"It's so lonely without Alice around," said the Mad Hatter spooning sugar into a small tea cup. He then poured tea into a saucer and drank it.

"What's this? Could it be a guest? Or a jest?" The Mad Hatter asked aloud as two cats walked the trail to his tea table.

"Welcome!" Announced the Mad Hatter.

"I'm Smokey Joe. Don't you know?" Said the black cat with orange eyes.

"I'm Jax and that's a fact," said the gray tabby cat with green snake eyes.

"Splendid! Time for tea?" Asked the Mad Hatter with excited eyebrows raised in anticipation.

"Yeah. I guess we could stay for a bit." Said Jax rather cool. And the cats each took a seat for tea.

The Mad Hatter made a big fuss serving them. He finally sat down again and watched them intensely.

The cats each took a sip. Then looked at each other for a moment without expression.

"Pretty good." Jax finally said.

"Thank you." The Mad Hatter replied feeling relieved.