Cheshire Cat Monologue |work| 📥

I’m not all here myself, you know. I fade... I flicker... I leave my grin behind just to keep the world guessing. Is it a smile of greeting? Or a smile because I know something you don't? Run along now. The Hatter is waiting, and he’s even more 'not all there' than I am. Ta-ta!".

I see you counting. One, two, three. You’re trying to ground yourself. Humans do that. They count the stripes on a tiger, the rings on a tree, the seconds on a clock. They believe that if they can quantify the madness, they can cure it. Bless your heart. Cheshire Cat Monologue

Suggest based on specific versions (e.g., Disney's 1951 film vs. Tim Burton's 2010 film). I’m not all here myself, you know

I go where the grin takes me. The rest of me… well, it catches up. Or it doesn’t. Mostly it doesn’t. And isn’t that a relief? To leave the heavy, awkward, elbow-bumping body of yourself behind and just be the expression? I leave my grin behind just to keep the world guessing

: If performing on stage, use lighting or slow retreats to mimic the Cat’s iconic disappearing act .

Context: Alice has just arrived at a crossroads and is feeling overwhelmed by the strange rules of the woods.