Down the Rabbit Hole (Merida version)

Justin Irving presents

Merida in Wonderland

Starring

Kelly McDonald as Merida

Julie Fowlis as the singing voice of Merida

Erin Torpey as Aurora

Nathan Mack as Koda

John DiMaggio as Fidget

James Arnold Taylor as Huckleberry Hound

John Goodman as Baloo

Tara Strong as Lemmy Koopa and Iggy Koopa

Phil Vischer as Bob the Tomato

Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber

Wallace Shawn as Rex

Sherri Shepherd as Florrie

Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs

Denis Leary as Francis

Bonnie Hunt as Rosie

Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh

John C. Reilly as Wreck-It-Ralph

Russell Brand as E.B.

Carlos Alazraqui as Speedy Gonzales

Diahann Carroll

and

Jeff Bennett as Mr. Smee

Chorus: Merida in Wonderland

Male Chorus: How do you get to Wonderland?

Chorus: Over the hills or Underland Or just behind a tree? When clouds go rolling by

Male Chorus: They roll away and leave the sky

Chorus: Where is the land beyond the eye The people cannot see? Where can it be?

Male Chorus: Where do stars go? Where is the crescent moon?

Female Chorus: They must be somewhere in the sunny afternoon

Chorus: Merida in Wonderland

Female Chorus: Where is the path to Wonderland?

Chorus: Over the hill or here or there I wonder where

One sunny day in England, there was a lot of activities in the park. Toons were either playing games or fishing in the pond. Sitting in the tree was a British woman with golden-blonde hair and violet eyes, wearing a black hairband, a gray dress with medium taupe sleeves and a black bodice, and black ballet flats. Her name was Aurora, and she was currently reading a history book.

"... leaders, and head been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Abraham and Lot, the earls of Toonia and Toonance declared for him, and even David-" Aurora was cut off when a boot waved at her face. "Merida!"

Sitting on a branch was a 16-year-old girl with light freckles, a round face, rosy cheeks, pink lips, long curly red hair, and blue eyes, wearing a Pthalo dark teal cotton Medieval-style off-the-shoulder dress with long arms, gold trimming and beadings, and floor-length skirt, and taupe boots. Her name was Merida. Right now, she was making a daisy chain rather than listening to Aurora. Accompanying her on the branch was a small and slender bear cub with a cream muzzle, brown fur, a brown nose, eyes, ears, claws on his hands and feet, and pads on the bottoms of his hands and feet. His name was Koda.

"I'm listening," Merida told Aurora in a bored voice.

As Merida continued making her daisy chain, Aurora continues reading. "And even David, the archbishop of Toonterbury, agreed to meet Joseph and offered him the crown." Meanwhile, Merida placed her completed daisy chain on Koda's head, who shook it off onto Aurora's head. Merida giggled but Aurora shouted, "Merida! Will you please pay attention to your history lesson?"

"I'm sorry, Aurora." Merida apologized. "But how can I possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?"

"My dear child, there are a lot of great books in this world without pictures," Aurora responded.

Merida rolled her eyes. "In this world, perhaps. But in my world, the books would be nothing but pictures."

"Your world?" Aurora asked with a laugh. "What nonsense."

Then an idea sprung in Merida's head. She picked up Koda and set him on her lap. "That's it, Koda! If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense." Koda nodded in agreement. "Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't," Merida continued. This perplexed Koda, who shook her head in confusion. "And in the opposite way, what it is, it wouldn't be, and what it would be, it would. You see?" asked Merida.

"Nope." replied Koda.

Merida jumped down to the ground, and Aurora was too busy reading to notice. "In my world." Anna said, "You wouldn't say grrr. You'd say, 'Yes, Miss Merida.'"

"I don't know if I can do that." said Koda.

"Oh, but you would." Merida said as she picked up her bear. She started to walk away. "You'd be just like people, Koda, and all the other animals too." She put Koda down in a flowerbed, as Merida said, "Why, in my world..."

Merida: Cats and rabbits Would reside in fancy little houses And be dressed in hats and shoes and trousers

Merida drops a flower on Koda and he bats it away. Merida lies down in the daisy field.

Merida: In a world of my own All the flowers Would have very extra special powers They would sit and talk to me for hours When I'm lonely in a world of my own

A bluebird lands in a tree and begins to chirp.

Merida: There'd be new birds Lots of nice and friendly howdy-do birds

The bird goes to a small pond and splashes around in it.

Merida: Everyone would have a dozen bluebirds

The bird flew back to the branch and dried itself off.

Merida: Within that world of my own I could listen to a babbling brook And hear a song that I could understand

Merida and Koda lie down on the riverbank.

Merida: I keep wishing it could be that way Because my world would be a wonderland

As the song ended, Merida closed her eyes and touched a river and her reflection rippled. Suddenly, a new reflection formed farther down the river. Koda's jaws dropped and he did take a double take. The reflection was a dark gray bat with yellow eyes, a pug nose, thin black eyebrows, sharp white fangs, a peg leg in place of his right foot, a notch in his right ear, and a broken wing, wearing a black cap, a sleeveless dark blue sweater, a purple scarf with lavender hairlines, black pants, and a gray shoe on his left foot. His name was Fidget the Bat. He had his eyes closed as he walked and whistled a tune.

"Merida! I see something coming our way!" Koda called out, as he started to tug on Merida, trying to get the girl's attention.

"Oh, Koda," Merida said. "It's just a pet-legged bat with a broken leg..." Her eyes snapped open and she too did a double take with a surprised look on her face. Fidget pulled out a pocket watch from his pocket, as Merida added in surprise, "And a watch!"

Fidget looked at the watch and a look of shock appeared on his face.

"Oh, cheese and crackers!" Fidget exclaimed. He began to run away, as he yelled, "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

"Now this is curious," Merida said. "What could a bat possibly be late for?" She got up and started to follow the bat, and Koda followed his owner, as Merida yelled, "Please, sir!"

Fidget: I'm late, I'm late For a very important date No time to say hello, good-bye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!

As he disappeared over a hill, Merida stopped and said to her bear, "It must be awfully important, like a party or something!" Then she yelled, as she and Merida chased after him, "Mister Bat! Wait!"

Fidget: No, no, no, no, no, no, no I'm overdue! I'm really in a stew!

Fidget reached a hole in the side of a hill and turned.

Fidget: No time to say good-bye, hello! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!

He jumped into the hole and disappeared again. Merida and Koda ran to the rabbit hole and Merida got down on her knees.

"My, what a peculiar place to have a party," she she said.

"I should say." Koda said in agreement.

Merida started to crawl into the hole and was surprised to be at the front of a long tunnel. "You know, Koda, we really shouldn't...uh...uh...be doing this..." Merida said as she squeezed into the tunnel. "After all, we haven't been invited!" She did fit, but she was a tad too big, as she crawled down the tunnel and added, "And curiosity often leads to TROUBLLLLLLEEEE!" The reason why she had suddenly screamed was because she had fallen. The tunnel had led to another large hole. Koda was lucky enough not to fall also, as he watched Merida fell down, rapidly. "Good-bye, Koda!" Merida shouted, as she fell into the darkness and the girl and bear waved to each other. "GOOD-BYYYYEEE!"