Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
mushroom
/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/a plant with a round top and no leaves
confusing
/kənˈfjuː.zɪŋ/difficult to understand
crawl
/krɔːl/to move slowly along the ground
shrink
/ʃrɪŋk/to become smaller in size
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The Caterpillar sat on top of a large mushroom. Alice looked at it, and the Caterpillar looked at her. At last, the Caterpillar asked in a sleepy voice, "Who are you?" Alice answered shyly, "I do not really know, sir. I changed my size many times today, and it is very confusing." "Explain yourself!" said the Caterpillar sternly. "I cannot explain myself," Alice said, "because I am not myself today." The Caterpillar told Alice to repeat a poem. Alice tried to say the words, but they all came out wrong. "What size do you want to be?" the Caterpillar asked....
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