Episode 2: Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar

The Wonderland Challenge: Alice In Wonderland

The Caterpillar stares at Alice before asking her who she is. They have a confusing and roundabout conversation. Before he crawls away, the Caterpillar tells Alice that eating one side of the mushroom will make her tall and eating the other will make her short. Alice tries a bit of mushroom edge and shrinks until her chin hits her foot. She tries a piece from the other side and grows until she's taller than the trees and has a long, snakelike neck.
The Pigeon begins flying frantically around Alice's head, accusing her of being a serpent hunting for bird eggs. Unable to persuade the Pigeon that she's a little girl, Alice takes alternating bites of the mushroom pieces until she's nine inches tall, seemingly the perfect height for Wonderland.
Chapter 5 is wonderfully read by:
Beth Chalmers
Ramesh Mahtani
Michelle O'Callaghan
Danielle Cohen
Gyles Brandreth
Raj Ghatak
Samantha Boffin
Tom Sterling
Benet Brandreth
Toby Laurence
Kosha Engler
Tara Ward
Juliet Stevenson
Clare Louise Connolly