Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Setting

On a riverbank in the English countryside during a "golden afternoon," Alice listens while her sister reads from a book with no conversations or pictures in it. Just as she is becoming unbearably bored and sleepy, Alice notices a White Rabbit who runs by exclaiming that he shall be "too late!" When the rabbit actually takes a watch out of his pocket, Alice's curiosity overcomes her; she jumps up and follows the rabbit down a large rabbit hole. There begins her fantastic adventure in a completely fantastic land.

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