The Character Artist.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Good afternoon dear ladies and gentlemen. I am very pleased to see all of you here
today. Did you recognize me? Of course you did! I am Alice, from the worldwide
famous fairytale “Alice’s adventures in Wonderland” written by Lewis Carroll.
By the way, it’s his pen-name. His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. I
am the girl, who dreamed about the world of her own and managed to find it. My
own world is Wonderland. It is a very strange place and lots of very strange
creatures live there. They all present our own qualities and defects. Do you want to
see the wonderland? Juts follow me. It’s there, in the rabbit hole.

Ah! here is the White Rabbit itself. You know, he always is in a hurry. He never
has time to talk to anyone. He is like people’s vanity. Well, Don’t be afraid, jump
into the hole.

Now, we shall go into that garden through this tiny door. Don’t worry because of
your size. Drink this. It will make you smaller. No- no! You won’t stay so small
forever. I’ve got a cake. It will return your real size when you need it.

Here is my friend- the Caterpillar. He is very wise, like people’s voice of reason.
He always gives wise advice, but to follow it or not is your choice. You’d better
follow, as I did. His advice helped me to control myself.

Sh-sh-sh!! Have you ever seen a cat with a smile? Sounds strange, doesn’t it? But
have you ever seen a smile without a cat? Ta-da-da-dam!! Let me introduce my
best friend The Cheshire Cat. He is very-very special. He likes changing his
appearance, his shape, his image. He appears and vanishes whenever he likes,
leaving his smile somewhere above. He is like people’s ideas, which fly in their
minds, and you never can off their heads unless they come true.

The Cheshire Cat showed me the way to the March Hare’s house, where I met The
March Hare, The Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse. Look at them. They are killing
the time, because it’s always six o’clock on their clocks and it’s always tea time.
So they drink tea all day long. They show our fear, doubts and laziness on which
we often waste our time.

Now let’s leave this mad party. This path will lead us to a beautiful garden with
lots of rose trees. Can you smell them? Look at that one covered in white roses.
These cards are The Queens’s gardeners. You must be curious why they are
painting the roses red. They are afraid of The Queen. She will cut off their heads, if
sees the white roses. She likes red.

Oh, here she is coming. Don’t worry, keep calm. The Queen, the King and all their
solders are only cards. They show our ungrounded anger and blind ignorance. If
we don’t want them to lead us, they can’t do any harm.

Now look at your reflection through the mirror. Can you see the changes in your
heart? The Wonderland is not just the place, where strange things happen. It is a
place where we grow up coming across our defect qualities. We can overcome
them only if we face them and defeat them.

Now, I am very sorry. My time is out. I must go the place which I belong to. Other
children and grown-ups are waiting for me. I must help them to go through
Wonderland. Don’t be afraid to face yourself. That is the moral.