It was early morning. A light rain drummed on the window and the sun let out a pale glow from between the gray clouds. Alice sat on her bed, jabbing at a bowl of gelatin. She sighed, thinking of the words of the caterpillar. He had told her to make the right choice: how would she know what was the right choice? She had wanted to stay in Wonderland very much but on the other hand she wanted very much to grow up, leave the asylum, maybe have a family.
Later that day, Alice went to her session with Dr. Wilson. She never liked the smell in his office. It smelled like a musty mix of old leather and cigars. She picked a book up off the desk and flipped through pictures of the human anatomy. After a while Dr. Wilson arrived. He startled Alice and she slammed the book closed when she saw him. The doctor looked at the book in Alice's hands.
"Would you like to be a doctor too?" he asked. Alice gave him an irritable look. She hated to be treated like such an ignorant child.
The doctor drew in a deep breath and sat down.
"Alice, do you remember anything that happened yesterday?'
Alice cocked her head to the side. "I remember.....going into a lab....I remember I was scared but I don't know why. The voices seemed far away but the ticking was so very loud. That's all I remember." Alice said, ashamed for not remembering what happened.
"It's okay if you don't remember" said the doctor, sensing Alice's discomfort. "Did anything happen after you left the lab?"
"That I remember" Alice said confidently. The words seemed to spill out of her mouth. "I was alone, outside.....I wanted to find someone so I called out. But the mouse told me I was wrong. Then the Cheshire Cat came and told me that I need to save Wonderland, so did the Caterpillar.."
Dr. Wilson shook his head. Alice still had trouble distinguishing her delusions from reality. Maybe Dr. Rose was right, perhaps Alice needed another shock treatment. He sent Alice back to her room and went to go find Dr. Rose. In a day Alice found herself in a wheelchair, being wheeled back to the lab.
