Courtroom Scene 6 Flashcards
Yeah alright alright we were going to stop anyway.
In court?
Bring in the defendant!
It’s him- it was him, I saw it. I’m a witness. I’m right at the heart of the action. Right at the Heart. This must be the final level, this must be the thing before I get to go home, mustn’t it?
Appearing for the defence: The Knave of Hearts
He’s defending himself?
I’ve got as many legs to stand on as I want- I won’t have it- someone must have seen what happened-
I did.
That is, I um. I saw him take them.
Did you really?
I really did, I promise.
Now, tell the court what you saw, as much as you can remember. Take your time.
I was standing near where the Hatter lives,
Minding your own business?
I was trying to work out how to get home. And I saw a boy pulling a trolley with some tarts on it. And then when the boy wasn’t looking I saw the Knave-
Did you know who he was?
No, I didn’t know then. But I recognised him straight away the next time I saw him, at the croquet.
And you saw him take the tarts.
Yes, and then he saw me and he said if I told anyone he’d kill me.
That he’d kill you.
Yes.
This man here?
Yes.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, permit me to introduce a new piece of evidence.
This was found in Alice’s pocket. I think you’ll agree it’s very. Enlightening.
But how did you-
Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves
And the mome raths outgrabe
It’s just a silly poem.
I think not. Beware the jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch- Jaws that bite what, might I ask? Claws that catch tarts? I think it’s pretty clear this document is written by someone plotting a tart theft-
I didn’t write it.
Borogoves we know to be a slang word young people use for a certain jam-filled food stuffs-
It doesn’t mean that. Borogoves are birds with long legs and feather sticking out all around-
It’s true, Humpty Dumpty told me! Ask Humpty Dumpty if you don’t believe me.
So rested he by the Tumtum tree- Tumtum of course signifying hunger. And as in uffish thought he stood-
I don’t know what any of it means.
A brilliant piece of lyrical styling, but the arrogant criminal always makes one mistake. Do the jury know, I wonder, what the French for Jabberwock is?
The French?
The French for Jabberwock is ‘Aistolthatartez’
It’s just a piece of paper, I didn’t write it. Someone sent it to me.
Guilty!
No! It’s not fair!
What? What’s funny?
1 ‘It’s not fair’!
Of course they’re supposed to be fair, that’s the point. That’s why you have a jury.
You’re going down! You’re going down!
But I didn’t do anything!
2 ‘It’s not fair’!
No, shut up and listen. I didn’t do anything. He’s lying. This is a ridiculous place.
Poor thing thinks life should be fair.
You’re all idiots. What a stupid bunch of-
