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The Knave picks up the fallen Sword. He lifts it

victoriously and the Jabberwocky retreats.

A moment later, the Hatter returns to the scene, face filled

with shock and horror at the place where his clan took their

stand. The earth still smolders. Only one burned and trampled

Hat remains. He tosses his own hat away, picks up the burned

one, brushes the soot off and places it firmly on his head.

38 EXT. THE WOODS - ALICE AND THE HATTER 38

Alice is deeply moved. She looks up at the scorched Hat he

still wears, then to his tormented face. He twitches, driven

to the edge of madness by guilt, helpless rage and deep loss.

ALICE:

Hatter? Hatter!

He jerks and pulls himself back from the abyss.

MAD HATTER:

I’m fine. Just fine Really.

ALICE:

Are you?

MAD HATTER:

Did you hear that? I’m certain I heard

something.

ALICE:

(nervously)

Voices?

He looks back at the dark woods.

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Red Knights!

MAD HATTER:

They hear the BAY of the bloodhound. He puts Alice into hisbreast pocket and runs.

39 EXT. THE TULGEY WOOD - DUSK 39

The Hatter dodges trees and leaps over stumps. He sees the

edge of the woods ahead. But there’s a flash of RED throughthe trees. He turns. A Red Knight steps out. He turns theother way, another Red Knight. They’re surrounded. Eyeingthem warily, he whispers to Alice.

MAD HATTER:

Go south to Grampas Bluffs. The WhiteQueen’s castle is just beyond.

The Hatter sweeps his hat off as if in a conciliatory gestureto the approaching Knights. He whispers to Alice.

MAD HATTER (CONT’D)

Jump on the hat. Now. *

She takes a leap onto the Hat. The Hatter flings his armswide, sending the Hat and Alice sailing over the treetops.

MAD HATTER (CONT’D)

DOWN WITH THE BLOODY RED QUEEN!

She clings to the brim of the Hat as it sails out of thewoods.

40 EXT. THE EDGE OF TULGEY WOOD - SUNSET 40

The Hat lands in the soft grass. Alice looks back at the

forest, and then south toward gently rolling hills. It’s

getting dark and there are strange night sounds out there.

She slips under the relative safety of the hat for the night.

41 INT. UNDER THE HAT - THE NEXT MORNING 41

Alice wakens to the SOUND OF SOMETHING LARGE SNIFFING outside

the hat. She sits up. Suddenly, the Hat is flipped over,

exposing her. She closes eyes for the end. A BIG WET NOSEsniffs her. She opens her eyes. It’s the Bloodhound, BAYARD.

ALICE:

You turncoat! You were supposed tolead them away! The Hatter trustedyou!

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THE BLOODHOUND:

They have my wife and pups.

That information does little to lessen her anger.

ALICE:

What’s your name?

THE BLOODHOUND:

Bayard.

ALICE:

Sit!

He c*cks his head and looks down at her curiously.

ALICE (CONT’D)

Sit!

He sits, amused if nothing else. Something occurs to him.

THE BLOODHOUND:

Would your name be “Alice” by any

chance?

ALICE:

Yes, but I’m not that one.

THE BLOODHOUND:

The Hatter would not have given

himself up for just any Alice.

ALICE:

Where did they take him?

THE BLOODHOUND:

To the Red Queen’s castle at Salazun

Grum.

She looks at his worn hat, remembering the pain in his eyes.

ALICE:

We’re going to rescue him.

THE BLOODHOUND:

That is not foretold.

ALICE:

I don’t care. He wouldn’t be there if

it weren’t for me.

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THE BLOODHOUND:

The Frabjous Day is almost upon us.

You must prepare to meet the

Jabberwocky.

ALICE:

I have had quite enough! Since the

moment I fell down that rabbit hole,

I’ve been told what I must do and who

I must be. I’ve been shrunk,

stretched, scratched and stuffed into

a teapot. I’ve been accused of being

Alice and of not being Alice. But this

is my dream! I’ll decide how it goes

from here.

THE BLOODHOUND:

If you diverge from the path...

ALICE:

I make the path!

She’s so commanding, he lies down at her feet. She climbs up

his long ear and sits on his shoulders.

ALICE (CONT’D)

Take me to Salazen Grum. And don’t

forget the Hat.

The Bloodhound picks up the Hat in his teeth and runs. Alice

hangs onto his spike collar to keep her seat.

42 EXT. GUMMER SLOUGH - DAY 42

Bayard wades through viscous red mud with Alice on his back.

He holds his head high to keep the Hat out of the mud.

43 EXT. CRIMS - DAY 43

Bayard races across the red desert to Salazen Grum and the

dark castle that sits on the tempestuous shore.

44 EXT. SALAZEN GRUM - CASTLE OF THE RED QUEEN 44

The walls are high and foreboding with a surrounding moat.

45 EXT. THE CASTLE WALLS - DAY 45

They approach the moat and they see large lumpish objects

which appear to be the heads of the executed. They look

around for a way across.

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THE BLOODHOUND (CONT’D)

There’s only one way across.

Alice looks at the grim moat. She takes a deep breath for

courage.

ALICE:

Lost my muchness have I?

46 EXT. THE GRIM MOAT - DAY - CONT. 46

She jumps onto one of the floating heads, then crosses the

moat by jumping from head to head. Reaching the other side,

she vomits onto the ground.

She looks up at the impossibly high wall, then sees a small

cracked opening near the ground...just wide enough for a six

inch girl. She squeezes through it. In a moment, her head

reappears. She calls across to Bayard.

ALICE:

Bayard! The Hat!

He picks the Hat up in his teeth, turns in circles like a

discus thrower and releases it. The Hat sails high across

the moat and over the wall. Bayard BAYS his farewell.

47 EXT. THE QUEEN’S GARDEN - THE BUSHES - DAY - CONT. 47

Alice finds herself in the bushes at the edge of a garden.

She hears a loud WHACK, a small cry of pain, then cheers and

laughter. She looks through the bushes.

48 EXT. THE GREAT LAWN - DAY - CONT. 48

The Queen and her Courtiers play croquet. The Red Queen with

her huge head is surrounded by three powdered and painted

COURTIERS with equally out-sized body parts: a woman with an

EXTRA-LARGE NOSE, another with LONG HANGING EARS, a man with

a HUGE PROTRUDING BELLY.

The Queen swings her mallet. There’s that small cry again.

Alice looks around for the source. The ball rolls toward her

and lays, furry and gasping, in the grass. It’s a HEDGEHOG

tied by its four legs into an awkward ball. Its fur is

matted and filthy, its face buried in the grass. THWACK! It

cries out as it’s hit again. The mallet is a miserable

FLAMINGO tied by its feet. The hedgehog rolls to a stop near

Alice. She attempts to untie it. It cries out fearfully.

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