Phoebe In Wonderland Page #2

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Well, if you want something a lot,

you have to pray...

...or do something you hate...

...and God will see you deserve it.

I don't believe in God.

Me neither...

...but I did get the baking kit.

So you have to pray?

Or do somethlng you hate.

Like what?

I don't know, P.E.?

P.E.?

But you have to choose

something else.

Four.

Hey, sweetle.

How was school?

Did you have

your tryout today?

I'm concentrating.

I was gonna make a cake...

...you want to help me?

Stop!

Now I can't remember

what number I'm on.

I have to start all over again.

Well, why don't you come inside?

I can't, not until I've stepped

on all the squares in the right order.

Are you, um, pretending

this is Looking Glass Land?

Looks a little like

a chessboard.

Phoebe, what would happen...

...if you didn't step on the squares

in the right order?

I won't get in the play.

That's what this is all about,

to get in the play?

Get back!

Can I help?

- Get back!

- Okay.

Are we making the cake now?

Phoebe?

Where's Phoebe?

Where's your slster?

Upstalrs.

Does she know It's dlnnertlme?

I told her.

How'd the wrltlng go today?

Wrltlng? What wrltlng?

...lt'll come.

Oh, here she is.

What's the matter,

sweetie?

Aren't you hungry?

Oh, my god.

I'm sorry.

What happened?

It's to get in the play.

Oh.

What's thls?

Why'd you come to see me today?

Have you been

acting differently recently?

You can say anything you want

to me, anything.

Nothing you say can be wrong.

In school, you have to follow

certain rules.

You can't speak

at certain times.

You can't say certaln thlngs.

Here, it's the opposite.

You should say...

...whatever you want...

...whenever you want.

There's nothing I can't say?

No.

So...

...what do you want to say?

Nothing.

You are all very, very talented.

"You're all very,

very talented."

They always say that.

Here are your roles.

You wlll all be

In the muslcal number.

The Mad Hatter, Jeremy.

The Caterpillar, Tommy.

The Caterpillar?

I wanted to be the knight.

The Caterpillar's

a loser part.

Shh.

No small parts,

only small actors.

You're dead.

Jenny and Sally...

Card 1 and Card 2.

What?

We were robbed.

The Queen of Hearts...

...goes to Jamle.

That's a girl's part.

Fruitcake.

I'm gonna kidnap

your Patriot Girl.

Shh.

It was doing P.E.

Did you do stuff to?

Humpty Dumpty, Martln.

The Whlte Queen

goes to Monlca.

And Allce...

Phoebe.

I was so proud

of you today.

Good night.

Good night, love you.

Love you.

Are you asleep?

No.

So what do we do?

I don't know.

What do we do?

Are we gonna

do the play?

We are in a theater.

I think probably we should.

Don't you?

Aren't you gonna tell us

what to do?

No.

You tell me.

How do you put on a play?

You wear costumes

and say the words?

Well, then...

...jump.

When do we start?

When do you think?

When the lights go on?

Good.

Should we start?

It's so hot,

and I'm tired.

What a dull book this is.

What's the use of a book

wlthout plctures?

Where do I enter from?

Where do you think?

Offstage?

Oh, dear, oh, dear,

I shall be too late.

Wait!

I think I hear the queen coming now.

And if something's not done

about it in less than no time...

I'll have everybody executed

all round.

Homo.

Homo got the part.

Off with your head!

Fill up the glass with treacle and ink...

...and anything else

that is pleasant to drink.

Mix sand with the cider

and wool with the wine...

...and welcome Queen Alice

with ninety times nine.

Ninety times nine.

Let's conslderwho It was

that dreamed It all.

It must have been either me

or the Red King.

He was part

of my dream.

But then,

I was part of his dream too.

Which do you think it was?

Bravo.

Welcome to Wonderland.

That was amazing.

She just let us do it.

And you were great.

You were awesome.

You definitely

won't get fired.

Fired?

Oh, yeah,

happens all the tlme.

Really?

Ever heard

of Kristen Vigard?

Exactly.

The real Annie,

fired a week before opening.

Andrea McArdle

went on to everlasting fame.

But don't worry.

You were great.

You were so different onstage.

How come you spit?

What?

I- I don't know.

I didn't used to.

Why do you want to play

a girl's part?

It's a play.

I can do whatever I want.

But why do you do it when

everyone makes fun of you?

Because.

So because for me too.

Sometimes,

I get this feeling...

...this feeling

to jump off a roof.

You want to die?

No.

It's what I feel like all the time...

...with the things I do.

I know I shouldn't,

but I can't help it.

It's like being on the edge of a roof

all the time.

Fired?

It won't happen.

Seven.

Three.

Five.

Twelve.

Six.

Four.

Turn out your toes.

Remember who you are.

(Hillary

Where's your sister?

And don't get fired.

Where's Olivia?

I don't know.

Are you trying

to get me fired?

The bus will be here

any minute.

I'm not going to school today.

Oh, why not?

I don't want to.

- I'm sick.

- Oh, you are not.

I'm sick of Phoebe.

What are you talking about?

You're so good with her.

Yeah, and I'm sick of it.

Please don't play

on the stairs.

Leave me alone.

Can't I have another sister?

What?

No.

Not instead of, another.

Or a brother.

No.

One that I don't have

to take care of...

...who hasn't got what she's got.

- Phoebe, are you all right?

- Go away.

Turn out your toes,

don't get fired.

What do you mean " got"?

You don't even know anything

that's going on.

What do you mean I don't know

anything that's going on?

She gets everything

she wants.

What does she get

that you don't?

You.

Phoebe, don't jump.

Leave me alone.

Turn out your toes,

remember who you are...

...don't get fired.

Ow.

Turn out your toes.

And remember who you are.

Now, now!

Faster, faster!

Of course, it takes

all the running you can do...

...to stay in one place.

If you want to go

someplace else...

...you have to run at least

twice as fast as that.

But if you run as fast as you can

and stay in one place...

...how will you ever

get anywhere?

You just say whatever you say,

don't you?

Everyone tells me that.

I don't mean to be rude.

It's nice to hear you

say those things.

It makes me think

everything isn't so fixed.

It's not.

Genius!

That's what my mother...

Phoebe, are you all rlght?

I was just talking

to the Red Queen.

You were practicing

your lines?

I thought you'd be glad

I was talking to the Red Queen.

I thought you loved

Looking Glass Land, Wonderland.

I thought we loved it together.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know

what all this was about.

I'm glad you were talking

to the Red Queen...

...and of course

it makes me happy, and I...

I love you.

I really love you.

You do believe

I was talking to her?

What'd she tell you?

Everything isn't so fixed.

It's freer there.

Have you ever felt like

your running very fast...

...just to stay

in the same place?

The Red Queen?

So this is an imaginary friend.

I guess.

Have you told anyone

about the Red Queen?

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