‘What happened to your grin?’ ask Alice perplexed. ‘If it starts disappearing along with your tail, there will be nothing left of you’.

‘It ‘s just that is not always to be seen’ answered the Cheshire cat sadly, ‘but you, you should rather look for your way, the sun is setting and you will be lost in the forest. My eyes don’t shine anymore and I won’t be able to see in the dark’.

‘How ‘s that?’ asked Alice curiously

‘Because I live about the outskirts of the wonderland’ said the Cheshire Cat vanishing quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, still ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.