Alice in Wonderland part 2: The pool of tears. Improve your English listening and vocabulary!

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Narrator: Hello! Alice is having some
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very curious adventures at
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the bottom of a rabbit hole.
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She drank a drink that made her
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very small indeed. But she wants
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to grow bigger so that she can reach
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the key that will unlock the tiny door
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to a beautiful garden.
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After eating
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some cake she found in a little glass
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box, Alice started to feel something ...
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Alice: Curiouser and curiouser!
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I'm growing! My feet are so far away.
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Goodbye feet! How will I put my shoes
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and socks on, I wonder?
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Narrator: Alice grew so big that her head
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hit the ceiling! Ouch!
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It was easy to reach the
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table now. She picked up the tiny key and
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rushed to the door. But in her excitement,
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she forgot something again...
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Alice: Ohhhh... this is hopeless! I'm much
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too big for this door now! I'll never get
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into the garden! I can only look through
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the door with one eye! Oh...
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Narrator: Alice was over nine feet tall, and
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when a girl that big cries, the tears are
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big too. Alice cried and cried until half
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the hall was filled with
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a salty pool of tears.
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After a time, Alice heard a little pattering
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of feet in the distance. She dried her eyes
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to see what was coming.
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White Rabbit: Oh! I'm late! I'm so very late!
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I was told to be early and I'm going to be
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late. The Duchess will be waiting. Oh my!
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Oh my! She will be so very angry with me!
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Oh my!
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Narrator: The sight of The White Rabbit,
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splendidly dressed in his best clothes,
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and carrying a large fan
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and a pair of white leather gloves
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was enough to stop Alice's tears.
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Alice: If you please, sir...
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White Rabbit: Oh!! Oh my!
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Alice: Don't go! I won't hurt - Oh dear!
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You've dropped your gloves...
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But look: what a pretty fan.
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And crying is such hot work. Oh, that's
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better. Oh dear... how strange everything
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is today. Yesterday things were normal.
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But today I'm not sure if I am
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the same girl who woke up this morning.
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But, if I'm not the girl who woke up this
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morning, the question is, "Who am I?"
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Narrator: Alice fanned herself
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while she talked. She felt much cooler.
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But after a minute or two,
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something started happening.
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Alice: Oh: Here's that feeling again.
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Narrator: Then something kept
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happening. Alice kept fanning herself.
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Alice: I don't believe it. I must be...
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I am! I'm growing smaller again.
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Smaller than the table.
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Hello feet! It's good to see you again.
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Narrator: Soon Alice was smaller
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than ever. She was still shrinking and
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shrinking and she didn't know why.
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Alice: Oh dear - I'm getting very small. Oh
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- I'm getting much too small! Oh dear - I
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shall fade away altogether! Ohh...!
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The fan? The fan!
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Narrator: Just in time. Alice threw the fan
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on the floor, so she wouldn't
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get any smaller.
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Alice: That was a lucky escape!
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But now I'm small enough
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to get into the garden!
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Narrator: Poor Alice! There she stood
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at the little door - but it was locked again
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And there was the little key, back
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in its place, out of reach, on the table.
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Alice: Oh not again! This is hopeless. I'll
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never get that key now. I so badly wanted
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to see the garden. And things are worse
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than ever - I've never been so small as this
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in my life. Never!
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Narrator: Things were as bad as ever.
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And they were about to get worse...
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Alice: Ohhh!
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Narrator: And poor little Alice fell into
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a pool of her own tears. Luckily, she knew
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how to swim. But she wasn't the only one
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who had fallen into the pool.
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Next time, Alice meets a dodo,
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tries to make friends with a mouse, and
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joins in a very, very curious race.
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Goodbye.
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