“ Alice, have you gone completely mad?” he challenged.“ No, not yet I’ m afraid. I traded him for his prized kazoo, so I know we’ ll get it back.”“ And where might that be?”“ With the Frivolous Bandersnatch!” She exclaimed. M was perplexed.
Didn’ t Alice justget the hat away from a bandersnatch?“ Alice!” He scolded. She quickly turned to face him, and attempted to comfort him by reaching out and taking his hand.“ Don’ t you trust me?” She asked. M thought about it, and he did, but
Alice sometimes let her madness get a hold of her.“ Yes of course I do but-”“ You do? Yay!” She paraded in triumph.“ This Bandersnatch is completely docile and independent from the Queen. He’ s a friend.”“ Okay, I’ m sorry I doubted you.” In response, as an attempt to lighten the mood, Alice stood up on to her toes and compared height.“ You’ re still short!” Alice teased.“ Not as short as you!” M mocked back. They continued walking along, babbling on and on about anything and everything. Being the only partially sane ones here, they became quite good friends. They were practically inseparable, except for when M had a new hat to make or Alice had a new foe to battle. At the end of the day, though, they were about as close as friends could get.
“ Do you remember the story you used to tell me about the
Jabberwocky” Alice asked, turning to face him.“ The Jabber-who-ey?” He replied with confusion.“ Oh, I guess not then. There’ s a lot you don’ t remember, isn’ t there?”“ While that’ s true, I very much remember you, Alice.” She smiled. Even though M didn’ t remember everything, he remembered what mattered to him.“ Well, would you like for me to tell you about the Jabberwock?”“ Yes, very very much so!”“ You always used to mumble this, I only remember fractions of it I’ m afraid.” She took a breath, and cleared her throat.“ With his vorpal sword in hand, long time the manxome foe he sought, so rested he by the Tum-Tum tree, and stood awhile in thought-” Alice was cut off by M chiming in.
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