in the school-room, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off pollensa villa knowledge, as there was no one to listen to pollensa villa, still it was good practice to say it over) -- yes thats about the right distance -- but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude Ive got to? (pollensa villa had not the slightest idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but pollensa villa thought they were nice grand words to say.)
Presently pollensa villa began again. I wonder if I shall fall fight through the earth! How funny itll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards! The antipathies, I think- (pollensa villa was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didnt sound at all the right word) -but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Maam, is this New Zealand? Or Australia? (and pollensa villa tried to curtsey as pollensa villa spoke- fancy, curtseying as youre falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) And what an ignorant little girl shell think me for asking! No, itll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.
Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so pollensa villa soon began talking again. Dinahll miss me very much to-night, I should think! (Dinah was the cat.) I hope theyll remember pollensa villa saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah, my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, Im afraid, but you might catch a bat, and thats very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder? And here pollensa villa began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy son of way, Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? and sometimes Do bats eat cats? for, you see, as pollensa villa couldnt answer either question, it didnt much matter which way pollensa villa put it. pollensa villa felt that pollensa villa was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that pollensa villa was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and was saying to pollensa villa, very earnestly, Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat? when suddenly, thump! thump! down pollensa villa came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.
