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FATHER!

FATHER!

FATHER!

FATHER!

FATHER! FATHER, IT'S ME!

COME ON, FATHER!

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE WHERE I'VE BEEN!

ALICE...

IT ALL BEGAN WITH THIS WHITE RABBIT,

AND HE WANTED TO TAKE MY HAT AND THEN... ALICE?

IS THAT REALLY YOU?

WHO ELSE WOULD I BE?

YOU WERE GONE A VERY LONG TIME.

WE--WE THOUGHT YOU WERE--

YOU THOUGHT I WAS WHAT?

DEAD.

WHITE RABBITS, SMOKING CATERPILLARS?

GIANT MUSHROOMS? WHO DOES SHE THINK I AM, A FOOL?

WHY WOULD SHE LIE?

YOUR CHILD IS DELUSIONAL.

SHE'S DELUSIONAL. SHE'S MAKING IT UP.

BUT I CAN CURE HER OF THIS. SO SHE'S A LIAR.

SHE IS A LIAR.

I'M NOT A LIAR. IT WAS REAL.

AND I'M GOING TO PROVE IT.

(dogs barking in distance, wind whistling)

LOOKS LIKE YOU CLOSED DOWN THE JOINT AGAIN, LEROY.

YOU'RE REALLY GUNNING FOR THAT CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK PLAQUE.

IT'S A WIN/WIN, ASHLEY. YOU GET MY MUG ON THE WALL,

I FINALLY GET--WHOA! SORRY, BROTHER. CLOSING TIME.

IT LOOKS LIKE A STORM'S COMING.

YOU BETTER FIND A PLACE TO KEEP DRY.

I'LL GET RIGHT ON THAT.

THERE YOU ARE.

BLOODY HELL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I'LL TELL YOU ON THE WAY. WE'RE LATE.

NO, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR IMPORTANT DATES, RABBIT,

OR YOUR UNIMPORTANT DATES, FOR THAT MATTER.

NO, NO, NO, NO. WE'RE NOT LATE FOR SOMETHING.

WE'RE LATE FOR SOMEONE.

WHO?

ALICE.

SHE NEEDS HELP.

YOU'RE THE KNAVE OF HEARTS.

SHE NEEDS YOU.

ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

ALICE?

ALICE?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

OH, I THINK YOU DO.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR NOW,

AND YOU'VE BEEN QUITE CLEAR IN YOUR STATEMENTS.

AN INVISIBLE CAT,

A HOOKAH-SMOKING CATERPILLAR,

FOOD AND DRINK CAPABLE OF ALTERING YOUR PHYSICAL FORM,

A MURDEROUS RED QUEEN.

AND YOU ENCOUNTERED ALL THESE THINGS BY

LITERALLY... FALLING DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.

HEARING IT OUT LOUD, IT ALL SOUNDS

QUITE... PREPOSTEROUS. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE, ALICE?

YES.

GOOD.

JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS,

AND MAYBE THIS TIME, WE CAN SEND YOU HOME.

WHEN YOUR FATHER FINALLY BROUGHT YOU TO US,

HE WAS AT HIS WIT'S END.

IT WASN'T JUST YOUR MULTIPLE DISAPPEARANCES

THAT HAD TAKEN A TOLL.

IT WAS YOUR LUDICROUS EXPLANATION

THAT YOU'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR PROOF

OF THIS PLACE, THIS...

WONDERLAND WHERE YOU HAD

MIRACULOUS, STRANGE, AND TERRIFYING ADVENTURES.

DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE?

HEY, THAT'S MINE.

GIVE IT BACK.

TRESPASSERS! HALT! SHE'S HEADED INTO THE MAZE!

BY ORDER OF THE QUEEN, STOP!

DON'T LET HER GET AWAY!

SHE'S HEADED FOR THE QUEEN'S GARDEN!

AFTER HER!

I THOUGHT SHE WENT THIS WAY!

SHE MUSTN'T GET AWAY!

WHERE'S THE GIRL?

HAS ANYONE SEEN HER?

I THOUGHT SHE WENT THIS WAY!

ALICE?

ALICE?

ALICE!

NO.

IT WASN'T TRUE.

