ALL BUT TWEEDLEDUM
Just Tweedledum.
TWEEDLEDUM
Not so!
The White Rabbit glances skyward nervously.
WHITE RABBIT
I really must be off now. There
are things I’m late for doing.
ALICE
Wait, I need you to show me
the way out!
He runs off with another nervous glance over his shoulder.
Alice laughs, catching herself.
ALICE (cont.)
No, I don’t. This is a dream.
All I have to do is wake up.
TWEEDLEDEE
(to the Dodo)
Tell the part about the Jabberwocky.
TWEEDLEDUM
That being on the Frabjous Day.
The Dodo turns the scroll further. The Oraculum SPEAKS
in a voice that resonates with wisdom and age. The Voice of
Destiny.
THE ORACULUM
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gypre and gimble in the waba..
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
ALICE
What language is that?
THE DODO
Outlandish. It’s an old tongue
they speak in the Outlands.
The Tweedles yawn from boredom.
TWEEDLEDEE
Hurry on to the bloody bit.
The Dodo skips ahead in the scroll.
0 PA C U L UM
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws
that catch!
Beware the Jubjub Bird and shun
the frumious Bandersnatch!
The Tweedles yawn again.
TWEEDLEDEE
Something’s going to have to get
slayed veeery soon.
DODO
Let Alice see herself.
He pulls her closer so she can see.
CLOSE ON THE OPACULUM
The picture is three dimensional and moves to illustrate the
story. The girl in the story is dressed in full Arthurian
battle regalia with chain mail, a helmet and long blonde hair
that trails down her back. She has her back to the readers.
THE ORACULUM
She took her vorpal sword in hand…
TWEEDLEDUM
The Vorpal sword being the only
thing can kill the Jabberwocky.
TWEEDLEDEE
No other swords. Nohow.
TWEEDLEDEE
If it ain’t Vorpal, he ain’t dead.
THE ORACULUM
Long time the manxome foe she sought
So rested she by the Tumtum tree
TWEEDLEDUM
No resting! No Tumtum tree!
TWEEDLEDEE
Get on to the fighting.
THE ORACULUM
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
CLOSE ON THE ORACULUM
The Jabberwocky is as large as a dinosaur with Pterydactyl
wings, reptilian scales, long sharp claws, a pronged tail,
cold deadly eyes and a vest.
THE DODO
Note the Jabberwocky is wearing a
vest. The vest indicates good taste
which means a high intelligence
which makes him much harder to kill.
OPACtJLtJT”l
One two! One two! And through
and through…
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
THE DODO
That’s you there.
CLOSE ON ORACULUM
The girl fights the Jabberwocky with grace and skill. She
swings the sword, revealing her face to the readers. The girl
unmistakably Alice. She wears a fierce expression. There’s
bloodlust in her eye.
THE GARDEN
Alice backs away…frightened by what she saw in herself.
ALICE
You have the wrong Alice.
TWEEDLEDEE
I said so.
TWEEDLEDEE
No. I said so.
TWEEDLEDtJM
Contrariwise, you said she might be.
TWEEDLEDEE
No. You said she would be if
she was.
TWEEDLEDUM
No. I said she isn’t. Nohow.
ALICE
Well, it’s been nice meeting all
of you. But it’s time for me to
wake up. Good-bye.
She closes her eyes and pinches herself hard. She opens them
again. The animals are still there.
ALICE (cont.)
Still dreaming.
She pinches herself again. The animals just look at her.
ALICE (cont.)
That’s odd. I can’t wake up
no matter how hard I pinch
myself.
The Dormouse pulls a long sharp hat pin/sword from her
scabbord.
THE DORMOUSE
I could stick you if it would help.
ALICE
It might actually. Thank you.
THE DORMOUSE
My pleasure.
Mab stabs her in the ankle with relish.
ALICE
Ow! Stick not stab!
(looking around)
And I’m still dreaming.
Without warning, a huge BEARLIKE CREATURE smashes through the
garden walls.
TWEEDLEDEE
Bandersnatch!
They scatter. The BANDERSNATCH is an enormous creature with
the body of a bear and the head of a rabid bulldog. Drool
oozes from his squashed muzzle. His fur is caked with blood
and filth. His teeth are sharklike and broken, stained with
blood. A foul stench emanates from him.
As the animals flee from the Bandersnatch, they’re intercepted
by RED KNIGHTS wearing the RED QUEEN’S CREST: a heart in
flames. The Knights are led by the ILOSOVIC STAYN, the grim
KNAVE OF HEARTS. Stayn has a flaming red birth mark which
covers half of his face, his neck and his enormous hands. He
rides a huge RED PANTHER with yellow eyes and fur the color of
blood. The Knights ensnare the fleeing animals and toss them
into caged wagons.
