Alice observes that the game is complicated by the fact that the flamingo mallets keep looking back up at the players, and the hedgehogs scuttle away without waiting to be hit. One of the Queen's hobbies, besides ordering executions-is Wonderland croquet, where the balls are live hedgehogs and the mallets are flamingos. The queen of hearts is like the Raven in the book 'Fatty Legs.' The Queen becomes frustrated and commands that Alice's head be severed, but the King reminds her that Alice is only a child, and Alice's head is spared. When the Queen arrives and asks Alice who is lying on the ground (the backs of all playing cards look alike), Alice tells her that she does not know. The gardeners advise Alice to prostrate herself on the ground to avoid being confronted by the Queen of Hearts, but she ignores this advice and looks the Queen in the eye. When Alice questions this activity, they explain that they have planted the wrong color of rosebush, and must paint the white roses to hide their mistake from the Queen. After falling down the rabbit hole, Alice enters the garden, where three playing card gardeners (2, 5, and 7 of Spades) are frantically painting white roses red.

The cowering Angel and all of her minions are playing cards. Description Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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