After eponymous tale by Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland
Part Three
There was already a crowd in front of courtroom to where Alice run.
Make way for Duchess! Give Duchess a way!
Oh, my dear, you can't imagine how glad i am to make acquaintance with you.
She's not furious at all. Why is Rabbit so afraid?
She's probably nice because of pretzel. One gets nicer from pretzels.
Oh, it seems i've discovered a new rule!:
One gets sour from vinegar, one gets sad from mustard, one starts telling fibs from onions, what a pity that noone knows it.
[Everyone] should eat pretzels and get nicer.
About what are you thinking, dear? Don't say a word. Here's the lesson:
i don't comprehend somehow...oh, nothing, i'll remember later.
Maybe there's no lesson at all?
How - no lesson at all? There's a lesson in everything, you only have to find it.
Some flamingoes bites no worse than mustard; here's the lesson: it a one-flight bird.
I think mustard is mineral.
You're right. What a mind! Of course - mineral! And what a firepower - mines are made from it.
Here's the lesson: the most important in a bad game is good mine.
Oh, i remembered: mustard is vegetable. How she loves to find a lesson everywhere...
I completley agree with you. Here's the lesson: every vegetable has its time or, if to say simpler,
don't ever think that you're different from what you couldn't be in a different way
being different in those cases when it's impossible not to be different.
Keep quiet in courtroom!
Alice had never been in the court before although she had read about in books.
She was very glad that almost everything here turned out to be familiar to her.
They're probably the jury, Alice thought. And that's a judge, if he has a wig, then it means - judge.
Duchess noticed Queen and started to tremble and after a moment decided to vanish completely.
Read the charge!
Queen of hearts cooked broth and fried ten meetballs, Ten of hearts stole the broth, Knave stole the meatballs.
Think over your verdict.
No, no, it's too early. Everything has to be in accordance with rules.
His own courage frightened Rabbit. Was it a joke to say - no - to Queen herself?
First witness!
Pardon me, Your Highness! I'm a little man.
Give your testimony, don't be nervous or otherwise i'll order to punish you at once.
I didn't have time to pour tea... Closer to the case!
I'm a little man...I'm all in all thinking about past days...days...
Dumb as a treestump. Maybe better to unscrew him?
Oh, that's a wordplay.
Witness March Hare!
I didn't say anything.
He denies everything, doesn't he? I didn't think anything.
Press him.
Alice had read sometimes in the papers: attempts to resist were oppressed.
Now she saw how it was done.
At this moment Alice felt herself strange. She realized that she was growing again.
Alice decided to stay in courtroom as long as there's enough space.
Witness Alice!
Here!
Excuse me, please!
What do you know about this case? Nothing.
How? Nothing at all? Nothing at all.
That's very important. Your Highness wants to say, of course, unimportant.
Yes, that's what i wanted to say: unimportant, of course, unimportant.
Important, unimportant. Unimportant, important. With permission of Your Highness, there's more evidence.
One document was found. What's in it?
I haven't read it yet. But i think it's a letter from defendant to somebody.
To whom is it addressed? No one, there's nothing written on the envelope.
Is it defendant's handwriting?
No. And that's even more suspicios. That means Knave has forged handwriting.
With permission of Your Highness, I didn't write this letter.
My signature is not there. That's even worse.
It means you though up something wicked, otherwise you had signed yourself as any honest man.
Proven guilty. Nothing of the kind! You didn't even read what's written there!
Read.
She's undoubtedly lacking self-control, don't argue with me in vain
You see, to cut off unpremeditated is not so secure.
To cut off unpremeditated? Have i ever cut off unpremeditated?
Never. I've cut off head from shoulders, not unpremeditated, that's a pun.
Let jury decide whether he's guilty or not.
No! Let's carry out the sentence, but whether he's guilty or not we'll decide afterwards.
What a nonsense! Keep silent!
No way! Off with her head!
Who is afraid of you? You are - after all - just a pack of cards.
What a weird dream i had!, Alice thought and ran home so that not to be late for tea.
Someday she'll grow up. And keeping simple and loving child's heart
she'll tell other kids about Wonderland and remember her childhood and happy summer days.
What games are Queen playing all day?
She's not lazy to cut off heads to the right and to the left.
She's always ready to punish her devoted servants.
But what to cut off if everybody around is already head-less?
And i say to her boldly - i'm not a bit afraid of you! I've realized that i'm sleeping and you're just my dream.