n a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on
it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong
to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large,
or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However,
on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before,
and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little
golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!
Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much
larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the
loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall,
and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains,
but she could not even get her head though the doorway; `and even if my head
would go through,' thought poor Alice, `it would be of very little use without
my shoulders. O
