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Independent·Grimm Fairy Tales·Return to Wonderland·#5·Independent·ID-3723313
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In Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat kills the Queen of Hearts and all her men. It is about to kill Calie when Lacie, who had been eaten by the Cheshire Cat earlier, kills it from the inside and emerges. Calie learns that Lacie is a younger version of her mother, Alice. Lacie forces Calie to leave Wonderland and return to the real world. Back in the real world, Calie asks her mother if any of it was real and Alice replies that there is no escape. That night, a voice tells Alice it is time to end the story and she hangs herself.
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