Chapter 4: Sea of Tears
Alice and Alex began to attempt to climb up the oversized leg of the table. But it was to slippery, causing Alice to lose her grip and slip. She smacked into Alex's head which caused HIM to fall and the two landed in a heap. Alice blushed as she was once again sitting on Alex.
"Now whadda we do?" Alex asked to know one in particular.
"Try the box, naturally…" The Doorknob suggested.
Suddenly a small green box appeared before them. Alice got off of Alex and opened the box, only to reveal a small batch of cookies with the words 'eat me' frosted onto them. Alex slowly got up off the floor and brushed himself off.
"Oh! 'Eat me'. All right. But goodness knows what this will do..." Alice shrugged before eating one of the cookies.
She felt a weird feeling in her stomach. And suddenly she began to grow! In about 3 seconds she was a giant! Her head smacked into the ceiling and her arms and legs were cramped inside the room. Alex ran to avoid being crushed by her.
When Alice's growth spurt had stopped Alex climbed up her leg and sat on her knee.
"Wow, people these days DO grow up fast…" Alex commented.
Then they both heard an incoherent mumble. They looked and saw that one of Alice's feet had slammed into the doorknob! Alice quickly moved her foot as the Doorknob gasped for air.
"OH! I'm sorry, what did you say?" Alice asked.
"I said: 'a little of that went a long way'!" the doorknob said before breaking into a laugh.
Alice got a sad look on her face.
"Well I don't think it's so funny!" Alice said as she began to sniffle slightly. "Now…"
Alex cringed, he knew was coming.
"Now... NOW I SHALL NEVER GET HOME!" With that, she began to cry.
Alex shot a glare at the doorknob.
"NOW look whatcha did!" Alex yelled.
Since Alice was a giant, so were her tears. One of her tears hit the floor and created a massive splash, soaking the doorknob
"Oh, come on now. Crying won't help..." The Doorknob said trying to get her to stop.
Alice did her best to reply in between sobs. "I know, but I- I- I just can't help myself!"
She began to cry even harder! Her giant tear drops began to pound against the floor. She began to cry so much that her tears began to fill up the room!
"ALICE! ALICE! IT'S OK!!" Alex called trying to calm her down.
She couldn't hear him between her moans of sadness. The water level began to rise, the Doorknob was doing it's best to keep form being submerged in her tears.
"Hey, this won't do!" The doorknob called before being splashed by a wave of Alice's tears. The Doorknob squirted some of the tears out of his mouth. "This won't do at all!"
Alice continued to sob as Alex attempted to calm her down.
"ALICE! IT'S ALRIGHT!" Alex cried. "IT'LL BE OK!!!!"
Alex looked down with worry; the water level was rising fast! If Alice didn't' stop crying, she'd fill the whole room! Alex looked around frantically, he then noticed the 'drink me' bottle floating in the tears.
"ALICE! ALICE LOOK! THE BOTTLE!!!" Alex shouted.
IN between sobs Alice heard Alex's called and saw the bottle. She picked it up; it was like a toy in her hands. She took a sip of whatever was left and in a split second she shrunk again. She fell thru the air and coincidently fell inside the bottle, while poor Alex landed in the ocean that was her tears.
"ALICE!" Alex cried, desperate to keep himself from sinking. "HELP!"
Alice quickly reached over the top of the bottle and pulled Alex inside with her. Alex coughed up some water.
"Ugh…thanks…" Alex weakly smiled.
"Oh I do wish I hadn't cried so much…" Alice groaned
The bottle bobbed up and down while it floated in the tears. The Doorknob opens it's mouth, and the water level lowered as the water flowed inside the keyhole that was his mouth. The bottle, as well as it's two passengers got swept up in the current and sucked thru the keyhole and into some dark area. Alex got up and peered out of the funnel of the bottle, only to see that they were in the middle of a vast ocean, with no land in sight! Alex turned around, but could no longer see the Door or the Doorknob.
"Alice, I get the feeling this is going to be a loooooooong day!" Alex sighed.
