'''Pat''' is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He appears in the chapter "The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill." He works for the White Rabbit like his friend, Bill the Lizard. Carroll never gave any description of the character other than being a gardener, and the illustrator never illustrated him (although some believe him to be a gopher shown nearby the garden, this is never stated in the story).

When the White Rabbit mistakes Alice for his maid, Mary Ann, she drinks from a bottle that make her grow. The Rabbit thinks she is a monster, so he asks Pat to climb down the chimney to get the monster out of his house. Pat refuses, so the Rabbit decides to send Bill the Lizard to climb down instead. When Bill climbs down the chimney, Alice kicks him, causing him to fly out of the chimney and back into the Rabbit’s garden.

*Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
*Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (1886)

*Pat's appearance has been of much debate as Carroll never gives any description of the character, so it is unknown whether he is supposed to be an animal, human, or bird. However, there are several theories as to what species he is.

*Pat is strongly hinted to be Irish, judging by the way he speaks. He says several phrases that could be considered Irish, such as, "Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour", "Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!' (He pronounces it arrum.)". Carroll continues to hint at his Irish roots by claiming he is "digging for apples". In Victorian times Irish apples was a slang word for potatoes. Pat is also commonly an Irish name, short for Patrick.

*A second theory, suggested by David Lockwood, is that Pat is the ape that appears in the Caucus Race and the Pool of Tears. This is because Pat is strongly hinted to be Irish, and in Victorian satirical cartoons Irishmen were almost always depicted as having the appearance of apes. Furthermore, in several Punch cartoons of Arabian workers, they were not only depicted as having an ape-like appearance but were frequently given the name Pat or Paddy. However the ape is not mentioned in the text and only appears in Tenniel's illustrations, so it is possible that this is only a product of Tenniel's imagination and not Carroll's.

*In the Marvel Classics Comics adaptation published in 1978, the White Rabbit's comment ("An arm, you goose!") is taken literally and Pat is depicted as a goose.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland) Wikipedia]
*[http://aliceinwonderland.wikia.com/wiki/Pat Alice in Wonderland Wiki]
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