THE DORMOUSE (O.S.) She’s the wrong Alice.
WHITE RABBIT (O.S.) Give her a chance.
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INT. THE ROUND HALL
She laughs at herself and goes back to the table. She picks up the little bottle and takes another swallow, shivers at the taste, then shrinks again to two feet high. Dragging her too-big clothes, she runs to the door, puts the key in the lock, opens it and steps through.
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EXT. A GARDEN IN UNDERLAND — DAY
She enters a fantastical world. Underland is bizarre, illogical, often dangerous, absurd, and strangely beautiful. The garden is brown and tangled, its statues broken and overgrown. The mossy fountain is silent. Alice hears a bellow/sneezing sound as a GREEN PIG dashes past. The TALL FLOWERS have gaunt, haunted HUMAN FACES. SHABBY, THIN BIRDS walk on stalk legs. DRAGONFLIES, HORSEFLIES and ENORMOUS GNATS do fierce battle in the sky above.
ALICE Curiouser and curiouser.
WHITE RABBIT I told you she's the right Alice.
She turn