Alice (Romping) In Wonderland

Wonderland

Chapter 2

Wonderland

Wonderland. To say Alice had never seen such a truly fascinating place was really saying a lot. She went along a reddish dirt path heading into the woods and was truly captivated by her new and wondrous surroundings.

Everything just seemed to be vibrant and alive like all out a cartoon from the likes of the colours on the trees, grass, flowers and even the sunny blue sky, which had a tiny hint of purple in it, seemed clearer and more open in a way. Though considering the dull, lifeless, and mostly cloudy surroundings of Edinburgh of where she came from before, it wasn't much to top that.

Either way, Alice felt something inside of her saying that this place was for her and even then wonder if she would ever want to even return where she last came from.

She was amazed at seeing the large mushrooms that towered over her, seeing different colours of leaves such as blue and purple and wonder what strange creatures she might encounter next, after all if that strange white rabbit was anything to go by then who knows what lay in store for her. At that moment of thinking about the rabbit, she stopped in her tracks when she remembered as the whole reason she had ended up down here was to look for that rabbit and now with her in the middle of this forest with no sign of the white rabbit and most to her own annoyance no idea where to go next.

"Bother, now what do I do now?" Alice pouted placing her hands on her hips and trying to rationalise what to do next. All she could do however was look up at either the tall mushrooms and strange coloured trees and pondered if she should carry on looking or go somewhere different; who knew what this strange by fascinating world had in store for her.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard voices coming from her left and curious about who and where they were coming from, she went off the path towards a clearing through the bushes; maybe there was that white rabbit?

Alice soon found out that she was on a beach and the ocean was not blue, but purple. The beach wasn't sandy yellow, but sandy orange and the voices were coming from a party of animals all soaking wet, presumably having swam in the purple ocean.

They were indeed a strange looking party that assembled on the beach; the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all them dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable. Alice had no idea just what they just done or what she had gotten herself into but she was curious to witness this meeting. She thought she could take a moment from chasing the white rabbit or maybe they knew where he might've gone.

The question of the meeting was of course of how to get dry again: the animals had a consultation about this, and after a few minutes of debating it had all seemed quite natural to Alice as if there was nothing strange about it other than the fact they were large talking animals about her size. Indeed, she was especially taken by a large well dressed Dodo that was having quite a long argument with a Loriini, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, "I am older than you, and must know better"; and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Loriini positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.

Then the Dodo, who seemed to be a person of authority among them from what Alice could see was the leader, called out, "Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!"

They all sat down at once, in a large ring, with Alice now approaching the group to introduce herself. She was about to clear her throat to get their attention when the Dodo started to speak.

"Now then, are you all ready? This is the driest thing I know. Silence all round if you please! 'William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria—'"