Chapter 21 - A Surprise party!!
It had been 1 full week since the fountain and cathedral of the Religion of Wonderland had been destroyed. Alice had fully recovered and was once again 3 inches high skipping merrily down the garden path of the fungiferous forest. This was a completely wretched height as she had pointed out to herself many times but this offended many creatures of wonderland. Especially in the garden as they were not much bigger that the size she was now and they were quite happy to live out their lives being this size.
Alice came across the signpost who stood firmly as always rooted in to the ground his arms draped by his side, his woody eyes and mouth apparently smiling. Alice was never one for guessing the state of mind of wooden people though.
She approached him and curtseyed. "Good morning." She said.
"Oh! There you are young miss!" he replied. She judged by his tone that he was in a good mood. "And how are we today? I heard you got quite battered about recently"
"I'm a lot better now, thank you." Replied Alice. Even though a signpost went nowhere, he sure heard a lot of things. "Is the caterpillar still in this direction?"
"No!" he replied sternly "The paths are always changing silly! He's down that path now!" and pointed his arm in the totally different direction they were last time. "Why?"
"I've been told to meet him again, but he didn't say why and the Cat was even more stubborn than usual about it!" She shrugged her shoulders and walked down the path.
"Oh well." Shouted the signpost in the distance. "Have fun!"
Alice realised he knew what was going on too.
"Why would I have fun?" she asked.
He quickly began to whistle as if acting all innocent. She guessed he would tell her no more and proceeded down the path. The path was a great deal shorter and when she got to the tree and stepped through the portal in the trunk she was greeted with sounds of great merriment as several insects were dancing about in happiness to music which was supplied by some fiddler grasshoppers. The Cheshire cat was stood nearby, his smile was larger than normal that it covered his entire face; he gestured into the mushroom grove towards a table which was beautifully decorated with flowers and paper crowns and was covered in all manner of cakes, foods and more importantly in the centre, a large pot of tea!
Alice almost jumped with excitement. She rubbed her fingers behind the cats left ear and he purred automatically as he led her down into the grove where she took her place at the table and placed a paper crown over the Cats head which fell down onto his nose and balanced onto his whiskers making her laugh.
The caterpillar was sitting in his usual leaf but he looked rather ridiculous as he had a pretend handlebar moustache and was also wearing a paper crown. The elder and the Griffon were there too wearing crowns and the griffon had coloured several of his feathers gold and silver in honour of the special occasion. Several chess pieces were in attendance and the White King and Queen had arrived wearing their very best robes and several soldiers from the battle were wearing their dress uniforms of purple and gold. Alice clapped her hands in excitement.
"Oh I do love a surprise tea party!" she said frantically and reached for the nearest cake.
"One moment Alice please!" interrupted the caterpillar "I would like to propose a toast please!"
All of the guests and animals raised their glasses (except the Cat who was frantically trying to untangle his paper crown from his whiskers!)
"I would like to congratulate Alice on collapsing the evil and oppressive religion and freeing the citizens of wonderland from the shackles of oppression once again."
"To Alice!" The crowd shouted and they all took a drink from their glasses. Alice's face blushed bright red in a combination of embarrassment and pride and raised her shoulders in the adorable way little girls do when people make a large fuss over them.
"Lets just hope she keeps out of trouble, this time!" shouted Cat who glared his pale yellow eyes at her in an amusing way. The crowd roared with laughter and took one more drink from their glasses. (Except for the king who secretly took two drinks!)
"Let the celebration begin!" Yelled the White queen and the grasshoppers began to play a merry jig to which everyone began to dance once more.
Alice joined the dance with the white King who was a little sozzled as he had several glasses of Banderscotch before Alice came up to dance. The circled around the grove in a merry routine similar to a polka in which Alice thoroughly enjoyed and could not stop herself smiling. Nothing could bring her down at this particular moment. But one thing was bothering her, she turned to the King.
"Your majesty. Some thing is bothering me." She said.
The Kings expression suddenly drooped along with everyone else's as the music suddenly stopped.
"What is it my child?" He asked
Alice Giggled and said "Why don't those miserable rooks of your ever smile!"
The crowd around them all laughed and even the grasshoppers began to chuckle in hysterics. The king patted Alice on the back.
"Don't worry Alice! After several bottles of Banderscotch, they'll be smiling more than you feline friend over there!" and every one began to roared with laughter. Even the Cat who had now managed to untangle the hat from his whiskers and was now resting it on a slant over his left ear. The caterpillar was laughing too for the first time Alice had ever noticed and the music carried on as well as the dancing.
Soon after everyone was helping themselves to various drinks and delectable foods as they were all sat round the diner table, laughing amongst themselves and telling jokes. The king spoke out above the merriment. "I have one for you!" he said.
The crown hushed in to expectancy and listen to him intently.
"Why did the seagull cross the road? I tell you."
There were various murmurs around the table as the guests were trying to guess the answer. But no-one seemed to know the answer to this joke and all stared back at him intently.
"To catch a bus!" he yelled.
For a moment the guests seemed totally bewildered, looking at each other in total disbelief. Then a roar of laughter swept across the dinner table as everyone began to laugh in amusement, all except for Alice who didn't see what was funny.
Wonderland humour was always a harder thing to grasp than any danger she had overcome. She laughed along with the crowds who laughed even harder when the king toppled from his chair in a silly drunken stupor.
Alice simply smiled, shook her head and poured herself another, well deserved cup of tea and reached for another cake!
