Alice insults the Caterpillar by claiming that three inches is a 'wretched' height to be, and then it turns out that the Caterpillar is three inches tall:
`Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind,' said Alice: `three inches is such a wretched height to be.'
`It is a very good height indeed!' said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).
`But I'm not used to it!' pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought of herself, `I wish the creatures wouldn't be so easily offended!'
She doesn't insult the Pigeon particularly, but she does frighten it. After trying the mushroom, her neck grows very long and projects her head above the tree tops. This startles a pigeon, who thinks she is a serpent, trying to steal its eggs:
`Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon.
`I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly. `Let me alone!'
`Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, `I've tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!'
Alice tells the Pigeon that she is a little girl, but is forced to admit that she also eats eggs, which causes the Pigeon to concluded that a little girl is a type of serpent:
`I--I'm a little girl,' said Alice, rather doubtfully, as she remembered the number of changes she had gone through that day.
`A likely story indeed!' said the Pigeon in a tone of the deepest contempt. `I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that! No, no! You're a serpent; and there's no use denying it. I suppose you'll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!'
`I HAVE tasted eggs, certainly,' said Alice, who was a very truthful child; `but little girls eat eggs quite as much as serpents do, you know.'
`I don't believe it,' said the Pigeon; `but if they do, why then they're a kind of serpent, that's all I can say.'
Alice assures the Pigeon that she doesn't want its eggs, but the Pigeon still isn't happy about her being there: `You're looking for eggs, I know THAT well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?'
`It matters a good deal to ME,' said Alice hastily; `but I'm not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn't want YOURS: I don't like them raw.'
`Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest. So, the Pigeon isn't really insulted, it's just being protective.
The Pigeon in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" called Alice a serpent.
"Whom are you?" the caterpillar asks Alice.
The Caterpillar smokes a hookah pipe in Alice in Wonderland.
Caterpillar - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - was created in 1865.
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In the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, the smoking caterpillar does not have a name. He's just called "the caterpillar". In the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, the smoking caterpillar is called Absolem.
In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," the conversation between Alice and the Caterpillar revolves around identity and change. The Caterpillar, sitting on a mushroom and smoking a hookah, questions Alice about who she is, prompting her to reflect on her own identity as she struggles to articulate it. The Caterpillar's cryptic advice about the mushroom, which can make Alice grow taller or shorter, symbolizes the theme of transformation throughout the story. This interaction highlights the absurdity of Wonderland and Alice's journey of self-discovery.
You can find images of the Alice in Wonderland caterpillar by doing a quick search on popular image websites like Google Images, Shutterstock, or Adobe Stock. Alternatively, you can search for illustrations of the caterpillar in the original book or in adaptations of the story.
Telemar or Telemark does not refer to the smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Telemark is a county in Norway, while Telemar can refer to a Brazilian telecommunications company. The smoking caterpillar character from Alice in Wonderland is simply known as the Caterpillar.
Absalom the caterpillar from "Alice in Wonderland" is typically depicted as a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar with a very calm and laid-back personality. In the original book by Lewis Carroll, Absalom is not explicitly identified by a specific species of caterpillar.
The hookah smoking caterpillar was described as being three inches tall, according to Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
There is a picture entitled Alice in Absinthe by Jasmine Becket-Griffith, which features Alice, the Caterpillar and a bunch of gears. Follow the related link below.There is also a picture by Sandra Chang-Adair called Steam Punk Alice in Wonderland which depicts Alice with a mechanised Caterpillar. See related link.