by ChristianC » Tue Sep 03, 2002 2:11 am
Timmy smiled and took one of the cakes.
"So then," He began, looking at the hatter, "if you're wearing a hat when you sleep, then you are not sleeping when you're wearing a hat?" He was beginning to get the strange logic of the man.
"Exactly," The hatter said with a grin and sipped his tea, "But enough of that... What I'm wondering is... why are you together with nor..." He noticed the look from Casey,"...her?"
"She's our guardian..." Timmy said, trying to make it sound as formal as possible. The hare looked up.
"Guardian, you say? Guardian, guard, to guard something, she guards you, guarding you is her duty..." With that he looked down at his tea again. The hatter, however, kept looking at Timmy.
"Tell me, lad, you wouldn't happen to know a young woman passing through her? I'm fairly sure ("Surely fair", the hare added) that her name was Alice. She left before we could finish our discussion, and the last time I saw her was in the court of the king of hearts." Timmy looked at him.
"Weeell... she sounds familiar, but there are a lot of Alices, and I don't know her."
"Pity," The hatter said with a sigh. "I had wished to meet her again, although you make a nearly as good discussion." Timmy felt so confused that he wasn't even insulted by the hatters slip.