the maincharacter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a story written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898) about a little girl named Alice who falls down a well into a strange country where very illogical things happen. She has a series of remarkable adventures with several characters, such as the Queen of Hearts. At one point, the Queen says, "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the sameplace. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" —HEV Approved Glossary