Now down below the rabbit hole and beyond the darkness, to everyone, lies a dreamy land. A dream come true to be there. Without thinking anything, alex jumps into the rabbit hole. On reaching the wonderland, there was a very small cake for him. I mean really tiny. And that really tiny cake, was supposed to make him really huge. Hah!!! there goes the first catch. Now wonderland, is thought to be very wonderful and its so huge that sun never sets in wonderland.
The first thing which happens to alex, that he meets caterpillar. The Caterpillar is sitting on a mushroom while smoking a hookah, when alex first meets him. Not only the guru like caterpillar teaches him to eat mushrooms, but also how to garden and grow them. They become dear friends, but caterpillar mostly keeps to himself. But what attracted alex more often was the Cheshire Cat. The Cheshire Cat is the cat of the Duchess. alex meets it when he leaves the Duchess house, and finds it in a tree. It constantly grins and can disappear and reappear whenever it likes. Sometimes it
disappears and leaves its grin behind. Its grin sometimes is really stupid and irritating. It tries to teach alex about all the important things in wonderland, but seldom remembers them for himself. As like any cat, it only cares for those who offer him a sauce pan of milk. As it is said of cats, they seldom remain loyal.
For first few days, alex had a wonderful time in wonderland. But slowly, the queen of hearts cut down the cake supplies. And even the mad hatter parties were off too. It was just making merry and merry. There was nothing else to do. In addition to that, there was jabberwocky. Jabberwocky is an invisible, scary being. Seldom comes in limelight, but when it does it spares no one. alex always tried not to disturb this creature. But one day things led to a scary situation and jabberwocky was really after him. But he managed to save himself some how. Madhatter is a pretty comfortable character and is like a guradian to alex. But if front of queen of hearts, everyone is just as stupid as a stone. But his tea parties always comforted alex.
After many days when alex got bored with all the merry making that wonderland had to offer him, he decided to meet queen of hearts. The queen of Hearts rules over Wonderland and is a tyrant - violent, authoritative and dominant. SHe likes to play croquet with live flamingoes and hedgehogs as mallets and balls (but only when she wins, and by hid own rules) and constantly orders the beheading of people when something isn't to her liking. SHe also has her own ideas about how trials should be conducted, and is feared by all other Wonderland inhabitants because of her lack of patience and explosive character. Many has fallen prey to her. So, as i was saying...queen of hearts never saw him and alex returned dissapointed.
This is how, each day and night went by without any event. alex neither grew tall nor fattened up. Infact he grew thinner. With this came a turnin gpoint in wonderland. alex attends a trial whereby the Knave of hearts is accused of stealing the Queen's tarts. The jury is composed of various animals, including Bill the Lizard, the White Rabbit is the court's trumpeter, and the judge is the King of Hearts.
The White Rabbit announces the charges as:
The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,
All on a summer day:
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,
and took them quite away!
The Knave rarely speaks during the trial. The Mad Hatter is called to give evidence but spends his entire time being nervous in front of the King and Queen of Hearts, and the Duchess's cook is summoned to tell the court what tarts are made of. By this time caterpillar left the court in disgust and Knave was suppose serve a sentence of ten years of rigourous merry making in woderland. Without any break. Chesire cat is nowhere to be seen and not its big grin is visible. He did not knew knave or caterpilaar at all. Interestingly alex was made a witness for something he had no idea. But he was gain not heard by anyone.
So, after the trial, nobody knew what happened to knave. alex is still sometimes seen in wonderland wandering about in his own thoughts and completely bored with all the merry making. But you will certainly see the white rabbit in your garden. And you might follow him to the wonderland. What a wonderful situation that would be, is, was!!!
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