The First Night:

The first night that Grandma Alice was staying with her grandchildren, Tyler and Jane, was going to be the kickoff of all the storytelling.  She had promised her grandchildren one tale for each night that she was staying with them.  The children were settling into their beds and were getting ready for their bedtime story.  With big smiles on the children's faces, Grandma Alice began.

"When I was a little girl, I remember sitting next to my sister by the river bank.  She was reading a book, and I had absolutely nothing to do.  As I was sitting there, I saw a white rabbit.  He wasn't any white rabbit.  This rabbit wore a waistcoat and carried a pocket watch!"

"What's a waistcoat?" asked Jane.

"Be quiet, and listen to the story," shot back Tyler.

"Be nice to you sister, Tyler," said Grandma Alice.  "A waistcoat is something like a vest that gentlemen wear with their suits."

"Ohh..." Jane replied.

Grandma Alice continued, "Looking at this rabbit, I thought I had started daydreaming.  But upon closer inspection I realized that this wasn't something in my head.  He was right in front of me and then he was hopping along, rather quickly.  As he was hopping off, and looking as his watch, I heard him say that he was going to be late.  After hearing a rabbit talk, you can imagine that I wanted a closer look, and I followed after him.  After a minute he stopped and jumped into a rabbit hole.  Not thinking about what would happen next, I jumped in after him."

"Wow," stated Tyler.

Grinning, Jane came back with a big, "Shhh!!"

"This was no ordinary rabbit hole.  After jumping in, I crawled a little bit, and then, whoosh, I was falling.  And this was no ordinary fall because I couldn't stop falling.  Down and down I went, wondering if I would ever hit the bottom.  I fell so long that it seemed like I would come out on the other side of the world.  Down and down I went."

"Suddenly, I was sitting on the ground.  It didn't hurt.  I was just sitting there.  I decided to get up and explore a little.  I was in a long hallway full of doors. I began trying to go through each of the different doors, but they were all locked.  I gave up and decided to go sit in the middle of the hallway to see if anyone came through any of the doors.  When I arrived in the middle of the hallway, a small table was there that hadn't been there before.  On that table sat a small golden key.  I was excited.  I thought that maybe it would fit one of the doors, but the key was too small to fit any of the doors.  After I had attempted to open the last door, a curtain appeared on the wall.  Sneaking a peek behind the curtain, I saw that there was a small door.  I tried the key in the door.  It opened and I saw the most beautiful garden I had ever seen, but the door was way too small for me to fit through.  I just had to get to that garden and out of this hallway!"

  "I went back to the table, trying to find something that could help me.  I found a small bottle with 'Drink Me' written on the tag.  I was taught not to just eat or drink anything that was handed to me. I checked the bottle for any warning labels.  I didn't see anything that made it look like it was dangerous, so I decided to taste it.  I tasted so many flavors at once.  I tasted chocolate, bubble gum, cotton candy, caramel, and cherries.  It was a wonderful combination.  As the last drop hit my tongue, I started to shrink.  I became so small that I could fit through the door easily!"

"When I stopped shrinking, I ran straight for the door, only to find out that the door had relocked and I had left the key on the table.  I ran back to the table, but it was much too high to reach.  So I tried to climb up one of the legs of the table, but that didn't work either.  A small box caught my eye.  The box said, 'Eat Me,' and inside was a small cookie.  By now I didn't care if it was poisoned or not. I was just concerned whether the cookie would make me shrink, or if it would make me grow.  I took a small bite and nothing happened.  So I put the whole thing in my mouth..."

Grandma Alice stopped.

"Then what, then what!" both Tyler and Jane sang together.

"That's all for tonight," said Grandma Alice.

"Ah, but Grandma!" both grandchildren pleaded.

"I will tell you more tomorrow. You don't want me to tell you all of my stories tonight, do you?" replied Grandma Alice.

So as Grandma Alice left the children in their rooms, they both wondered what would happen in the story next.  Was Wonderland real?  They would just have to wait.

The Next Night.