<P> The Cheshire Cat is now largely identified with the character of the same name in Lewis Carroll 's novel Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . Alice first encounters the Cheshire Cat at the Duchess 's house in her kitchen , and later on the branches of a tree , where it appears and disappears at will , and engages Alice in amusing but sometimes perplexing conversation . The cat sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice ; but appears to cheer her when it appears suddenly at the Queen of Hearts ' croquet field ; and when sentenced to death , baffles everyone by having made its head appear without its body , sparking a debate between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether a disembodied head can indeed be beheaded . At one point , the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin , prompting Alice to remark that `` she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat '' . </P>
when does the cheshire cat appear in alice in wonderland
Alice first encounters the Cheshire Cat at the Duchess 's house in her kitchen