Sleepy and tired from the heat, Alice was just wondering if it was worth the effort to get up and pick daisies to make a crown when suddenly a white rabbit with red eyes ran right past her. This was nothing unusual; Alice found nothing extraordinary in hearing the rabbit say, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" But when the rabbit took a watch out of its waistcoat pocket and looked at the time... Carefully revised reprint of the original German edition from 1869.