Wonderland 2022

3. We Are All Mad Here

3. "We Are All Mad Here" – Where cats wag their tails when angry and growl when pleased. Write about a day when everything was completely opposite to what you expect. Short story (<500 words) or poem (<40 lines).

One day the wind blew upside down. Then birds flew upside down and backward. Dogs meowed and cats barked. It was the start of a most curious day.

I went back inside my house, afraid to be outside where everything was upside down, inside out, and not as it should be.

But inside the house was no safer. I walked on the ceiling with no trouble at all. My shoes tied themselves.

I tried to cook some eggs, but the stove turned off. The eggs cooked with the heat off. When I turned it back on, the eggs didn’t cook. Most curious.

So I went around the house to see what else was different in my little world. The bed couldn’t be made. It floated in mid-air. Blankets and sheets hung off the sides, but didn’t fall off. My cat lay in the middle of the bed, afraid to get off. I tried to jump up to get her, but my feet now seemed glued to the floor.

I glanced in the mirror. Staring back at me was the Chesire Cat. He spoke to me. “Don’t worry. We’re all mad here! You’re mad, I’m mad! Enjoy your day!”

So I sat down in my room, read a book, and fell asleep. I prayed that when I woke up all would be set to rights again.

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