My favorite chapter of Alice would have to be Chapter VIII, The Queen's Croquet Ground. I think it is one of the most vibrant or colorful chapters, that or I just seem to follow it better than other chapters in Alice. The chapter opens up with the three gardeners (individual cards from a deck of cards mind you) arguing while painting a white roses on a bush red. Then the croquet game starts. I love the imagery. And of course, you have the queen running around the whole time shouting "Off with his/her head!" I think the croquet scene is why I like it so much because I actually consider/think what it might be like to play with the same things they do. I wonder what it would be like to play with a flamingo for a croquet mallet, a live hedgehog for the ball, and soldiers (who are cards from a deck) as the arches that are constantly moving around. Would it be really entertaining to try to play under those circumstances or would it be really frustrating?
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