Week 12 Storytelling: Alice's Nightmare

It's been a very long day. Yes! A very, long day indeed. I think I’ll take the long way home today. You know what? It’s hard to be an 11-year-old in this family. Every day I’m being made fun by my three brothers. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to get away from these people.

I often have dreams. You know the kind about only having animals as my friends. They would understand me, and probably comfort me when I need it. They would be my truest, and most trusted friends. I would never have to wonder if they would leave me, because I know they would be by my side no matter. These are the things I wish I had in my life.

Alice lying a field

(Source: Wikimedia)

 Well, this road looks kinda funny… Wait… Am I lost? No, there’s no way. I’ve traveled along this road so many times before, although, usually not this late in the night. Is there something stirring over there?

“Excuse me?” I shout into the evening darkness. “Is somebody there?”

“It’s only me Alice! Your friend Dex the Rabbit,” exclaimed the tiny rabbit.

For a moment I am stunned into silence. Is this rabbit really talking to me?

“Um, hello there,” I stutter to the rabbit. “Do I know you?”

Dex the Rabbit cocked his head to the head and looked quizzically up at Alice. “Don’t you remember me? We’ve been friends forever,” Dex replied.

Wow! What’s happening to me? Am I dreaming…well… I mean anything’s a possibility I guess…

“I’m sorry Dex,” Alice said serenely. “I was only kidding. Of course I know who you are! What are doing?” she asked.

Dex looked Alice over once, then twice. “I came to tell you that the Mad-Hatter is in town,” he replied quickly. “We must get out of town before he asks us to join him for tea! You remember what happened last time,” he said in a rush.

Mad-Hatter? I guess I should know who that is. The moon is coming up through the trees. I wonder if my family is worried about me at all?

“Yes, I remember Dex,” Alice said. “Let’s get out of here.”

As I finished my sentence a man stepped out of the trees behind me. I think I am about to meet the Mad-Hatter. Dex looks at me with a frightened expression as the Mad-Hatter begins to talk.

“Well, my friends,” he says in high-pitched voice. “How about some tea?”

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“Alice, Alice wake up!”

“Oh, we were so frightened.”

I open my eyes to see my family standing in front me. Everyone’s faces show signs of relief. I look around myself and realize I had fallen asleep under a tree. Maybe my family cares about me more than I thought…

 Author's Note: I decided to base this story on some of the characters from the Alice in Wonderland unit. I enjoyed the part about Alice having a dream and then being able to talk to animals. She was such an animated character and I wanted to keep the personality and the part where she talked to herself. Those characteristics made me think of my own childhood and not always voicing the things I was thinking or wanted to say. I have always loved these stories because they are so wild and sometimes it is hard to keep up with what the author. I think that's also why I liked this style of writing. 

Bibliography: This story is from part of the Alice in Wonderland unit that contains Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).