The Pool of Tears. On the way to Wonderland, a mishap happens to Alice: she drinks a certain tea and grows and grows. She is so unhappy about this that she starts to cry, and with her flood of tears she floods the whole area. The Wonderland residents have no choice but to seek safety on an island. Here, of all places, a mysterious painter is up to mischief. He paints bushes and finally Alice with thick brown stripes. Alice tries to track down the mysterious events.