The Hall of Doors and the Golden Key

Alice finds herself in a long, low hall lit by lamps, with doors all around but all locked. She discovers a tiny golden key on a three-legged glass table, which fits a small door behind a curtain, leading to a passage into a beautiful garden. However, she is too large to fit through the door. She returns to the table and finds a bottle labeled 'DRINK ME,' which she cautiously tastes and finishes, finding it pleasant. She shrinks to ten inches high, but then realizes she has left the golden key on the table and cannot reach it. She cries in frustration, then finds a small cake labeled 'EAT ME' under the table, which she eats, hoping it will change her size.