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And the Mock Turtle moans and weeps and complains about his dismal fate, the poor excuse for life that he has been handed on his plate.
And the Gryphon pits his wit against them both, chest proud and thumping; he is so much better than everyone else, of course, it goes without saying, but deep inside he knows he is a creature made of two different halves; he is no true animal, you see, and this truth stabs him always without relief.
And Alice?
Alice kisses them both kindly on their cheeks, one maudlin and the other incomplete. My friends, she whispers, speak softly and slower and your fortunes shall grow. Do not forget the promise is beating inside your heart. There is love left in this world yet.
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Words by Kenny Mah. Illustration by Arthur Rackham.
How uncanny! I was just relating to Cheng yi how much he reminded me of the Hookah smoking caterpillar. (i.e. being very matter of fact)
Sevelim Sevilelim
So many promises made, all the what-could-have-been stings my heart, but none of it will be fulfilled now. Love? Maybe, one day..
Another side to Alice in Wonderland. Also wonderful, actually. =)
I don’t know if it’s me being still inebriated from last night but this brought a tear to my eye. I only hope Tim Burton captures even a smidgen of this in his film.
You must have recovered from your flu!
“the promise is beating inside your heart.”
I reckon it needs to explode every once in a while. Just to give us a jolt or two. More often than not, we tend to forget that it’s there at all.
yeah love is around us …just it depends what kind of love we look for =p
how interesting! is this a book review?
there sure be some love left in the world…
*busy mood! going to korek love from some hole…*
Odd. Read Alice in Wonderland several times but somehow never liked it! Always felt like stuffing half of them — the psychotic characters especially
— into teapots.
alice/the girl seems much wiser than the two creatures/men. also true in real life? =p
suppose only Alice understands animals like she does
others can only squirm or doggy pamper / or pussy lick
we eat them
my all time fav read.. Alice in Wonderland! Tim Burton good but erm, Guillermo del Toro better! Only a humble ciki opinion that is… LOL.
http://cumidanciki.blogspot.com/2009/06/alice-and-salmon.html
indeed u do.. u do;)
Nyucks, nyucks… If only CY knew that Arthur Rackham’s Caterpillar is the next of his illustrations I am gonna tackle for my vignettes… Now you’ve put an indelible idea into my head… Bad, bad Unkaleong!
One day, bro, one day. Believe the promise that is beating still in your heart.
Thanks… Is it just me or does your last comment remind me of the movie ‘Love, Actually’? Intentional ar?
You’re such a romantic soul, Kenny.
*referring to both post & reply*
Where got? Trust me, I’m nothing more than an old fuddy-duddy, really. Just ask my other half, haha…
I believe Tim Burton is trying to catch some other emotion altogether with his film, but who knows? We shall see. I, for one, am eagerly anticipating his take on Alice.
i’m looking forward to anne hathaway acting as the white queen in tim burtons’ alice in wonderland. =)
Yeaps! And very grateful for that too.
Haha, that’s a good way of putting it… But not, uhm, coronary explosions ya? Those aren’t fun at all.
O tell me, then — what sorta love are you looking for?
Nay, far from it. More a vignette in the form of my impressions of an illustration based on a chapter from a book…
Have fun korek-ing!
Hmm. You’re like the Anti-Dormouse. LOL
Me, I can’t wait to see Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen and Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar. It’ll be good old-fashion Tim Burton-style fun fer sure!
Mayhaps, mayhaps not.
i hope alan rickman is as good as his role in harry potter as prof. severus snape. =)
Oh, I’m biased but I think he’s always good, even in his more mediocre films.
Ah… Uhm… Okay… Right. Yes, well. Ahem. Next?
Haha, I love Senor del Toro too! I love his Pan’s Labyrinth… and he’s doing The Hobbit films now with Peter Jackson producing! Which reminds me of District 9, which Jackson produced… oh my… I sure love me a lot of them films, don’t I?
Hehe, we should do a movie marathon one day soon… Now, whose house is available for ransacking and pillaging by a bunch of food bloggers?