Alice in Wonderland: Novel Summary: Chapter 12 Select a Chapter:
In her excitement, Alice stands up and knocks over the whole
jury box (because she has grown so big). All of the animals
tumble out onto their heads. She sets the trial back up and
proceeds. All of a sudden Alice seems much more like a girl with
her toys, than a character in Wonderland. It is here that the
fantasy is starting to break down. The King asks what Alice
knows of this business and Alice replies: Nothing. After some
confusion regarding this, the King called out: All Persons more
than a mile high to leave the court! Alice stays anyway, and the
jury is asked to consider its verdict. However, the White Rabbit
finds more evidence in the form of a letter. The letter was
written in verse, and in effect it proved that all of the tarts
were right there before the king and that they had not been
taken at all. At this point the Queen demands that they sentence
the Knave first, then read the verdict, which Alice (who was
quite larger by then) tho