The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence:

at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its
mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice
replied, rather shyly, 'I--I hardly know, sir, just at present--
at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'

'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly.
'Explain yourself!'

'I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, 'because
I'm not myself, you see.'

'I don't see,' said the Caterpillar.

'I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very
politely, 'for I can't understand it myself to begin with; and
being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.'

'It isn't,' said the Caterpillar.

'Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet,' said Alice; 'but
when you have to turn into a chrysalis--you will some day, you
know--and then after that into a butterfly, I should think you'll
feel it a little queer, won't you?'

'Not a bit,' said the Caterpillar.

'Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' said Alice;
'all I know is, it would feel very queer to ME.'

'You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously. 'Who are YOU?'

Which brought them back again to the beginning of the
conversation.

Alice, som blir förbisprungen av kaninen med fickuret, håller på att drunkna i en sjö av sina egna tårar, dricker ur flaskor som det står drick mig på, förvandlas till större än rummet hon är i och mindre än champinjonen hon står bredvid, pratar med dronten, hummern, bäbisen som blir gris, katten som lämnar sitt leende kvar till sist och spelar krocket med flamingoklubba på igelkottklot tillsammans med hjärter dam som avhuvudar alla, finns som en fin pdf här.


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Jag har letat i många år efter en bilderbok, den heter Adele's Big Book of Pictures eller något liknande. Antagligen hette den något helt annat. Boken var en halvmeter bred. Drömlika människor - djur - grönsaks - insekts - figurer, illustrationer mest jag minns inte om det var någon text alls. Teckningarna är tuschade, färgglada, tydliga men galna och vackra. Någon som vet vad det kan vara?