Chasing a White Rabbit leads Alice into a fantastical world where logic dissolves. She fluctuates wildly in size, encounters rude and eccentric inhabitants, and survives a terrifying royal trial, ultimately realizing the absurdity of the fantasy is nothing more than a pack of cards.
As the King prepares to ask for a verdict again, the Queen insists on “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.” Alice, having grown to her full size, boldly interrupts this nonsense. When the Queen orders her beheading, Alice retorts that the Queen is nothing but a pack of cards. At this, the entire pack rises into the air and flies down upon her. The chaos abruptly transitions into reality, and Alice finds herself on the riverbank, her head in her sister’s lap. She wakes and recounts her curious dream before running off for tea. Her sister remains by the river, musing on Alice’s adventures and dreaming of how Alice will preserve the simple, loving heart of childhood in her adult years, sharing the magic of Wonderland with future generations.
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