The cake*

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to her herself, ‘Which way? Which way?’ holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way was growing, and she was quite surprise to find that she remained the same size. To be sure, this is what generally happens when one eats cake: but Alice had to so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

Alice adventure in wonderland