While walking through the meadow with her sister, seven-year-old Alice has a most unusual experience. She observes a rabbit dressed in human clothing staring at a pocket watch. After frantically commenting that he’s running late, the rabbit jumps into a hole. Bemused by the situation, Alice decides to follow him. When she reaches the bottom, Alice discovers a small key that goes to a tiny door.
Alice unlocks the door and sees a beautiful garden across the threshold, but she’s too large to squeeze through the entrance. Feeling frustrated, she discovers a bottle labeled “Drink Me” nearby. After consuming the liquid, Alice shrinks to a miniature size. However, the key is now too large for her to carry. So, she takes a bite of a nearby cake which makes her grow into a giant. Frustrated by her inability to enter the garden, she starts to cry. Her tears transform the space into an ocean and she is carried away on the waves.
When she reaches the shore, Alice wanders into a forest where she meets a caterpillar. He’s smoking a water pipe and sitting atop a mushroom. The caterpillar explains that by eating different parts of the mushroom, she can grow or shrink. Afterwards, she meets the Cheshire Cat. He tells her that she’s in a place called Wonderland, and everyone here has gone mad. Later, Alice wanders off and meets one of the rulers of this land, the Queen of Hearts. They play an unusual game of croquet in which flamingos are used as sticks and hedgehogs are the balls. Then, Alice attends the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who is accused of stealing tarts from the queen.
