“What are you doing here?” said the Caterpillar.

 

Alice shuffled her feet, and replied, “I hardly know. I know where I was, but I know not at present what I’m doing here.”

 

The Caterpillar raised its eyebrows unimpressed. “Child, what does that mean? Explain yourself!”

 

      “I only know I was at home. And then I was in a painting, which I fell out        of. So now, you see, I don’t know where I am, or why I’m there.”

 

The Caterpillar took a long drag from his pipe, surveying Alice with a raised brow.

 

Alice continued, “Would you know where I am? And, more importantly, how I can get back?”

 

      “Where we are could be any number of possibilities. And how to get back         could be any number of directions. I would advise you to go back the               way you came.”

 

And with that the Caterpillar put down his pipe, curled in a ball and closed its eyes.

 

Alice stamped her feet in frustration. Going back the way she came, if only she knew how she had got there!