Alice in Wonderland
The Bloodhound looks through and sees…
ON THE GROUP – HIS POV …his wife and pups running with the others.
BLOODHOUND (overwhelmed)
Bielle.
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EXT. WHITE QUEEN’S CASTLE – LATER
The group enters the castle. Alice and Bayard can’t hold
themselves back. They run.
ALICE Tarrant!
Alice throws herself into Tarrant’s arms. She clings to him
with profound relief and happiness. The Dormouse looks on with
jealous eyes. Bayand, his wife and theirpups leap, jump,
whine and nuzzle each another with pure joy. The Bloodhound
stops to look at the Hatter.
BLOODHOUND Forgive me.
MAD HATTER Nothing to forgive.
A disembodied cat’s head appears.
ALICE Is that Chessur?
He materializes and kisses her hand.
CHESIRE CAT Lovely to see you again.
How’s the arm?
ALICE All healed.
But the White Queen has no one to greet.
WHITE QUEEN I don’t believe anyone is coming.
ALICE I am sorry. But why don’t you
kill the Jabberwocky yourself?
You must have the power.
WHITE QUEEN In the healing arts. It is against
my vows to bring harm to any
living thing.
The Hatter steps forward.
MAD HATTER I will slay the Jabberwocky.
CHESIRE CAT You would hardly last a minute.
You have very poor evaporating
skills. I should be the one.
TWEEDLEDUN No. I should.
Dee pushes Dum behind him.
TWEEDLEDEE No, I!
Dum pushes Dee behind him.
TWEEDLEDUM Contrariwise!
TWEEDLEDEE Not now! Nohow!
TWEEDLEDUN Leave of f!
TWEEDLEDEE Let go!
Alice is warmed by her friends’ willingness to take her place.
The White Rabbit holds up the Oraculum and the illustration of
Alice slaying the Jabberwocky. Everyone goes quiet. Finally,
the Tweedles speak.
TWEEDLEDUN No other slayer, nohow.
TWEEDLEDEE If it ain’t Alice, he ain’t dead.
All eyes turn to Alice. The feeling is not unlike that
uncomfortable moment under the gazebo. Overwhelmed, she runs…
EXT. A TOPIARY GARDEN – LATER
…and runs until she falls onto a garden bench and weeps.
THE CATERPILLAR
Stupid girl. Nothing was ever
accomplished with tears.
ALICE Absolem?
THE CATERPILLAR
On the leaf.
She sees him on a leaf hanging upside down, spinning a
chrysalis. He’s small to her now that she’s her own size.
ALICE Why are you upside down?
THE CATERPILLAR
I’ve come to the end of this
life.
ALICE You’re going to die?
THE CATERPILLAR
Transform. The Frabjous Day
is upon us. And brillig is
approaching.
ALICE What does “brilJig” mean?
THE CATERPILLAR
Evening, when it’s time to
begin broiling things for dinner.
The chrysalis begins to cover his body.
ALICE Please don’t leave. I don’t know
how to get home.
THE CATERPILLAR
What does it matter if you
don’t know who you are?
AL I CE But I do know who I am! I’m
Alice Kingsley, daughter of
Charles Kingsley, the visionary
and entrepreneur.
THE CATERPILLAR
Exactly. Remember, the Vorpal Sword
knows what it wants. All you
have to do is take it there.
Farewell, Alice. Perhaps I will
see you in another life.
