← 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. 🔊
← The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: 🔊
← In another minute the whole head appeared, and then Alice put down her flamingo, and began an account of the game, feeling very glad she had someone to listen to her. 🔊
← 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: 🔊
← ‘I dare say you’re wondering why I don’t put my arm round your waist,’ the Duchess said after a pause: ‘the reason is, that I’m doubtful about the temper of your flamingo. 🔊
← ‘flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is--“Birds of a feather flock together.”’ 🔊