Alice in Wonderland
This
Alice in Wonderland version follows
the same format as the other Disney version. It begins with an explanation of
where Wonderland is. “It is a place in your dreams,” it says, “the strange and wondrous
place where nothing is as it seems.” (Pg 3, 1951)
At first, Alice
sees the white rabbit running across a meadow with a pocket watch. Alice’s
curiosity gets the better of her and she decides to follow him, straight into a
hollow tree. But as soon as she stepped in, she slipped and fell down a hole
that seemed to fall for ages. She calmly floated down the hole, whilst looking
around her at the pictures and shelves that covered the walls.
She finally reached the bottom of
the hole and noticed that the rabbit was disappearing through a door. But Alice
was too big to fit through it! So she was left by herself. Along her journey,
she met many creatures of Wonderland, but she couldn’t find the white rabbit!
After walking a long while in the
forest, Alice came across a little
pink and white house. To her surprise, the rabbit ran from out of its front
door! The rabbit mistakenly identifies Alice
as Mary Ann, his cleaner and orders her to go into his house and finds his
gloves. But by the time she gets back, he is already rushing off through the
forest.
Alice
again tried to follow the white rabbit, running into people such as Tweedledee
and Tweedledum, as well as the March Hare and the Mad Hatter, along with the
Cheshire Cat and the Jabberwok.
After meeting the Cheshire Cat, he
showed her a short cut, which led to the kingdom
of Hearts garden. Almost as soon as
Alice arrived, a procession began
and the queen came forth. And the leader of the procession was none other than
the white rabbit!!
When the queen saw Alice,
she asked her if she played croquet. Alice
declined, resulting in the queen ordering Alice’s
beheading. Getting tired of Wonderland, Alice
stated “Pooh! ... I’m not frightened of you. You’re nothing but a pack of
cards.” (Pg 23, 1951)
Alice
then woke up; realizing that she’d had enough of Wonderland and its silly ways.
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