The hedgehog was engaged in a fight with another hedgehog, which seemed

to Alice an excellent opportunity for croqueting one of them with the

other: 🔊 the only difficulty was, that her flamingo was gone across to the

other side of the garden, where Alice could see it trying in a helpless

sort of way to fly up into a tree. 🔊

By the time she had caught the flamingo and brought it back, the fight

was over, and both the hedgehogs were out of sight: 🔊 ‘but it doesn’t

matter much,’ thought Alice, ‘as all the arches are gone from this side

of the ground.’ 🔊 So she tucked it away under her arm, that it might not

escape again, and went back for a little more conversation with her

friend. 🔊

When she got back to the Cheshire Cat, she was surprised to find quite a

large crowd collected round it: 🔊 there was a dispute going on between

the executioner, the King, and the Queen, who were all talking at once,

while all the rest were quite silent, and looked very uncomfortable. 🔊