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The Queen’s Croquet Ground
"Comeon,then! "roaredtheQueen, andAlicejoinedtheprocession,wonderingverymuchwhatwouldhappennext.
"It’s—it’saveryfineday! "saidatimidvoiceatherside. ShewaswalkingbytheWhiteRabbit,whowaspeepinganxiouslyintoherface.
"Very,"saidAlice. "Where’stheDuchess?"
"Hush! Hush! "saidtheRabbitinalowhurriedtone. Helookedanxiouslyoverhisshoulderashespoke,andthenraisedhimselfupontiptoe,puthismouthclosetoherear,andwhispered "She’sundersentenceofexecution."
"Whatfor? "saidAlice.
"Didyousay‘Whatapity!?’" theRabbitasked.
"No,Ididn’t,"saidAlice. "Idon’tthinkit’satallapity. Isaid‘Whatfor?’"
"SheboxedtheQueen’sears—"theRabbitbegan. Alicegavealittlescreamoflaughter. "Oh,hush! "theRabbitwhisperedinafrightenedtone. "TheQueenwillhearyou! Youseeshecameratherlate,andtheQueensaid—"
"Gettoyourplaces! "shoutedtheQueeninavoiceofthunder,andpeoplebeganrunningaboutinalldirections,tumblingupagainsteachother: however,theygotsettleddowninaminuteortwo,andthegamebegan.
Alicethoughtshehadneverseensuchacuriouscroquetgroundinherlife: itwasallridgesandfurrows: thecroquetballswerelivehedgehogs,andthemalletsliveflamingoes, andthesoldiershadtodoublethemselvesupandstandontheirhandsandfeet,tomakethearches.
