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Alirin continued to walk down the path until she could hear some talking up ahead. As she got closer she could see a man with red hearts all over him who looked like a king and a woman all in white who looked like a queen. Alirin listened closely.
“Do you have any idea who may have stolen my tarts?” the King of Hearts was asking.
“No, no, I haven’t the slightest idea.” the White Queen replied, looking rather nervous about something. “Have you asked your wife?”
“Yes, and now she is on a rampage, beheading anyone who even says the word ‘tarts’.” He said, rather mournfully. “I’m all for an execution, and especially for whoever stole them, but she is exaggerating just slightly.”
“Indeed. Indeed.” the White Queen said, fiddling with something behind her back.
“I heard the Red Queen died. Is that why you look upset?” the King of Hearts asked.
“Well, no, because I’m rather pleased she is dead. We were enemies after all.” the White Queen responded, adjusting her shawl that kept coming loose from the wind.
“If you’re nervous about my missing tarts I assure you it will be taken care of. I’m holding a trial later today to find the culprit, so you shouldn’t be upset by it.” the King of Hearts said, trying to console her.
“That isn’t it either.” the White Queen said as she pulled a sword out from behind her back. “I was hoping I wouldn’t have to do this, but now I must, because I think you might be evil.”
With that she whipped out a sword, and off was the King of Hearts’ head. Alirin gasped in horror and was about to leave when she could hear the White Queen crying. Feeling bad, and rather curious, she walked up to her slowly and helped her adjust her shawl.
“If you feel so bad about killing him, then why did you do it in the first place?” Alirin asked, looking quite fearfully at the sword the Queen had dropped on the ground.
“It’s my job, as a Hunter. I thought he was evil, but I was wrong.” she said, looking extremely sad, so Alirin didn’t bother to ask her what she meant by ‘hunter’.
“I wish I could manage to be glad.” the Queen said sadly, “Only I never remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in the wood and being very glad whenever you like.”
“Though it is very lonely here, and not a very nice place!” Alirin objected, as tears ran down her face.
“Oh, don’t go on like that!” the Queen consoled, “Consider what a great girl you are! Consider all you’ve gone through today! Consider what o’clock it is! Consider anything, just don’t cry!”
“Can you keep from crying by considering things?” Alirin asked, wiping away the two tears.
“That’s the way it’s done, no one can do two things at once.” she explained. “let’s start by considering your age, how old are you?”
“7 and a half.” Alirin answered.
“I am one hundred and one, 3 months and a day!” the White Queen said.
“I can’t believe that!”
“Why not?” the Queen asked.
“It is impossible!”
“Well, when I was your age I could believe six impossible things before bre-eakfast! Bre-e-eakfast, Bre-e-eh” the Queen answered. Alirin looked closely at her, trying to understand the odd noises, but the White Queen had suddenly turned into a little sheep!
Alirin decided to take the little sheep with her for company, but suddenly a large animal (that she would later learn is called a Bandersnatch) came running out of the wood and gobbled up the little queen sheep and ran away.
She was certainly well prepared to go home now.
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Dead
Fea - Red Queen - Cobbler - lynched Day 1
Boro - the Caterpillar - Shirriff - killed Night 2
Sally - the Dormouse - Wolf - lynched Day 2
Izzy - White Rabbit - Ordinary - killed Night 3
Glirdan - Mad Hatter - Wolf - lynched Day 3
Greenie - White Night - Seer - killed Night 4
Nogrod – Cheshire Cat – Wolf – lynched Day 4
Nienna - White Queen - Hunter - killed Night 5
Inzil - King of Hearts - Ordinary - hunter killed Night 5
Alive
Wintywinty – Tweedledum
Mira – March Hare
Agan – Queen of Hearts
Shasta – Knave of Hearts
Lottie – Duchess
Nerwen – the Dodo
Legate – Jabberwocky
Morsul – the Mock Turtle
Skip – Humpty Dumpty
Lommy – the Gryphon
Brinniel – Tweedledee
It is now Day 5.