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On or around page 17 in many editions of Alice (and specifically in The Nursery "Alice" ), the narrative focuses on the encounter with the Blue Caterpillar . In the Nursery version, Carroll simplifies the text to focus on the visual absurdity: a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom smoking a long hookah, instructing Alice on how to change size by eating from the mushroom.

: While some versions focus on sci-fi horror (loss of control), others treat the machine as a whimsical, high-tech convenience. the nursery machine page 17 best