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The Nursery "Alice"

Chapter 2: A Nursery Darling.
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A lively adaptation for very young readers retells the episodic dream of a curious little girl who follows a hurried white rabbit down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world. Short, illustrated chapters present fanciful, logic-bending encounters—a bottle that changes her size, a pool of tears, odd races and tea parties, a grinning cat, and a chaotic courtroom—each scene arranged for nursery attention with simplified language and bright plates. Playful wordplay, absurd situations, and visual humor invite rereading while preserving the original's imaginative atmosphere and surreal whimsy.

A Nursery Darling.



A Mother’s breast:

Safe refuge from her childish fears,

From childish troubles, childish tears,

Mists that enshroud her dawning years!

See how in sleep she seems to sing

A voiceless psalm—an offering

Raised, to the glory of her King,

In Love: for Love is Rest.

A Darling’s kiss:

Dearest of all the signs that fleet

From lips that lovingly repeat

Again, again, their message sweet!

Full to the brim with girlish glee,

A child, a very child is she,

Whose dream of Heaven is still to be

A: Home: for Home is Bliss.