Hello Alice
Hello, Alice, it’s nice to make
your acquaintance. Please take a seat,
I’ll beg for your patience. Dormouse,
Please get her a hot cup of tea.
And don’t spill, my dear, the table’s
mahogany. I’m the Mad Hatter, Alice, but
I think you know that. Remember? Remember?
I’m the man with the hats.
Subtlety is not a skill of mine. Rather my art
is the overwhelming kind. You’re late, you know,
you silly badger — and looking much too
small — smaller than last time, I wager.
Last time? I don’t know. Time here is
dense. I’m mad, you see, I don’t
often make sense. I make hats
but never — no never, not sense.
It’s an honor to meet you, but you’re rather
bland. I’m not sure you’ll fit in our grand
Wonderland. Maybe I’ll help you, give you a hat.
Oh no, there it goes, my glass in my lap.
The teacups are broken, my clock rotates back – and
you were much more muchier last time, but
don’t fret. There’s plenty of poisons
and ‘coctions for that. A raven is like
a writing desk, Alice. Would you like to know why? I
haven’t the slightest. Someone, anyone, get us more tea!
Oh, I fear the girl cannot understand me. It’s a tea party –
the tea party – a party of tea. It’s the part in
the book where –
Oh. Oh, me.
It comes down to this, Dear, and this thing
alone: You have lost your muchness. You’ve left it at
home. But fear not, Alice. Don’t fret – I’ve got more. A hat
always turns you to less of a bore. There’s a hat for that.
A hat, you see, that makes any dear bloke as big as
Red Queen. Yes, Dear Alice, yes indeed.
Soon — one day — you’ll be big as
Red Queen. Oh, hush, mad bad Hatter — all of this
talk. I’ll make a hat as fiery as a Jabberwock.
A Jabberwock, yes — clean cup! Clean cup!
Alice is late, but the time is not up.
There is still time to save our grand Wonderland!
Come, my girl, just give me your hand.
Strike Out,
Concept and Digital Director: Amy Dantin
Assistant: Diane Fish
On Site Digital Team: Nia Alexander, Leah Davis, Cat Correa, Savannah Tindall
Photographer: Abigail Blascovich
Makeup: Abby Wright
Writer: Anna DeJonge
Editor: Lexi Fernadez
Graphic: Audrey Estupinan
Model: Lauren Horner
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