Who can that girl be?
Her eyes are open wide,
and yet she's in a daydream that's better than real life.
She knows a secret country where the grownups never go.
Why, she's Alice. Alice in Wonderland!
Alice! Alice in Wonderland!
Curious friends and happy adventures, too!
Yes, she's Alice! Alice in Wonderland!
Alice, Alice in Wonderland!
Alice, wait for us!
We'll come too!
-- Alice! Alice come here.
--Oh, Mummy. I won't be a minute!
-- And, don't shout like that, it sounds so rude!
Since when do you talk to your mother like that?
Now, Alice, Mrs Spicem and I are going to buy some pepper, so don't go too far from the coach.
-- Don't worry I won't. Don't waste all your money on pepper again!
-- I simply can't believe what I'm hearing. In my day children didn't dare be so cheeky.
-- They pick it up in school, Madam, all children talk like that these days,
and in any case Alice is right -- that pirate we went to last time charged us far too much for pepper!
-- Did he really?
-- Oh, it tinkles!
Oh look!
Oh, please may I have a look in this trunk?
-- Yes, you may. There's breakable in there.
-- and there's the top hat--
oh, it's lovely!
I thought I--
-- Stop it, you're tickling me!
--Oh!
--Would you like to buy the hat, young lady?
--Oh, he mustn't see me!
--Oh, uh,
well how much is it?
-- Aha, well how much money have you got?
--Only twenty pennies.
-- That's lucky, that's exactly what it costs.
-- Here you are.
-- Thank you, I hope you have a lot of fun with it.
-- Do you think it'll be all right if I feed it with carrots?
-- Anything.
-- No, I think carrots are best, that's what they like most. Goodbye.
-- I keep thinking that there's something we've forgotten to buy, I can't think what.
-- No, Madam, the only thing we need now is Alice.
-- Oh, yes, of course.
But just imagine, I've paid almost ten pounds for one packet of pepper.
If I tell my husband about that, he'll think I've gone mad!
-- Oh, I don't know, after all he loves pepper, you can never give him too much of it, can you?
-- No, but it's so bad for you.
Where is Alice? Why is she taking so long? We're always waiting for her.
--Mummy, look. Look what I've bought.
-- Alice, what are you doing? Take that filthy hat off at once.
-- The hat isn't dirty, Mummy.
Look, you can see for yourself.
-- Of course it's dirty. It's probably covered in germs and you'll catch some dreadful disease.
What do you want with such a stupid old top hat? You've got a beautiful hat of your own.
-- Yes, I know, mummy, but this one's speical. It can do things.
--I think it's a wonderful hat.
-- As soon as we get home it'll have to be cleaned.
Oh, Alice, I can't stand it any longer, thinking of all those germs makes me feel ill!
I know children love playing with things like that, but please take it off.
-- Yes, mummy, but--
-- Well brought up little girls don't say 'but' to their mothers.
--Hold on tight, the road's bumpy.
--No, no, it's got nothing to do with the road. It's the hat that's bouncing,
but if I hold it tightly with both hands it won't bounce away from me.
-- Alice, did you say the hat was bouncing?
--Yes.
--What an imagination she's got!
-- I think it's the little bunny bouncing.
-- Now I know you like to imagine things, but you must learn not to exaggerate.
-- Oh, no, really Madam, don't be so hard on her. After all there's no harm in it.
You ought to be pleased she still believes in fairies, childhood doesn't last forever.
-- But if always let Alice get away with everything she'll become very spoiled, Mrs Spicem.
-- Oh Madam, you know she's the sweetest child in the whole wide world.
Don't spoil her fun for her.
--Woah.
-- Alice, please go upstairs immediately and wash your hands.
They're filthy from that disgusting hat.
I don't know what you see in it.
-- I'll go up and wash them straight away, mummy, but this hat isn't dirty, and it isn't disgusting.
-- Alice, you're being cheeky,
and since when does a well brought up young lady leap out of a coach like that?
--Yes, I know, but I'm in a hurry. Besides, no one saw me.
-- Oh, dear! If only she were just a little more like her sister, Celia.
-- Hello daddy!
-- Hello.
-- If mummy had heard you she'd have said you should have said 'Hello, Alice'!
-- Yes.
-- Anyway, watch out, she's coming!
Hello, Celia, I bought something wonderful in a shop today. I'll show it to you if you like.
-- Alice, I haven't got time for your stories.
This is such an exciting book, I can't stop reading it.
Will you please close the door after you?
-- A book without pictures is boring!
-- You'll fare better when you grow up, Alice.
-- You can come out now, this is my room and it's safe here. Nobody will bother us.
-- Hello!
--So you really can speak!
-- Of course, why not?
My name's Benny, but only to my friends, otherwise Benny Bunny.
-- and my name is Alice, but I would never have believed a bunny could really speak.
-- and why ever not? Why should a bunny especially not be able to speak?
Every flower and bird in the world can speak.
-- Flowers and birds? That's not true, they can't talk.
At least I've never heard them talking.
-- That's because you haven't tried properly! You're just like everybody else.
-- What do you mean?
--Can you keep a secret?
-- Mmhm, I swear.
-- Only people with imagination can hear me, most people don't have any.
So don't tell anyone I spoke to you or they'll think you're mad.
-- I've got imagination.
My mother always says I've got too much imagination.
May I introduce you: this is Teddy, and this one here is Dicky.
-- He's got very practical eyes-- he can look up and down at the same time!
-- and this is Jean, she's got real hair.
-- Pleased to meet you.
-- and over there is our cat, Dinah.
-- Oh, but she's alive!
-- Dinah, Dinah, stop it, Dinah!
Stop bothering the little bunny at once! He's our friend!
Stop it, Dinah! Dinah come here immediately!
Come here, Benny Bunny, come.
Oh, Dinah, what's got into you? You've never behaved like this before!
Come out, Benny Bunny, you needn't be frightened. Dinah's really very nice.
--No.
-- Come, Benny, come here.
-- Hurry up child we're waiting for you. The croquet game has already started.