Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Chapter V: Advice from a Caterpillar
by Lewis Carroll
The Caterpillar tells Alice how to change her size.
The Caterpillar tells Alice how to change her size.
The lily's withered chalice falls around its rod of dusty gold,
A Fox got its tail tangled in a bush and could not move. A number of Mosqitoes began biting the trapped Fox. A hedgehog offered to drive the mosqitoes away, but the fox refused.
"I done got ‘uligion, honey, an’ I ’s happy ez a king;"
"Jes’ lak toddy wahms you thoo’"
"In de dead of night I sometimes,"
An introduction to the animals on the family’s farm. They are considered part of the family because they are the playmates of the children.
A prince overcomes a dragon and rescues his brothers.
The speaker looks back over family history, while placing their own struggles in the larger context of American progress.
A short biographical sketch of Abe Lincoln.
"When de fiddle gits to singin’ out a ol’ Vahginny reel,"
"Ain’t nobody nevah tol’ you not a wo’d a–tall,"
A rhyme about a farmer who chases a hog out of his fodder field.
A young woman's father remarries after the death of his wife.
"Driftwood gathered here and there"
A queen marries another man after the king dies and he is especially cruel. He passes a ridiculous law that a man with a golden beard doesn’t abide by. The king goes off to war and his stepson lets the man out and he is therefore blessed by good luck and magical assistance.
"You bid me hold my peace"
Lead gently, Lord, and slow,
The world stays lush in books.
The author describes his love for his wife.
A nursery rhyme involving the antics of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
The speaker calls someone back from his journeying.
Tommy and Spot become friends. Farmer Green discovers hen feathers near Tommy.
Brownie asks Uncle Jerry Beaver about a sign. Jerry makes a mistake as to the meaning of the sign’s phrase. Tommy Fox sets him straight.
Uncle Tom quickly earns the trust of Mr. St. Clare. Eva assists Uncle Tom in writing a letter to his family.