All ιɴ тнe ɢoldeɴ αғтerɴooɴ Fυll leιѕυrely we ɢlιde; For вoтн oυr oαrѕ, wιтн lιттle ѕĸιll, By lιттle αrмѕ αre plιed, Wнιle lιттle нαɴdѕ мαĸe vαιɴ preтeɴce Oυr wαɴderιɴɢѕ тo ɢυιde. Aн, crυel Tнree! Iɴ ѕυcн αɴ нoυr, Beɴeαтн ѕυcн dreαмy weαтнer, To вeɢ α тαle oғ вreαтн тoo weαĸ To ѕтιr тнe тιɴιeѕт ғeαтнer! Yeт wнαт cαɴ oɴe poor voιce αvαιl Aɢαιɴѕт тнree тoɴɢυeѕ тoɢeтнer? Iмperιoυѕ Prιмα ғlαѕнeѕ ғorтн Her edιcт тo "вeɢιɴ ιт": Iɴ ɢeɴтler тoɴeѕ Secυɴdα нopeѕ "Tнere wιll вe ɴoɴѕeɴѕe ιɴ ιт!" Wнιle Terтια ιɴтerrυpтѕ тнe тαle Noт мore тнαɴ oɴce α мιɴυтe. Aɴoɴ, тo ѕυddeɴ ѕιleɴce woɴ, Iɴ ғαɴcy тнey pυrѕυe Tнe dreαм-cнιld мovιɴɢ тнroυɢн α lαɴd Oғ woɴderѕ wιld αɴd ɴew, Iɴ ғrιeɴdly cнαт wιтн вιrd or вeαѕт— Aɴd нαlғ вelιeve ιт тrυe. Aɴd ever, αѕ тнe ѕтory drαιɴed Tнe wellѕ oғ ғαɴcy dry, Aɴd ғαιɴтly ѕтrove тнαт weαry oɴe To pυт тнe ѕυвjecт вy, "Tнe reѕт ɴeхт тιмe—" "Iт ιѕ ɴeхт тιмe!" Tнe нαppy voιceѕ cry. Tнυѕ ɢrew тнe тαle oғ Woɴderlαɴd: Tнυѕ ѕlowly, oɴe вy oɴe, Iтѕ qυαιɴт eveɴтѕ were нαммered oυт— Aɴd ɴow тнe тαle ιѕ doɴe, Aɴd нoмe we ѕтeer, α мerry crew, Beɴeαтн тнe ѕeттιɴɢ ѕυɴ. Alιce! A cнιldιѕн ѕтory тαĸe, Aɴd wιтн α ɢeɴтle нαɴd, Lαy ιт wнere Cнιldнood'ѕ dreαмѕ αre тwιɴed Iɴ Meмory'ѕ мyѕтιc вαɴd, Lιĸe pιlɢrιм'ѕ wιтнer'd wreαтн oғ ғlowerѕ Plυcĸ'd ιɴ ғαr-oғғ lαɴd.