The
White Rabbit is a character appearing in
Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Perhaps most famous for being late, his first words are "Oh Dear! Oh Dear! I shall be too late!" (The phrase "I'm late, I'm late, For a very important date" does
not appear anywhere within the book rather being the first two lines of the song
I'm late sung by the White Rabbit in
Disney's adaptation of the story.)
The story begins as Alice, out of curiosity, follows the White Rabbit down his hole.
The
White Rabbit was also the codename of
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, an undercover British agent in Occupied France during
World War II.
White Rabbit is also the title of one of the simpler and more memorable songs by the US rock group called Jefferson Airplane which includes several other references to characters in Lewis Carroll's tale.
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