ALICE #4:
A tea party! Oh, I would like to have some tea!
MAD HATTER:
This is not a tea party.
ALICE #4:
But the table is all set for tea.
MAD HATTER:
It is a Christmas tree decorating party.
ALICE #4:
But I don't see any tree.
MAD HATTER:
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
ALICE #4:
But that's exactly what it means!
MAD HATTER:
It is not very civil of you.
MARCH HARE:
Not very civil at all.
ALICE #4:
But I can't see what is not there.
MAD HATTER:
(To ALICE #4.)
Put this teacup at the top of the tree.
ALICE #4:
But a star goes at the top, not a teacup!
(MAD HATTER and DORMOUSE gasp!)
MAD HATTER:
Now, now, little miss! Whose tree is it anyway?
ALICE #4:
It's nobody's tree if it isn't there!
MAD HATTER:
Ah ha! (Picking
something up star from tea tray, eyeing ALICE #4 with accusation.)
Well, well, well. What have we here?
(MAD HATTER holds up an
ornament, a star.)
ALICE #4:
It's a star! Why is it on the tea tray?
MARCH HARE:
(Suspiciously.)
I'm sure she don't know.
MAD HATTER:
There's no use denying it! You put the star here, did you not?
ALICE #4:
How could I put the star on the tea tray? I only just got here.
MAD HATTER:
Which was very impolite of you!
MARCH HARE:
Very impolite, indeed.
MAD HATTER:
Now be a goose, Dormouse, and put this star at the bottom of the tree.
ALICE #4:
But the star goes at the top of the tree.
(MAD HATTER and DORMOUSE gasp!)
MAD HATTER:
Then just where do you propose to put the teacup, if I may ask?
ALICE #4:
Why on the table of course!
MAD HATTER:
Dormouse here is so upset at your behavior that he feels it
necessary to sing a song.
ALICE #4:
Well I hope it is a Christmas song at least.
MAD HATTER:
Of, course it is. Dormouse, begin.
(SOUND
CUE #9: "Joy
to the World" tune [short intro].) [sample]
DORMOUSE:
(Singing.)
Joy to the chickens
For eggs are good
We like them best with ham!
Let every duck -- and partridge hear
We love our eggs and ham
We love our eggs and ham
We love -- and love -- our eggs
with ham!
(SOUND:
About 5 secs of silence [4 bars in tempo] for the following lines
then music resumes for rest of song.)
MAD HATTER:
Excellent!
DORMOUSE:
(To MAD HATTER
and MARCH HARE.)
Join me, please.
MAD HATTER & MARCH HARE:
Delighted!
DORMOUSE, MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE: (Singing.)
We take our tea
With lots of milk
And then we dance a jig!
(All three dance.)
Let every cow -- and barnyard sow
Oh, dance a joyful jig
Oh, dance a joyful jig
Let every cow -- join in our jig.
(SOUND
CUE ENDS.)
ALICE #4:
But that's not a proper Christmas carol!
MAD HATTER:
Of course it is! It speaks very well of dairy products!
ALICE #4:
But that's not what Christmas is all about.
MARCH HARE:
It is.
ALICE #4:
No one here knows anything about Christmas at all!
MAD HATTER:
Off with her head!
ALICE #4:
I beg your pardon?
MAD HATTER:
That's exactly what the Queen says to little girls like you.
MARCH HARE:
Suppose we change the subject.
ALICE #4:
This is the stupidest Christmas party I was ever at in all my life.
DORMOUSE:
How rude.
(MAD HATTER tidies picks up tea things.)
MAD HATTER:
The very idea. Come along March Hare, Dormouse. We can do without
her very nicely, I am sure.
(MAD HATTER, MARCH HARE &
DORMOUSE march off in a snit, exiting.)
SNOW:
Just as the Mad Hatter disappeared...
CANDY:
Alice noticed a tree that had a door leading right into it.
ALICE #4:
(Looks up to
screen, sees "door".)
That's very curious! But everything's curious today. I
may as well go in.
(She opens "door" and
STORYTELLERS make "creek" sound. She steps behind screen.
OPTIONAL TRANSITION:
ALICE #4 exits behind screen as ALICE #5 enters from the opposite side.)
JINGLE:
At last, Alice found herself in the beautiful garden.
(SOUND
CUE #10:
Magical sound: harp, chimes, flute, etc.; fades during following scene. [sample]
STORYTELLERS make magical sound
such as chimes. ANGEL sets the scene as he speaks, putting a stool in
place and becoming the "Christmas tree", holding an
ornament up in each hand. Other STORYTELLERS will stand beside
him passing him more ornaments as needed during the following scene.)
ANGEL:
A large Christmas tree stood near the entrance of the garden.
ALICE #5:
(Looking at
ornaments ANGEL is holding.)
What pretty ornaments!
(DECORATORS RALPH, MARTHA and
CALVIN enter with small ladders or they may place benches near
"Christmas tree" and climb them, indicating ladders.)
HOLLY:
The decorations were beautiful but...
SNOW:
There were several decorators busily taking them down.
(DECORATORS climb ladders and
take ANGEL's ornaments and throw them on the ground. SOUND
CUE ENDS.)
ALICE #5:
Oh, no! (Picking
up ornaments.)
You dropped something, sir!
RALPH:
(Taking ornament.)
Thankee, miss! (Throws
it back on the ground.)
ALICE #5:
But you dropped it again!
(She hands it back to RALPH who
throws it back down again. MARTHA takes off an ornament and
throws it down.)
You should be more careful!
You're breaking them!
MARTHA:
That's the whole idea, miss!
RALPH:
We puts 'em up and each day we come back next day and tears 'em down!
(RALPH throws another on the ground.)
ALICE #5:
But that's wasteful. You're supposed to put them up once and
leave them up until Christmas is over!
CALVIN:
That won't do for this Queen, young lady.
RALPH:
This Queen likes 'em good and smashed every single day!
MARTHA:
Nothing but new ornaments every day for this Queen!
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