The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll's 1865 book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He appears at the very beginning of
the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and muttering "Oh dear
I shall be too late"In his article "Alice on the Stage", Carroll
wrote, "And the White Rabbit, what of him? Was he framed on the
'Alice' lines, or meant as a contrast? As a contrast, distinctly. For
her 'youth', 'audacity', 'vigour', and 'swift directness of purpose',
read 'elderly', 'timid', 'feeble', and 'nervously shilly-shallying',
and you will get something of what I meant him to be. I think the
White Rabbit should wear spectacles. I'm sure his voice should quaver,
and his knees quiver and his whole air suggest a total inability to
say 'Boo' to a goose I'm late No time to say hello, goodbye I'm late".
His initial panicky behavior is presumably because he is late for the
royal garden party where he is due to act as herald; this would be
quite enough for him to lose his head to the touchy Queen. White Rabbit Top Movies & Young Movies