Changes: The Lory

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Caucus — The Lory is seen at the left next to Alice.

The Lory is a character appearing in Chapter 2 and 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a reference to Lorina Liddell, Alice's older sister. Lorina also appears, unnamed, as herself at the beginning of the book.

In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to everyone present on the original boating expedition of July 4, 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told, with Alice as herself, and the others represented by birds: the Lory was Lorina Liddell, the Eaglet was Edith Liddell, the Dodo was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and the Duck was Rev. Robinson Duckworth.

According to The Annotated Alice, Carroll had originally had the characters dry off by having the Dodo lead them to a nearby house for towels. As they walked, only Alice, the Lory, and the Eaglet could keep up. This was a reference to a boating outing Carroll had with the three girls and their family. It began to rain and the group left for a nearby house. Carroll and the sisters got there first, as they walked the fastest. Carroll ultimately replaced this scene in the book with the Caucus race, as he felt that it would only have been funny to the people familiar with the incident.

❖ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Characters ❖

Alice ❖ The Mad Hatter ❖ The White Rabbit ❖ The Queen of Hearts ❖ The King of Hearts ❖ The Caterpillar ❖ The March Hare ❖ The Knave of Hearts ❖ The Cheshire Cat ❖ The Dormouse ❖ The Lory ❖ The Eaglet ❖ The Duck ❖ The Dodo ❖ Bill the Lizard ❖ Mary Ann ❖ Dinah ❖ Alice's Sister ❖ The Duchess ❖ The Cook ❖ The Executioner ❖Father William ❖Frog Footman ❖ Fish Footman ❖ The Pig Baby ❖ The Gryphon ❖ The Mock Turtle ❖ Tortoise ❖ The Playing Cards ❖ The Puppy

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 [[File:Caucus.gif|thumb|300px|right|The Lory is seen at the left next to Alice.]]
-The '''Lory''' is a character appearing in Chapter 2 and 3 of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]], a reference to [[Lorina Liddell]], [[Alice]]'s older sister. Lorina also appears, unnamed, as herself at the beginning of the book.
+'''The Lory''' is a character appearing in Chapter 2 and 3 of ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]], a reference to [[Lorina Liddell]], [[Alice]]'s older sister. Lorina also appears, unnamed, as herself at the beginning of the book.
 In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to everyone present on the original boating expedition of July 4, 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told, with Alice as [[Alice Liddell|herself]], and the others represented by birds: the Lory was [[Lorina Liddell]], the [[The Eaglet|Eaglet]] was [[Edith Liddell]], the [[The Dodo|Dodo]] was [[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]], and the [[The Duck|Duck]] was Rev. [[Robinson Duckworth]].