ĭuring the confrontation with the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat was about to say something to Alice in a non-cryptic way, although he was killed under the Queen's orders before he could deliver the full message about both Alice and her nemesis. When the White Rabbit died, Cheshire Cat told Alice not to pity herself and continue her mission. He often spoke in riddles and gave cryptic and sometimes nonsensical advice. Alice remarked that he had gone mangy although his grin was a comfort. However, it was believed that the Cheshire Cat made other appearances in unrecorded trips to Wonderland.Īfter falling into Wonderland and into the Village of the Doomed, Alice met him after briefly seeing the White Rabbit. After the Duchess took Alice to see Gryphon and Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat was not seen again during Alice's first trip and never made an appearance during her second trip. The Queen ordered that the Duchess should deal with the Cat, as it was her pet, and let her out of jail. This led to an argument between the Queen, the King and the Executioner about whether or not a disembodied head could be decapitated. The Queen ordered the Cat to be decapitated, but the Executioner argued that he could not because the Cat lacked a body to decapitate. His head later appeared during the Queen of Hearts' croquet game to cheer up Alice. Alice responded to this by remarking "I've seen a cat without a grin, but never a grin without a cat!" before the smile disappeared. The Cat did as he was asked, disappearing bit-by-bit until all that was left was his smile. Alice, who was not at ease by the Cheshire Cat's sudden disappearances, asked if he could do it slower. The Cheshire Cat disappeared briefly before coming back to double-check her answer, as he thought Alice had said "fig" instead of "pig." He also told Alice about the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, and pointed where they lived, and that he would be at the Queen of Hearts's croquet match. Alice told the Cat that the baby had turned into a pig and ran away. Cat asked where the Duchess' baby had gone. He later followed Alice outside, watching her from a tree. Alice was curious why the cat could grin, and the Duchess only told her that it was because it was a "Cheshire" cat. She first encountered him in the Duchess' house sitting by the fireplace. History Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Īlice talking to Cheshire Cat on a tree branch.ĭuring Alice's first visit to Wonderland, he was the pet cat of the Duchess and was very fat.
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