Who is not at the Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice in Wonderland?

Answer 1

Famously, in the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the only major character Alice meets which doesn't speak is the puppy. It is unusual because while Alice meets many talking, anthropomorphised animals during her adventures, the puppy behaves as a normal, real world puppy would.

There are other non speaking animals in the book, though they have very minor roles; the pig which the baby turns into doesn't say anything, and neither do the flamingo or the hedgehogs Alice encounters during the croquet match.

There are also other minor characters who do not speak, the Guinea Pigs appear twice (in the White Rabbit's garden and at the trial) but do not speak, and there are various other creatures during the trial and also the Caucus race who never get the opportunity to say anything. The majority of the playing cards who Alice sees don't speak either.

Answer 2

The White Rabbit visits the tea party in the 1951 Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, but does not attend in Lewis Carroll's original book.