The Lobster Quadrille In The Cat's Mock Stone

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It is in this garden that Alice saves multiple men from the Queen of Hearts’ wrath and is invited for a game of croquet with an odd twist. The balls are hedgehogs and the mallets, flamingos. The Queen quickly orders the execution of many players while Alice finds the Cheshire cat again. He initiates a conversation, but is quickly interrupted by the King of Hearts, who is ultimately ignored by the cat. The King is angered and orders the cat’s execution but no one knows how to go about the execution since he is only a floating head at the moment.

The queen tells Alice to visit the Mock Turtle to hear his tale. She sends her, along with a gryphon to exchange stories with the Mock Turtle who explains the game, The Lobster Quadrille. At the end

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