It’s a different world, a dream world, but nothing in it makes sense even within this other world.
I’m sure there are all kinds of symbols and themes, but to be honest they’re lost on me. Finally, she wakes up and it’s all been a dream. She meets a caterpillar, a duchess with a pig baby, a grinning cat, has a tea party with a mad hatter, plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts, meets the Mock Turtle, and attends a trial where the Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing tarts. They have a “race” then Alice is sent off to the rabbit’s house. Alice falls down the rabbit, there’s a hall full of doors, she gets smaller and bigger and smaller, there’s a flood and Alice insults some of the other animals that become stranded on the shore. I don’t even think I can summarize the story.
This time I read the book I have had since I was about 7, thinking that maybe a retold version, complete with beautiful full color illustrations would bring back the childhood wonderment. Last time I read it in Spring of ’08, I read Carroll’s version aloud with Amber and I remember expecting to enjoy it more than I did.
But then I sit down and actually read it. The curious young girl follows a rabbit down a hole, landing in a magical land full of strange, wonderful creatures and people. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland retold by Jane Carruth
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