I NEVER LEFT ENGLAND.

SO YOU JUST... MADE IT ALL UP?

WHY? FOR ATTENTION?

WELL, YOU CERTAINLY GOT IT, DIDN'T YOU?

THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ANSWER TODAY IS

WHICH IS THE REAL PERFORMANCE--

LITTLE GIRL WITH TALES OF TEA PARTIES AND BARBARIC QUEENS,

OR THE YOUNG LADY WHO SAYS IT WAS JUST HER IMAGINATION?

THAT LITTLE GIRL WAS A FOOL.

AND THE LADY?

SHE KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.

SEARCH EVERYWHERE!

SHE HAS TO BE HERE SOMEWHERE.

THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT!

DON'T LET HER GET BY.

WHERE DID SHE GO?

(man shouting indistinctly in slow-motion voice)

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BOTTLE?

TURN ME IN, AND I GET BIG.

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, BURST YOUR HOUSE

INTO A MILLION SHINY PIECES.

WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT NOW, WOULD WE?

GOOD BOTTLES ARE SO HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS.

MY NAME IS CYRUS.

MY HOME IS YOUR HOME.

WHEN YOU FINALLY RESURFACED,

YOU CLAIMED TO BE IN THIS... WONDERLAND.

CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU REALLY WERE?

WITH A FRIEND.

WHERE?

AGRABAH SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL.

I HOPE ONE DAY TO SEE IT AGAIN.

WHAT PLACE DO YOU CALL HOME?

ENGLAND.

ALTHOUGH IT HASN'T EXACTLY FELT LIKE HOME LATELY.

SO WE'RE BOTH STRANGERS IN THIS MOST STRANGE LAND.

"STRANGE" IS ONE WORD FOR IT.

WONDROUS? DANGEROUS.

I SENSE THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR LAND SOON?

WELL, I DO HAVE WHAT I CAME FOR.

WHICH IS WHAT?

PROOF THAT ALL THIS IS REAL.

OH! YOU WANT PROOF? COME HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU PROOF. UHH!

A TALKING WHITE RABBIT IN JACKET AND TROUSERS?

NO ONE CAN SAY I IMAGINED THAT.

YES. THAT MUCH IS CERTAIN.

SO TELL ME, ALICE, WHO IS THIS PROOF FOR?

YOU'VE RISKED MUCH TO COME BACK HERE.

IS IT... A HUSBAND?

NO. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THAT.

GOOD.

GOOD?

I MEAN, JUST THAT YOU'RE NOT SEPARATED FROM YOUR LOVE.

THAT'D BE A TERRIBLE FATE.

YES. THAT IT WOULD.

THE PROOF IS FOR MY FATHER.

HE THINKS I'M INSANE.

REALLY?

SO YOU'RE RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR SOMEONE

WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN YOU?

YOU KNOW...

WHEN YOU REALLY LOVE SOMEONE,

YOU DON'T NEED PROOF.

YOU CAN FEEL IT.

MAYBE WHERE YOU'RE FROM,

BUT IN MY LAND, I WISH THINGS WOULD...

YOU WISH THINGS WOULD WHAT?

YOU FOUND MY BOTTLE, ALICE.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

"MISTRESS MINE,

"MY WILL IS THINE.

TELL ME YOUR WISHES THREE."

ALICE, IF YOU WISH TO BE RELEASED FROM THIS FACILITY,

YOU NEED TO-- I DON'T WISH FOR ANYTHING!

WOULD... THIS HAVE

SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE GENIE YOU BELIEVE YOU MET?

YOU TOLD YOUR FATHER THAT YOU--

YOU SET HIM FREE, THAT THE TWO OF YOU TRAVELED

FROM WORLD TO WORLD,

FIGHTING PIRATES, SWIMMING WITH MERMAIDS.

AND THEN...

MEN AND WOMEN BEING WHAT THEY ARE, YOU FELL IN LOVE.

ARE YOU READY TO ADMIT THAT THAT WAS A LIE AS WELL?

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER.

I'VE HEARD OF THE BOILING SEA,

BUT IN PERSON, IT'S EVEN MORE AMAZING.

AS ARE YOU.