Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.
Alice pensou que nunca tinha visto um campo de cróquete tão curioso na sua vida; era todo ondulado; as bolas eram ouriços vivos, as marretas eram flamingos vivos e os soldados tinham de se dobrar para cima para ficar com as suas mãos e pés, para fazer os arcos.