# The Cheshire Cat — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland character guide

> The Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The Cat, the Cat, a Cheshire Cat

**First appearance:** 0007-vi-pig-and-pepper

## Who they are

A grinning, vanishing cat who answers questions with questions and treats the Queen's beheading habit as a mild inconvenience rather than a threat.

## In the story

### [VI: Pig and Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/vi-pig-and-pepper)

Appears and vanishes, engages in philosophical talk about madness, and directs Alice to the March Hare's house.

### [VIII: The Queen's Croquet-Ground](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/viii-the-queen-s-croquet-ground)

Appears as a disembodied grin, speaks with Alice, and causes a philosophical dispute by vanishing.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alices_adventures_in_wonderland_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

Appears sitting on a tree bough; later vanishing until only its grin remains.

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