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Alirin continued to walk down the path, and the scenery around her always alternated from garden, to forest, to rivers, and back to gardens again. After quite some time she could see someone in all white riding towards her on a horse. When he was only ten feet away she saw him fall off and land on his head, only to get right back up and on the horse as if nothing had happened.
“The lady needs an escort!” the White Knight said to her as he turned around to ride in the direction she was walking. Alirin insisted that it was not necessary for him to accompany her, but he insisted it was his duty as a knight.
Alirin noticed this odd little box on a strap slung over his shoulder, it seemed to be upside down and the lid was wide open!
“Ah, I see you’ve noticed my invention.” he said, quite pleased. “It holds clothes and sandwiches and I’ve made it so that the rain cannot get in!”
“But the things inside can get out, don’t you see that the lid is open?” she remarked kindly.
“Well, then everything must have fallen out!” he proclaimed, seeming quite frustrated. “It’s no good now!” he said as he hung it on a nearby branch.
“What is the mousetrap for?” Alirin asked him, having noticed one attached to his saddle. “I don’t think there would be any mice on a horse.”
“Not very likely, “he responded, “but if they do come I don’t have to have them running all about!”
He fell off his horse again, so Alirin quickly helped him get back up. This is when she noticed these odd contraptions around the horse’s feet.
“It’s to protect them against shark attacks.” the White Knight explained, “it’s a good idea to be prepared for everything.”
Now whenever the horse stop (which it did often) the Knight would fall off from behind. When it would start again he would fall off the front. Otherwise he managed for the most part, though he did occasionally fall of sideways. After his fifth time of falling he mentioned how he had just thought of a new way of getting over gates.
“You see when I stand by a fence my head is high enough to get over, but my feet are not. So I figure if I put my hand on top of the fence, and then stand on my head, my feet will then be high enough to make it over!” he explained. By this time he was putting his helmet back on and remounting his horse.
“I invented this helmet too, you see!” the White Knight said, “It’s very special!”
“What is special about it?” Alirin asked.
“Well, when I wear it I can see people for what they truly are! It certainly comes in handy.”
“What am I? Truly?” the girl asked.
“You already know who you are, it’s everyone else out there who is a mystery!” the Knight said right before falling off his horse one last time and tumbling down into a deep ditch.
Alirin quickly ran over and looked down, but she could not see him because it was so very deep. After one last look, and a sad glance at the rider-less horse, she continued walking down the path. What a terrible place this was.
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Dead
Fea - Red Queen - Cobbler - lynched Day 1
Boro - the Caterpillar - Shirriff - killed Night 2
Sally - the Dormouse - Wolf - lynched Day 2
Izzy - White Rabbit - Ordinary - killed Night 3
Glirdan - Mad Hatter - Wolf - lynched Day 3
Greenie - White Night - Seer - killed Night 4
Alive
Nogrod – Cheshire Cat
Wintywinty – Tweedledum
Mira – March Hare
Agan – Queen of Hearts
Inzil – King of Hearts
Shasta – Knave of Hearts
Lottie – Duchess
Nerwen – the Dodo
Legate – Jabberwocky
Morsul – the Mock Turtle
Nienna – White Queen
Skip – Humpty Dumpty
Lommy – the Gryphon
Brinniel – Tweedledee
It is now Day 4.