Lorina Talks to the White Rabbit
Alice was walking slightly ahead of her sister, leading the way to the rabbit hole. Lorina still couldn't believe she was really going to this crazy place. Wonderland seemed like something out of a dream, but she was really excited about the possibility of a tea party.
"Alice, how much farther is it?" Lorina was getting a little tired of walking and her feet were starting to hurt from wearing her dress shoes.
"Lorina, quit whining. It's just at the bottom of this hill," Alice said.
When they finally reached the entrance, Lorina was a bit confused. "You mean to tell me that to get to Wonderland we must go down this small rabbit hole?"
"Yep," was all Alice said as she smiled at her sister.
Lorina was expecting something a little more normal, but who was she kidding, she knew the whole idea was crazy, so she just went with it. "OK, let's go then. You first!"
Alice explained to her sister, "Lorina, it's quite fun falling. It's not scary at all. And don't worry, it doesn't hurt when you land. See you in Wonderland!!" Alice said as she stepped into the hole.
Lorina took a deep breath, and before she could talk herself out of it, she jumped in. She couldn't believe it, but Alice was right. It was quite fun falling. She felt like she had been faling for hours. "How strange," she thought. "I wonder how long this fall will last." After what felt like forever she finally hit the ground softly.
Lorina adjusted her dress and fluffed her hair a little, then looked around. It was very strange indeed. Everything that Alice had told her about Wonderland was true. What an intriguing place!
"So, Lorina...what do you think? Isn't it marvelous yet so strange at the same time? Oh, I just can't wait to show you everything! Come on, let's go!" Alice said to her sister and they began walking down the long hallway taking right and left turns. Alice led Lorina straight to the door that she knew would be unlocked. They went outside and began walking to the White Rabbit's house.
"Alice, this is so crazy! I can't wait to talk to the White Rabbit and see if he can help organize the tea party! Oh my, this is so fun!" Lorina exclaimed.
When they reached the White Rabbit's house, he was sitting on his front porch. Alice ran up to him to say hello and introduced her sister. They reminisced about the last time Alice was in Wonderland and how he had mistaken her for his housemaid. "Isn't it so funny that last time I was here I got stuck in your house!?" Alice said to the Rabbit.
"Oh my, oh my, dear Alice, what an event that was!" the Rabbit replied. Alice and the Rabbit proceeded to tell Lorina all about their encounters, explaining to her that the Rabbit was going to be late for the tea party because he had lost his gloves. He had mistaken Alice for his maid and sent her looking for the gloves when Alice grew too large and got stuck in his house! Lorina listened to the whole bit about how the Rabbit and his friends tried to get Alice out of the house and Alice ended up kicking Bill the Lizard because Alice's foot was sticking up the chimney. When Bill tried to come down the chimney into the house - BANG - Alice kicked him by accident and sent him flying up out of the chimney. "I am so terribly sorry for kicking Bill in the air like that. I didn't mean to hurt him. It's just that I was so flustered!"
Alice explained how she was so glad when she ate more of the cakes and was able to shrink back down and get out of the house.
"Oh, what an event that was! If only I had known what a delight you were I wouldn't have caused such a fuss about you being in my house, dear Alice," the Rabbit said. "So, what brings you two to Wonderland today?"
Lorina explained how she would just love to attend a tea party and asked if there was anything he could do to arrange another one.
"Oh yes, we do seem to have tea parties often. I suppose it wouldn't be much trouble at all to have another. I believe you would need to talk to the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse to see about arranging one. And a tea party isn't a tea party without the Queen herself. I do suppose I could arrange to have the Queen there as well. Oh my, so much to do! I must be going! What a tea party this will be!" the Rabbit said.
Lorina was so excited to hear the Rabbit say a tea party would be possible. "Alice, shall we go speak to the Mad Hatter then?"
"Yes, I think that would be just splendid! Why don't you go talk to the Mad Hatter and I will go with the White Rabbit to speak to the Queen. I would just love to catch up with her!" Alice pointed her sister in the direction of the Mad Hatter. "Third house on the left. Just tell him Alice sent you," she exclaimed as she ran off to catch up with the White Rabbit.
Lorina was too caught up in the idea of the tea party to even realize that she had no idea where she was and no idea what the Mad Hatter even looked like.
"I guess I must be on my way then!" Lorina said and she began walking to find the Mad Hatter.
Author's Note: The story has been changed to focus on Alice taking Lorina to Wonderland. I have included a second trip to Wonderland in my version. Also, Lorina has become a central character for my version. For this story, I focused on Chapter 4 of Carroll's version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I also used information from Carroll's Chapter 1 that helps explain how Alice got into Wonderland. My version explains what happened the last time Alice was in Wonderland, instead of making the events currently happening, as in the original story. Also, it specifically focuses on what happened when the White Rabbit mistook Alice for his housemaid. In my version, many details were left out from the original story to shorten it in length. The events were told to Lorina to explain to her what happened when Alice was last in Wonderland. There is also a focus on Alice and the White Rabbit reminiscing about their last encounter. I included that Alice and the White Rabbit were friends, which was not stated in Carroll's version. Also, my story includes Lorina and Alice talking to the White Rabbit about having another tea party. My version included that there are many tea parties in Wonderland, which was not covered in the original story. Lorina is very excited to possibly get to attend a tea party in Wonderland and in my version she plans to talk to the Mad Hatter about the event.
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