The Pool of Tears (Viper version)

Viper continued to fall, but she began to float down. As she floated downward, she sighed in relief.

"Well, after this, I shall not think of anything but fa-" Viper began, before her coils covered her mouth and she pushed them away, and she finished, "of falling downstairs."

She saw a lamp attached to the side of the hole and turned it on. The rabbit hole suddenly was bathed in green. Viper was surpriesd to find that she was floating down a strange room. As she floated downward, she looked surprised to see that her reflection was upside down. She saw a book float past her, so she picked it up and looked through it and saw that it was nothing but pictures, so she set it on a floating table.

Suddenly, she heard loud chiming noises and saw a grandfather clock attached to the wall. As she continued to float down, the room's light became red and she floated into a rocking chair. She sighed, as she relaxed, but then, she went back too far and fell out and continued to float downward.

"Goodness," Viper said. "What if I should fall right through the center of the EAARRTH...?" She said, before floated down fast and went through a tight space in the hole. "... and come out of the other side, where people walk upside down?" She turned upside down, as she said this, but then got caught on something. She then saw Jiminy run down a weird hallway. She was upside down and her tail was hanging from a bar. She righted herself and resumed the chase. "Oh, Mister Cricket!" Viper called, as she chased after him. "Wait! Please!"

She rapidly slithered into a room and heard a door close. She slithered to the door and opened it, only to find a smaller door. She continued opening doors, until she reached the last door, which was about a foot high. She squeezed through it and crawled into a very large empty room.

"Curiouser and curiouser," Viper commented.

She saw a small pair of curtains close and she slithered up to them and opened them up. There was small door about six inches high, with a black and white skunk with a French accent. His name was Pepe LePew. She began to open the door and the skunk let out a yelp of pain.

"Oh!" Viper said. "Oh, I beg your pardon. My name is Master Viper. But you can call me Viper."

"Oh, oh. Quite alright, *madamoiselle*. My name is Pepe LePew," the skunk said. "But you did give me quite a turn!"

"You see, I was following-" Viper began.

"Rather good, what?" Pepe said. "Doorknob, turn?"

"Please, sir," Viper said.

"One good turn deserves another, *non*?" Pepe said. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, I'm looking for a green cricket," Viper said. "So, uh, if you don't mind..."

"*Quoi*? Oh!" Pepe said before he revealed an image and Viper peeked in to see Jiminy running away.

"There he is!" Viper said. "I simply must get through."

Pepe shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, *madamoiselle*; you're much too big. Simply impassable."

"You mean impossible?" asked Viper.

"No, impassable," Pepe said. "Nothing's impossible. Why don't you try *ze* bottle on *ze* table?"

"Table?" Viper said, before a table appeared out of nowhere with a small bottle on it and she ran to it. "Oh!"

"Read the directions," Pepe said, with a laugh, "and directly, you'll be directed in the right direction."

Viper read the tag hanging from the bottle. "DRINK ME," she read, before she said, "Hmm, better look first. For if one drinks much from a bottle marked 'poison', it's almost certain to disagree with one sooner or later."

"*Je ne sais quoi*?" Pepe asked.

Viper laughed and said, "I was just giving myself some good advice." She drank some of the bottle and licked her lips. "Mm! Tastes like, uh... cherry tart." Suddenly, she shrunk a couple inches. "...custard..." She said as she shrunk some more. "...pineapple..." she said, as she shrunk to four inches in height. "...roast turkey," Viper said, before the bottle suddenly collapsed on her. "Goodness!" Viper said, before she put the bottle next to her on the floor. "What did I do?" she asked.

Pepe laughed and said, "You almost went out like a candle!"

"But look!" Viper said, as she slithered up to Pepe. "I'm just the right size!"

"Oh, no use," Pepe said as he laughed again. "I forgot to tell you, ho-ho-ho-ho! I'm locked!"

"Oh, no," Viper groaned, as she put her tail on her forehead, looking like she was about to cry.

"Ha-ha-ha, but, of course, uh, you've got *ze* key, so..." Pepe began.

"What key?" Viper asked

"Now, don't tell me you've left it up *zere*," Pepe said, as he glanced up at the table and the key appeared.

"Oh dear!" Viper said. She tried climbing on the glass table's leg, but it was too slippery. She slid down to the floor and then sat down with her tail close to her body and hung her head. "What ever will I do?" she said.

Pepe said to Viper, "Try *ze* box, *naturellement*."

"Oh," Viper said, as a small box appeared in front of her. She opened it up and inside of the box were a bunch of cookies with words on them. "Eat me," Viper read. She picked up a pink cookie with EAT ME written in blue frosting. "Alright. But goodness know what this will do," Viper said, as she took a bite. She suddenly started to have a series of rapid growth spurts. "Wow, wow, wow, wow!" Viper yelled, as she grew bigger. Pepe's mouth was covered by Viper's giant tail. "Oh!" she said, as she bumped her head on the ceiling.

She was about 70 ft. tall and barely fit in the room.

"Whtwhsthswwdthdwd!" Pepe mumbled behind Viper's tail.

"What did you say?" The giant Viper asked, moving her tail aside.

"I said, 'A little of *zat* went a long way!'" Pepe said and he began laughing.

Viper sniffled, looking close to tears again.

"Well, I don't think it's so funny," Viper said.

Then Viper teared up and started crying. "Now-Now, I shall never get home!" she sobbed.

A giant tear fell onto the ground in front of Pepe.

"Oh, come, come now, *ma cher*," Pepe said. "Crying won't help."

"I know, but..." Viper sobbed. "I-I-I just can't stop!"

She began crying like crazy and the massive tears began to flood the room.

"Hey! Hey, you! Bwbwlwbbwlwbl!" Pepe said, as he swallowed some water. "Say, *zis* won't do at all! You, you up *zere*, stop! Stop, I say!" Viper didn't listen, as she continued to cry her eyes out. Pepe noticed the bottle floating in the water. "Oh, look! *Ze* bottle! *ZE* BOTTLE!" he shouted.

Viper picked up the tiny bottle and drank the last of it. She shrunk to 2 inches and fell into the bottle.

"Oh dear," Viper said, "I do wish I hadn't cried so much."

"Glpglpglp," Pepe said, as he swallowed the water, and Viper and the bottle floated into the keyhole.