The Pool of Tears (Namine version)

Namine continued to fall, but she began to float down. As she floated downward, she sighed in relief.

"Well, after this, I shall not think of anything but fa-" Namine began, before part of her dress covered her mouth and she pushed it away, and she finished, "of falling downstairs."

She saw a lamp attached to the side of the hole and turned it on. The rabbit hole suddenly was bathed in green. Namine was surpriesd to find that she was floating down a strange room. As she floated downward, she looked surprised to see that her reflection was upside down. She saw a book float past her, so she picked it up and looked through it and saw that it was nothing but pictures, so she set it on a floating table.

Suddenly, she heard loud chiming noises and saw a grandfather clock attached to the wall. As she continued to float down, the room's light became red and she floated into a rocking chair. She sighed, as she relaxed, but then, she went back too far and fell out and continued to float downward.

"Goodness," Namine said. "What if I should fall right through the center of the EAARRTH...?" She said, before floated down fast and went through a tight space in the hole. "... and come out of the other side, where people walk upside down?" She turned upside down, as she said this, but then got caught on something. She then saw Brer Rabbit run down a weird hallway. She was upside down and her legs were hanging from a bar. She righted herself and resumed the chase. "Oh, Mister Rabbit!" Namine called, as she chased after him. "Wait! Please!"

She ran into a room and heard a door close. She ran to the door and opened it, only to find a smaller door. She continued opening doors, until she reached the last door, which was about a foot high. She squeezed through it and crawled into a very large empty room.

"Curiouser and curiouser," Namine commented.

She saw a small pair of curtains close and she ran up to them and opened them up. There was small door about six inches high, with a slightly chubby bird with black and light gray feathers and a yellow beak, legs, and feet. He wears spectacles. He wears a white dress shirt, a gray vest, a steel-colored jacket, and a red necktie. He was the Secretary Bird. She began to open the door and the bird let out a yelp of pain.

"Oh!" Namine said. "Oh, I beg your pardon. My name is Namine."

"Oh, oh. Quite alright. I am the Secretary Bird." the secretary bird said. "But you did give me quite a turn!"

"You see, I was following-" Namine began.

"Rather good, what?" Secretary Bird said. "Doorknob, turn?"

"Please, sir," Namine said.

"One good turn deserves another," Secretary Bird said. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, I'm looking for a brown rabbit," Namine said. "So, uh, if you don't mind..."

"Uh? Oh!" Secretary Bird said before he revealed an image and Namine peeked in to see Br'er Rabbit running away.

"There he is!" Namine said. "I simply must get through."

Secretary Bird shook his head and said, "Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassable."

"You mean impossible?" asked Namine.

"No, impassable," Secretary Bird said. "Nothing's impossible. Why don't you try the bottle on the table?"

"Table?" Namine said, before a table appeared out of nowhere with a small bottle on it and she ran to it. "Oh!"

"Read the directions," Secretary Bird said, with a laugh, "and directly, you'll be directed in the right direction."

Namine read the tag hanging from the bottle. "DRINK ME," she read, before she said, "Hmm, better look first. For if one drinks much from a bottle marked 'poison', it's almost certain to disagree with one sooner or later."

"Beg your pardon?" Secretary Bird asked.

Namine laughed and said, "I was just giving myself some good advice." She drank some of the bottle and licked her lips. "Mm! Tastes like, uh... cherry tart." Suddenly, she shrunk a couple inches. "...custard..." She said as she shrunk some more. "...pineapple..." she said, as she shrunk to four inches in height. "...roast turkey," Namine said, before the bottle suddenly collapsed on her. "Goodness!" Namine said, before she put the bottle next to her on the floor. "What did I do?" she asked.

Secretary Bird laughed and said, "You almost went out like a candle!"

"But look!" Namine said, as she ran up to Secretary Bird. "I'm just the right size!"

"Oh, no use," Secretary Bird said as he laughed again. "I forgot to tell you, ho-ho-ho-ho! I'm locked!"

"Oh, no," Namine groaned, as she put her hand on her forehead, looking like she was about to cry.

"Ha-ha-ha, but, of course, uh, you've got the key, so..." Secretary Bird began.

"What key?" Namine asked

"Now, don't tell me you've left it up there," Secretary Bird said, as he glanced up at the table and the key appeared.

"Oh dear!" Namine said. She tried climbing on the glass table's leg, but it was too slippery. She slid down to the floor and then sat down with her legs close to her body and put her hand on her face. "What ever will I do?" she said.

Secretary Bird said to Namine, "Try the box, naturally."

"Oh," Namine said, as a small box appeared in front of her. She opened it up and inside of the box were a bunch of cookies with words on them. "Eat me," Namine read. She picked up a pink cookie with EAT ME written in blue frosting. "Alright. But goodness know what this will do," Namine said, as she took a bite. She suddenly started to have a series of rapid growth spurts. "Wow, wow, wow, wow!" Namine yelled, as she grew bigger. Secretary Bird's mouth was covered by Namine's giant foot. "Oh!" she said, as she bumped her head on the ceiling.

She was about 70 ft. tall and barely fit in the room.

"Whtwhsthswwdthdwd!" Secretary Bird mumbled behind Namine's sandal.

"What did you say?" The giant Namine asked, moving her foot aside.

"I said, 'A little of that went a long way!'" Secretary Bird said and he began laughing.

Namine sniffled, looking close to tears again.

"Well, I don't think it's so funny," Namine said.

Then Namine teared up and started crying. "Now-Now, I shall never get home!" she sobbed.

A giant tear fell onto the ground in front of Secretary Bird.

"Oh, come, come now," Secretary Bird said. "Crying won't help."

"I know, but..." Namine sobbed. "I-I-I just can't stop!"

She began crying like crazy and the massive tears began to flood the room.

"Hey! Hey, you! Bwbwlwbbwlwbl!" Secretary Bird said, as he swallowed some water. "Say, this won't do at all! You, you up there, stop! Stop, I say!" Namine didn't listen, as she continued to cry her eyes out. Secretary Bird noticed the bottle floating in the water. "Oh, look! The bottle! THE BOTTLE!" he shouted.

Namine picked up the tiny bottle and drank the last of it. She shrunk to 2 inches and fell into the bottle.

"Oh dear," Namine said, "I do wish I hadn't cried so much."

"Glpglpglp," Secretary Bird said, as he swallowed the water, and Namine and the bottle floated into the keyhole.