Baby

Minor
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 5

The baby is all restless noise and fragile smallness, sneezing and howling in an uncomfortable room. There is something oddly unsettling in the little face, where a snout-like nose and tiny eyes make the child seem hard to read.

Gender: male
Age: baby
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 5
Books: 1

Nursed by the Duchess, the baby cries and sneezes amid the clamor of her household. Alice carries the child away, only to find that it has changed into a pig. The brief encounter leaves Alice grappling with how uncertain appearances—and even the boundaries between beings—can be in Wonderland.

Description

The baby is an infant with a small, snout-like nose and small eyes, the features that make its face especially distinctive. Its build and coloring are not described in detail. It wears no specifically described clothing, and its fussy, vulnerable presence is conveyed through its sneezing and howling. The baby is small and infant-shaped, with a turned-up nose like a pig’s snout and extremely small eyes. Its face is described as strange and unsettling, while the rest of its coloring, hair, build, and clothing are not specified. Rendered as a baby, it has a fussy, restless presence and simple infant garments; avoid adding visual details not established by the text.

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Duchessmother and child
The Duchess nurses the baby while singing a violent lullaby and violently shaking it, before giving it to Alice.
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Duchess's Cookcook and child
The Cook prepares food around the Baby, throwing pepper that makes the child sneeze