Tulgey Wood

On the Cheshire Cat’s advice, you decide you don’t care where you go, and take a random path. You suddenly realize that you have no idea where you've been going, and you find yourself in a dense, creepy forest. You think the flowers might be laughing at you. Eventually, you reach a fork in the road, with a sign at the intersection.
On the sign is a large grid with a note below it.

"☜GO IN THIS DIRECTION TO LEAVE TULGEY WOOD☞"

Next to the engraved text is playful, cat-like writing in glittery paint. It reads:

~aol avw slma jvyuly pz aybl!~