Week 12, Reading Diary A, Myth-Folklore Unit: Alice in Wonderland

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Myth-Folklore Unit: Alice in Wonderland

Wonderland: Pig and Pepper (end)

CHAPTER V. Advice from a Caterpillar

'Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

'I don't much care where — ' said Alice.

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

' — so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.

'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'

Alice felt that this could not be denied, so she tried another question. 'What sort of people live about here?'

'In THAT direction,' the Cat said, waving its right paw round, 'lives a Hatter: and in THAT direction,' waving the other paw, 'lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.'

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.

'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'

'How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.

'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'

Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on, 'And how do you know that you're mad?'

This has always been a favorite part of the story for me. If you don't know who you are when the hooka smoking caterpiller asks you, and you don't know where you are going then it's perfectly acceptable to be going to have a tea party with the mad hatter. To be among the mad. I am excited about adding this part of the story to my story. I think when Nathan and Melusina go to Wonderland for their anniversary they will meet the Chesire cat and the hooka smoking caterpiller.

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'

I think if we get to have the caterpillar meet with Nathan and Melusina and get them to say aloud who they are it might be fun. They are on their honeymoon so they can say fun things like, I am married! I am ....a seeker....I am....etc.

I want this piece of the story to kind of wrap of my portfolio stories. The first story has to start in the fall of Atlantis, and the last part of the story is when Nathan is seeking the Emerald tablets. Wonderland is where Nathan and Melusina go after they wake up Merlin and Melusina is set free, so Nathan and Melusina get married and they head to Wonderland for a honeymoon. 

Aphrodite (Goddesss of love, beauty and marriage) can maybe play a part in the story too. She is represented by a white rabbit. I think instead of a man white rabbit, I will use a woman, Aphrodite who shape shifts into a rabbit. She is the person waiting to take the newly wedded couple to Wonderland. (and of course she will have a watch and be running on time...)