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Pool of Tears

  • lake
  • temporary body of water

A broad pool of salt tears that floods half the long hall after Alice grows to nine feet. A Mouse, Duck, Dodo, Lory, Eaglet, and other creatures swim in it until the party reaches shore.

Type
lake
Style
temporary body of water
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 1
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    A broad pool of salt tears that floods half the long hall after Alice grows to nine feet. A Mouse, Duck, Dodo, Lory, Eaglet, and other creatures swim in it until the party reaches shore.

Key events

  1. Book 1
    Ch. 2
    The Pool of TearsAlice grows enormously tall, cries a pool of tears, then shrinks and swims in her own tears with various animals and birds.
  2. Book 1
    Ch. 3
    The Caucus-RaceThe Dodo organizes a nonsensical race with no rules where everyone wins, and Alice distributes prizes including comfits and a thimble.

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