scene 1 ext woods
swimming in the air, a roaring school of fish chase Alice waving their axes. Alice runs breathing heavily, her body slowing in exhaustion before tripping on a twig.
Scene 2 int Tea party
she lands on a chair where the Mad Hater's face is directly in front of her, his eyes looking slightly up.
MAD HATTER
Be Quit!
Alice
I haven't said anything.
Hatter turns the direction of his head to Alice's eye level.
MAD HATTER
wasn't talking to you.
ALICE
then who were...
MAD HATTER
That thing above your head
ALICE
my bow?
MAD HATTER
no, under it.
ALICE
my hair?
MAD HATTER
Yes, it wont shut up.
Alice stands perfectly still unaware how to respond. Hatter looks back at her hair.
MAD HATTER
No, I'm not your personal messenger. What's that, you promise to shut up if I tell her.
(Sighs)
very well but you better keep your word.
Hatter turns to Alice with a very stuck up face.
MAD HATTER
Your hair demands cutting.
Hatter looks down at his hands clinging a tea cup.
MAD HATTER
Filthy festers slowly inching!
he thrashes the cup shattering on the ground.
MAD HATTER
Clean cup, move down!
Hatter moves away from Alice giving her a chance to look around. She sees their inside a giant upside down tea cup within a scraggly glade in the center is a large t shape table. Alice sits on a seat at one of it's ends.
she watches the Hatter and March Hare dash to seats in the center (March Hare carries a tea pot where the door Mouse snores is heard). There's a tea set that's shaped in the letter T.
Alice follows them .
ALICE
How did I...
MARCH HARE
would you like some wine?
March Hare hides his face gazing at the table.
ALICE
I cant...
March Hare turns to Alice snickering.
MARCH HARE
we don't have any.
Alice looks up.
ALICE
why is there a giant tea cup above us?
Door mouse leaps out of tea pot running frantically destroying everything around them, March Hare and Mad Hatter chase the door mouse using their tea cups like dog nets.
Door mouse
No way out! Trapped! entombed!Snared! Bushwhacked! Besieged!
Hatter grabs a plate crashing it in the door mouse's face. March Hare scoops him up closing a tea pots lid.
MAD HATTER
How dare you ask such an impenitent question.
ALICE
I don't understand.
MARCH HARE
I expect you to know nothing.
ALICE
What's happening?
MAD HATTER
I'll tell you, it all began last March.
Hatter points his hand at the March Hare.
MAD HATTER
before he went mad, you know.
scene 3 Int Queen of hearts throne room
the thrones designed in hearts covering the wall's furniture etc. which blends with the cards, the Queen and king of hearts sits on a towering throne. large gold ladders lead up to it. the queens throne is the tallest. they look down below using microscopes. They communicate using long pieces of string and tin cans that are attached to their ears down below two other cans hang where a jack of hearts and the Hatter timidly approach. jack kneels picking up a can.
JACK
Your majesty I present for your entertainment The Mad Hatter singing...
QUEEN OF HEARTS
Get on with it!
JACK
Yes your Majesty.
Jack sets up the can like a microphone, nods to the Hatter to begin before fleeing.
MAD HATTER
Twinkle, Twinkle,
King OF HEARTS
blast it. I still cant hear...
the queen of hearts growls down at him. He shuts his mouth.
Mad Hatter's unaware as notes of music visually appear out of his mouth stretching out behind him, the doors are opening time struts in the room with a body of a wooden clock. its dials are shaped as a head between a stubby neck the sides connect to stringy metal arms and legs.
MAD HATTER
Little bat!
How I wonder what your at!
the musical notes wrap around time's throat beginning to choke, unaware Hatter continues
MAD HATTER
up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky...
Times choking intensifies. the Queen of Hearts who's been glaring at the king glances sideways noticing what's happening.
QUEEN OF HEARTS
He's Murdering the time!
Hatter gulps in silence
QUEEN OF HEARTS
Off with his...
The musical notes vanish. time after catching his breath runs toward the queen and king kneeling by the throne. speaking through the cans
Time
Your majesty if you please I would like to punish him myself.
The queen sat in brooding silence.
QUEEN OF HEARTS
since it was your life being attemperd with, you may do what you will with him. But make sure my kingdom still stands another fortnight!
TIME
Yes your majesty.
Scene 4 int Tea party
Speaking gravely.
MAD HATTER
So time drag me...
ALICE
How could time do this?
MAD HATTER
if time can keep track of itself surely its capable of anything.
MARCH HARE
they came to my house where we.
nodding to the door mouse.
MARCH HARE
were having a tea party. Time thrust hatter on our table and then...
MAD HATTER
grabbed a tea cup enlarging it around us. That's why its always tea time.
ALICE
That's awful.
MAD HATTER
but it all makes sense.
ALICE
how do you mean?
MAD HATTER
its the t's, the t's had some thing to do with this. time for tea, tea for time, you cant do both at the same time.
everyone laughs except Alice. a sudden pressure on Alice's head pushes her down screaming.
Scene 5 int Alice's throne room
a giant crown towers through the roof and clouds. crushing Alice's head. the crown seems to shrink her body and Alice's face bleeds. the throne room is barely seen as everything falls apart crashing to the ground. a plethora of foggy bodies flee. Alice stretches out her hands in desperation.
ALICE
help!
a vague figure comes closer. a coughing walking fish knells in a grave gravel voice.
fish
your majesty the caucus race has began.
ALICE
get me out of here!
FISH
how heavy the crown that drowns the fish.
waves of the ocean flood Alice as her body shifts to a fish.
Scene 6 int ocean
Suddenly a room of corral holds a pack of sea creatures sitting on there desks. speaking in whisper shouts. Alice sits pouting.
ALICE
I don't want to be at school.
a bell rings as a turtle opens and closes a corral door standing before the class. holding a pearl suitcase and a seashell staff that taps the floor.
TORTOISE
that's enough.
everyone's silence.
TORTOISE
now today's lesson is how to lessen yourself.
Alice who wasn't paying much attention up to this point starts to as the teacher continues.
TORTOISE
to do that you must first understand how a body operates.
opening the suitcase the turtle pulls out a roll sheet of paper unrolling it, it reveals a fishes body split into many screw parts.
TORTOISE
as you can see from this diagram you can unscrew any part of your body, observe.
using its feet the turtle grabs hold of his head and slowly unscrews it as squeaky metal noises are heard the head detaches lifted up in the air for all to see.
TORTOISE
now its your turn...
a school bell rings. the students snatch the teachers head.
Scene 7 ext an open field underwater
They use it as a football as the head screams.
ALICE
stop it, your hurting him!
student
mind your own business.
Alice rushes for the head
Student 2
Get her!
The school of fish chases her.