Alice in Wonderland
ever.
ALICE The Hatter said you could tell
me how to get home.
THE CATERPILLAR
Quite simple. Do what you came
here to do.
ALICE Just because I’ve been here before
does not mean I can suddenly start
slaying things. I couldn’t kill a
Jabberwocky if my life depended on
it.
THE CATERPILLAR
It will. So I suggest you have
the Vorpal Sword on hand when the
Frabjous Day arrives.
He blows more smoke and obliterates himself from view. She
looks around, marveling.
ALICE Wonderland.
She hears CLASHING SWORDS through the mist. She runs through
the mushroom forest. But she can’t find her way out. She turns
in circles, lost, until she sees something through the mist
ahead, a grin, a disembodied cat’s grin. She runs toward it.
EXT. THE EDGE OF THE MUSHROOM FOREST – CaNT.
Alice eme to see the Hatter singlehandedly fighting three Red
Knights. Stayn watches as they overpower him and tie his
hands.
KNAVE OF HEARTS Take him to Salazen Grum.
Alice watches helplessly as the Knights gallop off, forcing
the Hatter to run beside them. When he stumbles, they drag him
by his hands. Alice sees his top hat lying on the dirt, but
she’s too small to pick it up. She hears a footfall behind
her. It’s the Bloodhound. She turns on him angrily.
ALICE This is your doing? He trusted you!
THE BLOODHOUND
They have my wife and pups.
This information barely lessens her anger.
ALICE Sit!
He cocks his head and looks down at her curiously.
THE BLOODHOUND
What did you say?
ALICE Sit!
He sits, amused if nothing else. Then something occurs to him.
THE BLOODHOUND
Would your name be “Alice” by
any chance?
ALICE flown!
He lies down, willingly now.
THE BLOODHOUND
I thought you would be taller.
She climbs up his long ear and sits on his shoulders.
ALICE What’s your name?
THE BLOODHOUND
Bayard.
ALICE You’re taking me to Salazen
Grum, Bayard. And don’t forget
the Hat.
The Bloodhound picks up the top hat in his teeth and runs. His
long ears and hanging jowls blow back in the wind. Alice holds
onto the spike collar to keep her seat.
EXT. GUNMER SLOUGH – DAY
They make their way toward Gummer Slough where the Bloodhound
sinks to his chest in viscous red mud. He holds his head high
with the Hat in his mouth as he forges through. Reaching the
other side, he pulls himself up onto dry land. He drops the
Hat, panting heavily. Mud drips for his drooping shoulders.
ALICE You should rest for a bit.
She slides off. He lays down, reciting quietly.
THE BLOODHOUND
Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws
that catch…
ALICE You know the Oraculum?
BLOODHOUND I was raised in the Outlands.
We all know the Oraculum. We’ve
been waiting for your return. But
this is not foretold. You should
go to the White Queen and prepare
to meet the Jabberwocky.
Alice finally lets loose with her pent-up frustration which
has been building before and after “the fall.”
ALICE I have had enough of being told
what I must do and who I must
be! I!m going in Salazen Grum
and I’m going to rescue the
Hatter. Are you taking me or
do I have to walk?
So fierce is her determination, he givesup the protest. She
climbs on his back. He picks up the Hat and they press on.
EXT. CRIMS – DAY
Alice and the Bloodhound race across the red desert of Crims
