Disclaimer: I do not own Alice in Wonderland.
Pepper Soup
The Duchess' door was a welcome sight to Alice. She had always been fond of her little pigboy, Timmy. He was a strange little thing and just like she thought the first time she met him he was a rather ugly child but a handsome pig. This door was only 10 inches high as the Duchess' house itself was only four feet high. She walked to the table to look for the "drink Me" bottle to get down to the right size for the door but knocked it over breaking it. 'now what am I to do' she thought. Alice found a little bit of liquid in the bottom of the bottle which had been broken in a way to make it a tiny bowl. She placed the last of the drink in her mouth and closed her eyes. 'If this doesn't work I'll just have to go somewhere else.' and with those last thoughts she changed to 11 inches short. She opened the door with her key and entered though it was a rather tight fit.
"Giant!" Timmy squealed as he saw Alice. A frying pan flew from the Cook's hand almost knocking out Timmy's legs.
"Don't you know by now that she can't make up her mind!" The Duchess yelled.
"Here this'll cure whatever ails you." The cook handed Alice a bowl of soup. She never had a taste for it but being polite she always tried it.
"Pepper again." she said "Did you put any broth or vegetables in this time?"
Cook hit her on the head with the wooden soup spoon. "I won't ruin good soup with nonsense like that now eat up."
As Alice sipped the soup which was only heated pepper water and lost her 2 unwanted inches.
"Thank you. It was very.. um.. refreshing." Alice pushed the bowl aside as she couldn't stand tasting it any longer."See nothing better then soup to make my ducky better." The only time Cook was ever nice was when her soup was complimented.
Alice stepped outside to see what Timmy was up to. He was digging up a few mushrooms and licking the dirt off the caps. "Silly little thing are you having fun?" She smiled at him.
He sorted mushrooms into two piles. "Wanna hear a song?" She smiled a yes to him though a bit unsure. At times he would recite wonderful jokes and playful songs but sometimes...
"The green eyed monster comes for you
it comes for you
they come for you.
Beware the sweet and honest heart
for it can turn a deepest dark.
a blackest dark.
the brightest dark.
Enjoy the sweetest nectar flowers
until you finally know to his powers
like all from the past
like all who will come
The bandersnatch is a patient beast
and that's the scariest thing to say the least.
Why so many hunt him down?
Is it the treasure to be found?
Is it the power he can give?
Only true royalty can know the riddle they say
but is it true or will that be their last day?"
He giggled and laughed like it was the greatest joke.
"Nonsense and silliness." He simply stifled his laughter with the collar of his shirt. He pointed to the two mushroom piles.
"One to grow by and one to look up to." He started playing and rolling. Rooting in the dirt and looking, becoming a pig.
'He always has a way with words.' she thought. As she watched him for a while she thought about his song. She wondered what kind of treasure there was and she knew who would know for sure. The more she thought about it, the more she convinced herself to go back. She called upon her key to take her back to the land of the Black King.
