<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Page </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> Wonderland </Td> </Tr> <P> The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Alice follows him down the rabbit hole into Wonderland . Alice encounters him again when he mistakes her for his housemaid Mary Ann and she becomes trapped in his house after growing too large . The Rabbit shows up again in the last few chapters, as a herald - like servant of the King and Queen of Hearts . </P> <P> In his article "Alice on the Stage" Carroll wrote "And the White Rabbit, what of him? Was he framed on the "Alice" lines, or meant as a contrast? As a contrast, distinctly . For her' youth',' audacity',' vigour', and' swift directness of purpose', read' elderly',' timid',' feeble', and' nervously shilly - shallying', and you will get something of what I meant him to be . I think the White Rabbit should wear spectacles . I'm sure his voice should quaver, and his knees quiver, and his whole air suggest a total inability to say' Boo' to a goose!" </P>

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