Friday, February 14, 2020

Extra Credit Reading Notes: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland B

Source: The Queen's Croquet Ground (End) from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

I wasn't going to do the other half of this at all, but I had nothing to do today and thought it would be fun to finish this up! I feel like the notable part of this reading selection is the tea party, but for the purpose of my own sanity and thinking about potential stories that I could do with it, I'm opting to do notes on a different section. I've always really enjoyed the croquet game. It's just the right amount of whimsical silliness and I feel like it's fun while still being able to be kind of understood. I also like the hedgehogs. Poor guys.

Cheshire makes its grand return to have a little chat with Alice about her current situation. Alice makes note that she's not going to begin the conversation until its ears have appeared because it won't hear her anyway. The head of the cat appeared and Alice, feeling grateful to finally have someone to talk to, tells the cat all that's been going on with her.

Alice sort of just complains about the game and the queen, neither of which she likes that much. I mean, who can blame her? There's a lot happening to her at the current moment. She doesn't even feel like it's worth playing because it's so rigged in her favor.

Then the king asks who she's talking to. He says that it's allowed to kiss its hand and the cat is like no thanks. The king is sort of timid and nervous around the cat, again, who can blame him? He wants the cat beheaded, so he gets that done. Not really though? Alice goes back to the game and she's confused and has no idea if it's her turn or not and she does not want to ask. Her flamingo tries to fly away but she catches it.

She goes back to find that there's a problem with the execution. There's always problems. Because the cat didn't have a body, it couldn't be beheaded. This angered the king. The queen wanted the problem dealt with or everyone would be beheaded... no one liked that part. There's a lot of chaos at this moment and they go get the Duchess because of Alice and it ends with the cat fading away again.

Cheshire Cat makes an appearance (Wikimedia Commons)

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