Alice jumps to her feet, knocking over the jury box in her hurry. Hastily, she replaces all the creatures who have fallen out onto the floor. The King tells her that "Rule Forty-two" bans from court anyone more than a mile high, but Alice refuses to leave.

The King subjects the Knave to a meaningless grilling and then sums up the evidence with hilarious ineptness. The Queen announces that the Knave should be sentenced before the verdict is reached. Alice blares out, "Stuff and nonsense!" Shocked, the Queen shouts, "Off with her head!" Alice, now her full size, says, "You're nothing but a pack of cards!" Immediately, the whole pack soars into the air and rains down on her head.

Alice wakes to find herself back on the riverbank, with her older sister brushing fallen leaves off Alice's face.

Chapter 12 was wonderfully read by:

Phyllis Logan
Martin Delaney
Harriet Walter
Henry Goodman
Christopher Biggins
David Menkin
Andrew Zadrejko
Della Phillips
Patricia Hodge
Stephen McCarthy
Brad Shaw

Back on the croquet lawn, Alice and the Gryphon learn that the Knave of Hearts has been charged with stealing a plate of tarts. The bewigged King of Hearts is serving as judge in the trial, and 12 creatures make up the jury. The White Rabbit is acting as herald.

"Consider your verdict," the King tells the jury before the trial even begins. It's clear the whole proceeding will be a shambles. In the midst of the confusion, Alice realizes that she's starting to grow again. The next witness is the Duchess's Cook, who refuses to give evidence and slips away in the confusion. Alice is startled to hear her own name being called as the third witness.

Chapter 11 is wonderfully read by:

Mark Fernandes
Elizabeth jobling
Rebecca Courtney
Janine Cooper-Marshall
Will Harrison-Wallace
Jane Perry
John Challis
Ruth Jones
Jo Ashe (Narrator of the year)
Rosie Ashe

Though the Mock Turtle is crying almost too hard to talk, it manages to sob out that Alice has probably never heard of a Lobster Quadrille. When she agrees that she has not, the Mock Turtle becomes a vortex of energy. He and the Gryphon scream out instructions while "capering wildly about." With equal suddenness, they collapse and look mournfully at Alice. Then they dance solemnly around her, singing.

The dancing over, they ask Alice to recite some lessons for them. She obediently does so, getting the words wrong. Then the Mock Turtle begins to weep out a song about turtle soup. In mid-song, someone calls, "The trial is starting!" The Gryphon takes Alice's hand and rushes her away.

Chapter 10 is wonderfully read by:

Elizabeth Bloom
Ben Norris
Jared Zeus
Alexandra Metaxa
Margaret Ashley
Natalie Chisholm
Eilidh Beaton
Philip Labey
Griff Rhys Jones
Matthew Gravelle
Michael Lumsden
Cathy Smith
Julia Winwood