Alice in Wonderland Page #3

MARGARET:

And you don’t want to be a burden on

mother, do you?

ALICE:

No.

MARGARET:

So you will marry Hamish. You will be

as happy as I am with Lowell and your

life will be perfect. It’s already

decided.

Lady Ascot’s face suddenly looms in hers.

LADY ASCOT:

Alice dear, shall we take a leisurely

stroll through the garden? Just you

and me?

She jerks her away quickly.

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Lady Ascot steers her through the gardens at a fast clip.

LADY ASCOT:

Do you know what I’ve always dreaded?

ALICE:

The decline of the aristocracy?

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LADY ASCOT:

Ugly grandchildren. But you’re so

lovely. You’re bound to produce

little...

(she gasps)

Imbeciles! The gardeners planted

white roses when I specifically asked

for red!

ALICE:

You could always paint the roses red.

Lady Ascot looks at her strangely.

LADY ASCOT:

What an odd thing to say. Come along.

She hurries her along the path. Alice hears a jingling sound.

LADY ASCOT:

You should know that my son has

extremely delicate digestion...

Alice sees SOMETHING LARGE AND WHITE dart past.

ALICE:

Did you see that?

LADY ASCOT:

See what?

ALICE:

It was a rabbit, I think.

LADY ASCOT:

Nasty things. I do enjoy setting the

dogs on them. Don’t dawdle.

She rushes Alice toward the gazebo. Alice looks for the

rabbit.

LADY ASCOT (CONT’D)

If you serve Hamish the wrong foods,

he could get a blockage.

And there it is, a LARGE WHITE RABBIT in a waistcoat,

standing on its hind legs and staring directly at Alice. She

blinks. The White Rabbit darts behind a tree.

ALICE:

Did you see it that time?

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LADY ASCOT:

See what?

ALICE:

The rabbit!

LADY ASCOT:

Don’t shout! Pay attention. Hamish

said you were easily distracted. What

was I saying?

ALICE:

Hamish has a blockage. I couldn’t be

more interested, but you’ll have to

excuse me.

Alice dives into the wooded area off the path and stands for

I keep seeing a rabbit in a waistcoat.

a moment, mind reeling.

jumps.

A hand lands on her shoulder. She

ALICE:

Aunt Imogene! I think I’m going mad.

IMOGENE:

How very strange. What kind of

waistcoat?

ALICE:

Brocade, I think. What does it

matter? It’s a rabbit in a waistcoat!

IMOGENE:

I can’t be bothered with your fancy

rabbit now. I’m waiting for my

fiance.

ALICE:

You have a fiance?

The White Rabbit darts by.

ALICE (CONT’D)

There! Did you see it?

IMOGENE:

He’s a prince. But, alas he cannot

marry me unless he renounces his

throne. Isn’t it tragic?

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