A letter takes Alice to a garden he didn't even know existed, and the rabbit hole takes him down to a world that he never thought was possible. There, he meets the storybook Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Mouse, and the Cheshire Cat. Ironically, they seem to know him, but he doesn't know them. They also have a job for him, one he isn't sure he can do in a world where up is down and animals speaking are more common than people. He is told he must defeat the Queen of Hearts if he is to go home, otherwise he can never leave. Alice wonders if he can really do it.