translation.en: 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.
translation.pt: 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.