“Please, stop crying.” Alice felt a small tug on his skirt of his dress. He looked down to see the old brown mouse tugging lightly at the garment.
“Stop, please,” He said, “You’ll make a mess of yourself, have you no manners?”
“I’m sorry,” said Alice, sniffling. “I really am, but I’m really not a girl. I’m a boy.”
“Stupid girl,” said the mouse. “You disrupt my story with your preposterous claims. Liars go to hell you know.”
“I’m sorry…” whimpered Alice.
“You should be!” the mouse said scowling. “The least you can do is sit down and enjoy my story, it’ll dry us off! Come, we’ve saved a place for you.”
“How will a story dry us off?” Alice asked as a large grey mouse led him into the circle, his question going unheeded. Alice sat down, plopping into place with the rest of the group. The old sturdy mouse crawled onto a stump in the center of the circle of animals.
“What story are you going to tell us today?” The dodo asked excitedly. The animals began to cheer, causing quite a commotion. A voice in the crowd spoke especially loud, asking why mice hated cats so.
“SHH,” the hushed the crowd, causing it to go silent. “Today I am going to tell you my very long tail.”
“What is your very long tale about?” asked Alice.
“My very long tail of how I came to hate cats. Now listen to me closely, for my tail is long and sad.”
The rowdy crowd went silent and listened to the mouse’s tail.
"Fury said to
a mouse,
That he met
in the house,
'Let us both go
to law: I will
prosecute you.
— Come, I'll take
no denial; We
must have a
trial: For
really this
morning I've
nothing to do.
' Said the
mouse to
the cur,
'Such a trial,
dear sir, With no
jury or judge,
would be wasting
our breath.'
'I'll be judge,
I'll be jury,
' Said cunning
old Fury;
'I'll try the
whole cause,
and condemn
you to
death.' "
The mouse finished his story and the crowd remained silent.
“That was a very long tale,” said Alice, “But I’m afraid I don’t understand why you call it sad.”
“A tail, not tale!” exclaimed the mouse.
“Oh, why I’m sorry,” said Alice “but those words can be confusing if you don’t clarify your use of words.”
“I shall not need to clarify them!” said the mouse angrily. “You think too much, and if you think too much you will just end up stupid and confused!”
“Well, I am confused,” said Alice, “This entire place is confusing.”
YOU ARE READING
Boy in Wonderland
FantasyAlice is a young trans boy who falls into wonderland and must find his way out. Through out his journey in wonderland he meets a colorful array of characters who make him begin to question who he really is.
