2.1 The Pool of Tears
The first puddle Alice has to swim out of, and it is entirely her own fault
Introduction
Having grown to nine feet tall, Alice cries — copiously, as nine-foot girls do — and then shrinks back down to find herself swimming in the result. A mouse joins her, then a dodo, then an assortment of other damp creatures, and they all paddle to shore together with the unhurried camaraderie of strangers who have just survived the same weather. It is the first scene in which Wonderland teaches Alice that her body is not entirely her own business.