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  • Narrator: Hello. Alice is in the woods.

  • She's trying to find her

  • way back to the beautiful garden

  • that she saw when she first arrived in

  • Wonderland. Here she is, outside a little

  • house. She's wondering who lives there.

  • Alice: I wonder who could live

  • in such a little house!

  • Narrator: Before she had the chance

  • to wonder for very long, a fish ran out of

  • the woods and knocked on the door.

  • The fish was wearing a footman's

  • uniform. Another footman opened

  • the door. Alice was near enough

  • to hear what the fish said.

  • Footman: the Queen. An invitation

  • for the Duchess to play croquet.

  • Alice: The Duchess?!

  • Narrator: Alice was so curious she went

  • to knock on the door.

  • But there was no use knocking,

  • because it was so noisy inside the house

  • that no-one could possibly hear

  • her little knock.

  • Alice was even more curious now

  • so she opened the door ...

  • Alice: Hello?

  • Narrator: And she found herself in a noisy,

  • smoky kitchen. A cook was cooking a pan of

  • soup over the fire and the Duchess

  • was holding a crying baby.

  • There was also a big cat who was sitting

  • above the fire and smiling from ear to ear.

  • Everyone was sneezing except the

  • cook and the cat.

  • Alice: There's too much pepper in that soup!

  • Please would you tell me why

  • your cat grins like that?

  • The Duchess: It's a Cheshire-Cat,

  • and that's why.

  • Alice: I didn't know Cheshire-Cats grinned

  • In fact, I didn't know that cats could grin.

  • The Duchess: You don't know much,

  • and that's a fact.

  • Narrator: Just then, the cook took the pan

  • of soup off the fire, and started throwing

  • pots and pans and plates and dishes

  • all around the kitchen.

  • Some of them hit the Duchess,

  • but she didn't seem to notice.

  • Some of them hit the baby,

  • who was crying anyway.

  • Alice: Oh please! The baby! Be careful!

  • The Duchess: Here! You hold it if you like!

  • Narrator: And the Duchess threw the baby

  • at Alice who just managed to catch it.

  • Alice: Ohh!

  • The Duchess: I must go and get ready

  • to play croquet with the Queen.

  • Narrator: And, with that, The Duchess left.

  • Alice held the baby and wondered

  • what to do with it.

  • Alice: What am I going to do with you?

  • You're a strange shape ... Oh!

  • You're a not a baby.

  • You're a... you're a pig!

  • Narrator: It was easy to decide what to do

  • with a pig. Alice took it outside and let

  • it go into the woods. The Cheshire-Cat sat

  • in a tree and watched her.

  • Alice: Cheshire-Cat, could you tell me

  • which way I should go?

  • Cheshire-Cat: A Hatter lives over here,

  • and a March Hare lives over there.

  • They're both mad.

  • Alice: But I don't want to meet mad people.

  • Cheshire-Cat: Oh, we're all mad here.

  • Are you playing croquet with the Queen today?

  • Alice: I'd love to play croquet with

  • the Queen - but she hasn't invited me.

  • Cheshire-Cat: You'll see me there ...

  • Narrator: The cat disappeared.

  • Alice set off in the direction

  • of the March Hare's house and soon

  • she came to a house. Outside the house

  • she saw a tea-party quite unlike any

  • tea-party she had ever seen before.

  • Next time, I'll tell you about

  • the Tea Party and what happened

  • when Alice met the March Hare and the Hatter.

  • Goodbye.

Narrator: Hello. Alice is in the woods.

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