Plot Summary of Alice In Wonderland
...! The Rabbit and several other animals try to get rid of her, through methods which include sending a lizard down the chimney. When they pelt her through the window with pebbles, the pebbles turn into cakes, and Alice eats one and shrinks again. She escapes the house and the angry crowd, and runs into a wood. In the wood, Alice meets and plays catch with a gigantic puppy. Then she comes across a Caterpillar sitting on a mushroom, smoking an enormous pipe. It questions her, gives her confusing advice, and finally crawls off, telling her, "One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter." Alice realizes it's talking about the mushroom, and, taking pieces from both sides, is now able to change her size at will. In a clearing in the woods, she sees a little house guarded by a frog dressed as a footman. Inside, she finds a Duchess, who is rocking her baby in a kitchen whose air is full of pepper; a grinning Cat sitting on the hearth; and a Cook, who keeps throwing things at everyone. After an awkward conversation, the Duchess gives her baby to Alice to hold while she goes to get ready to play croquet with the Queen. When Alice takes the baby outside, it turns into a pig and runs away into the forest. Then Alice meets the Duchess's Cheshire Cat again, sitting on a branch. It tells her that everyone in Wonderland (including herself) is mad, and that if she follows the road she's on she'll meet a Mad Hatter and a March Hare. When it disappears, it leaves its grin lingering in the air. Following the road, Alice finds the March Hare's house, where it is having tea outdoors with the Mad Hatter and the sleepy Dormouse. Alice joins them, but they are very impolite and have a funny sense of humor. Alice learns that time stands still at the tea-party, and also realizes that her companions really are crazy. The Dormouse keeps falling asleep in the middle of telling a story, and eventually Alice is fed up with the Hare and Hatter's rudeness and leaves. Alice finds herself now in the beautiful garden which she saw earlier through the tiny hallway door. This turns out to be the Queen's Croquet-ground, and many of the people Alice has met before are at the croquet party. The party is hosted by the Queen of Hearts, who has an astonishing temper and is always shouting "Off with his head!", and her timid husband, the King of Hearts. They, and most of their subjects, are actually giant playing cards. Alice meets both the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat at the croquet game (which is played with live hedgehogs and flamingos). The Rabbit whispers to Alice that the Queen has condemned the bad-tempered Duchess to jail for slapping her. When the Queen tries to behead the Cheshire Cat, she finds it's hard to do this to an animal who can make its body disappear, and sends to get the Duchess out of jail. The Duchess is very friendly to Alice, but Alice is almost relieved when the Queen orders her to go away. Then the Queen drags off Alice to meet an animal called the Gryphon, ordering the Gryphon to bring Alice to the Mock-Turtle so she can hear its story. The Gryphon takes Alice to the Mock-Turtle, a very sad creature who weepily tells stories about its happy school days. It and the Gryphon sing for Alice and de...