The End!.
It had been 1 full week since the fountain and cathedral of the Religion of Wonderland had been destroyed. Alice had fully recovered and was once again 3 inches high skipping merrily down the garden path of the fungiferous forest. This was a completely wretched height as she had pointed out to herself many times but this offended many creatures of wonderland. Especially in the garden as they were not much bigger that the size she was now and they were quite happy to live out their lives being this size.
Alice came across the signpost who stood firmly as always rooted in to the ground his arms draped by his side, his woody eyes and mouth apparently smiling. Alice was never one for guessing the state of mind of wooden people though.
She approached him and curtseyed. "Good morning." She said.
"Oh! There you are young miss!" he replied. She judged by his tone that he was in a good mood. "And how are we today? I heard you got quite battered about recently"
"I'm a lot better now, thank you." Replied Alice. Even though a signpost went nowhere, he sure heard a lot of things. "Is the caterpillar still in this direction?"
"No!" he replied sternly "The paths are always changing silly! He's down that path now!" and pointed his arm in the totally different direction they were last time. "Why?"
"I've been told to meet him again, but he didn't say why and the Cat was even more stubborn than usual about it!" She shrugged her shoulders and walked down the path.
"Oh well." Shouted the signpost in the distance. "Have fun!"
Alice realised he knew what was going on too.
"Why would I have fun?" she asked.
He quickly began to whistle as if acting all innocent. She guessed he would tell her no more and proceeded down the path. The path was a great deal shorter and when she got to the tree and stepped through the portal in the trunk she was greeted with sounds of great merriment as several insects were dancing about in happiness to music which was supplied by some fiddler grasshoppers. The Cheshire cat was stood nearby, his smile was larger than normal that it covered his entire face; he gestured into the mushroom grove towards a table which was beautifully decorated with flowers and paper crowns and was covered in all manner of cakes, foods and more importantly in the centre, a large pot of tea!
Alice almost jumped with excitement. She rubbed her fingers behind the cats left ear and he purred automatically as he led her down into the grove where she took her place at the table and placed a paper crown over the Cats head which fell down onto his nose and balanced onto his whiskers making her laugh.
The caterpillar was sitting in his usual leaf but he looked rather ridiculous as he had a pretend handlebar moustache and was also wearing a paper crown. The elder and the Griffon were there too wearing crowns and the griffon had coloured several of his feathers gold and silver in honour of the special occasion. Several chess pieces were in attendance and the White King and Queen had arrived wearing their very best robes and several soldiers from the battle were wearing their dress uniforms of purple and gold. Alice clapped her hands in excitement.
"Oh I do love a surprise tea party!" she said frantically and reached for the nearest cake.
"One moment Alice please!" interrupted the caterpillar "I would like to propose a toast please!"
All of the guests and animals raised their glasses (except the Cat who was frantically trying to untangle his paper crown from his whiskers!)
"I would like to congratulate Alice on collapsing the evil and oppressive religion and freeing the citizens of wonderland from the shackles of oppression once again."
"To Alice!" The crowd shouted and they all took a drink from their glasses. Alice's face blushed bright red in a combination of embarrassment and pride and raised her shoulders in the adorable way little girls do when people make a large fuss over them.
"Lets just hope she keeps out of trouble, this time!" shouted Cat who glared his pale yellow eyes at her in an amusing way. The crowd roared with laughter and took one more drink from their glasses. (Except for the king who secretly took two drinks!)
"Let the celebration begin!" Yelled the White queen and the grasshoppers began to play a merry jig to which everyone began to dance once more.
Alice joined the dance with the white King who was a little sozzled as he had several glasses of Banderscotch before Alice came up to dance. The circled around the grove in a merry routine similar to a polka in which Alice thoroughly enjoyed and could not stop herself smiling. Nothing could bring her down at this particular moment. But one thing was bothering her, she turned to the King.
"Your majesty. Some thing is bothering me." She said.
The Kings expression suddenly drooped along with everyone else's as the music suddenly stopped.
"What is it my child?" He asked
Alice Giggled and said "Why don't those miserable rooks of your ever smile!"
The crowd around them all laughed and even the grasshoppers began to chuckle in hysterics. The king patted Alice on the back.
"Don't worry Alice! After several bottles of Banderscotch, they'll be smiling more than you feline friend over there!" and every one began to roared with laughter. Even the Cat who had now managed to untangle the hat from his whiskers and was now resting it on a slant over his left ear. The caterpillar was laughing too for the first time Alice had ever noticed and the music carried on as well as the dancing.
Soon after everyone was helping themselves to various drinks and delectable foods as they were all sat round the diner table, laughing amongst themselves and telling jokes. The king spoke out above the merriment. "I have one for you!" he said.
The crown hushed in to expectancy and listen to him intently.
"Why did the seagull cross the road? I tell you."
There were various murmurs around the table as the guests were trying to guess the answer. But no-one seemed to know the answer to this joke and all stared back at him intently.
"To catch a bus!" he yelled.
For a moment the guests seemed totally bewildered, looking at each other in total disbelief. Then a roar of laughter swept across the dinner table as everyone began to laugh in amusement, all except for Alice who didn't see what was funny.
Wonderland humour was always a harder thing to grasp than any danger she had overcome. She laughed along with the crowds who laughed even harder when the king toppled from his chair in a silly drunken stupor.
Alice simply smiled, shook her head and poured herself another, well deserved cup of tea and reached for another cake!
The End!.