Mad Chocolate (short tale)

Chapter 2

Hatter stared at the man in front of him. Not-Bob Willy Wonka was a thin, pale looking man. He was wearing a long red coat, a pair of really, really big sunglasses and a hat. Hatter already liked him. He was glad to see a face anyway, any face at all. All of his friends and his family had decided to go on a vacation. He stayed behind so he would not forget to water the-forget-me -nots. But he did forget them anyway and now they were dried out, ugly and very dead. So he wandered around the forest asking himself 'why is a raven like a writing desk?' He had asked Alice that question a few times, but she didn't know either. Alice. Hatter missed Alice. 'Thanks for telling me the answer' he said to Willy Wonka 'I would have asked Alice again, but I lost Alice you know' Hatter felt the sadness spreading over his face and he tried to stop his hair from turning white 'oh' Willy Wonka said 'that's not nice, I've lost an Alice once, hate it when that happens'. Hatter nodded 'She was just a little girl when she first met me, of course I had met her before when she was older. My Alice. She can't come back you know why? Because she has a family' Willy Wonka's eyes turned a bit glassy when Hatter had said the word 'family'. 'Weird' he said 'I didn't like it, family, now I do I suppose' hatter nodded 'yes me too, I did found my family because of Alice. They were so tiny, they are not anymore of course'. Hatter started to dance around a tree and he threw his hat in the air 'family oh I finally have them! I and hai the day my family came! Sway and ha how big the grabnow grow and literin sings and dances on it ' he sang. No one could ever understand him, but he never cared about that. Suddenly he stopped signing 'Can you drink tea? I have some tea, it's time for tea!' He got a tea cup out of his pocket and threw it against the tree. It shattered. 'Yes' Willy Wonka said 'I guess I could drink tea. I don't know if I want it though. But why not haha!'. Hatter happily jumped up and down. 'Okay, okay! If you have time! We had time once you know' he frowned 'not a nice man'. Now Willy Wonka frowned, but he didn't say anything. Hatter grabbed the sleeve of Willy Wonka's coat and dragged him with him. The fabric felt soft between his fingers, hatter liked soft. He also liked upside down butterflies and forget-me-nots when he didn't forget about them. Willy Wonka didn't pull away and allowed Hatter to drag along, all the way to the grand table near the windmill. He pushed Willy Wonka into a chair. 'Do you want a cup of sugar with a spoon of tea?' He asked. 'Just the cup of sugar please'. Hatter put the sugar in a cup and threw it at Willy Wonka. He catched the cup without spilling any sugar. 'Cheers' Hatter said clinging his empty cup against Willy Wonka's cup. Willy Wonka suddenly cried out 'oh I almost forgot the most most important thing, utterly important, yes yes..' he searched through his pockets and got a handful of coco powder. 'Anything tastes better with a little cacao in it!' Hatter had never heard of cacao and was curious. Willy Wonka mixed his sugar with the powder and sipped from it 'mmmm' he said 'want some?'. Hatter nodded and took the cup from Willy Wonka, their fingers brushed against each other for one second, Hatter shivered and saw Willy Wonka do the same. Hatter took a sip from the cup. His eyes widened in excitement. 'What is this!' He shouted. He jumped on the table and started to dance. 'Cacao' Willy Wonka said 'and sugar, never had cacao? Noooooo' Hatter shouted loudly 'never had chocolate? No' Hatter said. Willy Wonka looked shocked 'well ' he said 'it is your lucky day!' he smiled 'cause I can make chocolate of almost anything!'