"The croquet-balls were hedgehogs, the mallets were flamingoes and the arches were soldiers."

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Fantasy filmsSilent filmsFilms based on Alice in WonderlandW. W. Young films1910s American films
Original Language: English

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:Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life: it was all ridges and furrows; the croquet-balls were live hedgehogs, and the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.