Phoebe In Wonderland Page #6

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But wait, there's more

evidence to come.

I've just been handed

thls paper.

So ashamed,

the words just came out.

Please, please,

your majesty...

I dldn't wrlte lt.

There's no name signed on it

at the bottom.

Phoebe.

Did you fall off the catwalk...

...or dld you...

You must have meant

some mlschlef...

...or else you would have signed

your name like an honest man.

That proves his guilt.

Good Job Jenny.

Phoebe.

I didn't fall.

You jumped?

- Why?

- No reason.

Consider your verdict.

Jump.

Phoebe, we're just...

we're just chatting here, okay?

I'm just curlous.

Curloslty kllled the cat.

Silence in the court.

Satisfaction brought it back.

Does this have anything

to do with those trust falls?

The red...the Red Queen,

she told me to.

The Red Queen?

She was just saying

what Miss Dodger always said.

What Miss Dodger said.

- Jump.

- Guilty.

Now, let the jury proceed.

- Consider your verdict.

- No, no.

Consider your verdict.

No, no,

words just came out.

Phoebe...

...did Miss Dodger tell you to jump?

Dld she?

Thank you, Phoebe.

Guilty, guilty, guilty.

I didn't...she didn't

tell me to jump.

What?

I dldn't...

I didn't know what she meant.

I thought she meant

something else.

- I don't know what you mean.

- I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

I didn't know what it meant.

Thank you, Phoebe.

You may leave now.

But...

Phoebe.

Hi.

How'd it go?

Are you always supposed

to feel hope?

Did you jump because

you didn't feel hope?

Oh, no, I feel hope there.

At least, I did.

Where?

In Wonderland.

But not here.

I can see myself

wrecking and ruining.

But I can't stop myself.

I'll be right back.

Ah.

Was this here before?

No, but I've always found...

...children go where they want.

They won't be stopped,

not if they don't want to.

Then children shouldn't be

in the theater alone.

Well, that would be a shame.

Miss Dodger, my child is hurt,

and I am upset...

...and you are provoking me.

I- I didn't mean to.

I'm sorry.

How could you let her

go up there?

But I didn't tell her to.

But she had been

up there with you.

Yes.

But you don't think

you're to blame.

Do you think

you are to blame?

I'm sorry.

She's wondering if she's

supposed to feel hope.

She's nine.

Sometimes,

you think you don't have hope...

...but you keep on anyway.

And then you know you have it.

Sentence first, verdict later.

Stuff and nonsense.

Off with your head.

Not yet, your majesty.

You're nothing

but a pack of cards.

Now.

Miss Dodger?

Is rehearsal over?

Please keep going.

Don't stop.

You're leaving?

Is it because of me?

Is it because of

what I said?

Don't stop.

You're just a pack of cards.

Tell them, Miss Dodger,

tell them!

Oh, um...

...children, sit...

sit quietly.

I'll be back in a moment.

Miss Dodger!

What do we do?

Why'd she leave?

Who knows?

She just left.

She just walked out...

Ilke she dldn't even care.

She just left.

She just left.

She just left!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop!

Why?

Isn't this what they do

in Wonderland...

...break rules, break stuff?

No, they don't.

It's different.

Different how?

They don't hurt things.

They don't break things

that are good.

She left us.

She's the one

who got up and left...

...without saying anything.

No, she did say something.

She told us not to stop.

What?

There's no teacher here.

We can't do it

without her.

No.

From the first rehearsal,

that's what she wanted...

...to do it on our own.

Who's gonna tell us

what to do?

We tell ourselves.

Come on.

We can do lt.

Jamie, start.

Why should I?

Not for me; for her.

I feel weird.

This is lame.

Jamie, please.

Where do you come from,

and where are you going?

Look up, speak nicely.

Places from the top of act two,

Looking Glass Land.

You see,

I've lost my way.

When is she

gonna wake up?

Maybe she's medicated.

No, she has a spell on her.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up, wake up, wake up.

Wake up, wake up,

wake up, wake up.

Wake up, wake up,

wake up, wake up.

I'm sorry,

she can't help it.

Wake up, wake up, wake up.

Wake up, wake up.

Stop it, stop it.

Wake up!

[whispering[

Stop it, stop it, stop it.

Wake up, wake up, wake up.

- Wake up.

- Stop it.

Wake up.

Stop it, stop it.

Stop, stop,

stop, stop.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I think this is the one

you're looking for.

What is it?

It's about children

who suddenly seem to get rude...

...around Phoebe's age.

They can't control it.

Some obsess over ritual...

...and I guess sometimes it can be

hard to see at first...

...because if they concentrate

very hard on something...

...it goes away for a while...

...like being in a play,

pretending to be someone else.

This is people who curse.

Not only.

And her fantasy...

Wonderland,

that isn't part of it...

...that's just Phoebe

wanting to be someplace else.

Is this why you fired Dr. Miles?

I thought I could help her.

I thought it was me,

because...

I...no...

Please, let me finish,

please.

Because I get bored with them...

...and angry...

...so angry, I want to shake them.

What, you think your the only

mother that feels this way?

None of this is your fault.

The jumping

isn't your fault.

But why didn't you tell me?

Because I didn't want her

to be...

What?

Less.

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

It's a beautiful name, I think.

I was born with it.

It's starting now...

...and it'll get worse

before it gets better.

My shoulders, my fingers

and imitating and spitting.

It's a voice in your head...

...that makes you do the opposite

of what you're supposed to do.

It makes you break rules.

But sometimes breaking rules is good.

So I like to think about it that way.

Any questlons?

Is it contagious?

No.

Is It AIDS?

No.

Wlll It go away?

Yeah?

Let me introduce you.

Alice, Beef.

Beef, Alice.

May I give you

a slice?

What impertinence.

I wonder how you'd like it...

...if I were to cut a slice

out of you...

Excuse me.

What...what is this?

What...what's going on?

Dress rehearsal.

Dre...

Dress.

Make a remark.

It's ridiculous to leave...

Yes, where...where is

the teacher?

You kicked her out.

Where is the adult?

Hmm?

Someone had better answer me.

Who Is leadlng

thls rehearsal?

I am.

- Yes.

- I am.

I am.

I am.

- I am.

- I am.

I am.

If you want, we can get

our parents to come...

...all of them...

...at the same time.

You can talk to them...

...and calm them down.

We might have to do it in here...

'cause there'll be

a lot of them.

But, please, just watch.

# To the looking glass world,

it was Alice that said #

# I've a scepter in hand #

# I've a crown on my head #

# Let the looking glass creatures,

whatever they be #

# come and dine with the Red Queen,

the White Queen, and me #

# So fill up the glasses

as quick as you can #

# and sprinkle the table

with buttons and bran #

# put cats in the coffee

and mice in the tea #

# and welcome Queen Alice

with thirty-times-three #

# Oh, looking glass creatures,

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