` Not at all , ' said Alice : ` she 's so extremely -- ' Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her , listening : so she went on , ' -- likely to win , that it 's hardly worth while finishing the game . ' The Queen smiled and passed on . ` Who ARE you talking to ? ' said the King , going up to Alice , and looking at the Cat 's head with great curiosity . ` It 's a friend of mine -- a Cheshire Cat , ' said Alice : ` allow me to introduce it . ' ' I do n't like the look of it at all , ' said the King : ` however , it may kiss my hand if it likes . ' ` I 'd rather not , ' the Cat remarked . ` Do n't be impertinent , ' said the King , ` and do n't look at me like that ! ' He got behind Alice as he spoke . ' A cat may look at a king , ' said Alice . ` I 've read that in some book , but I do n't remember where . ' ` Well , it must be removed , ' said the King very decidedly , and he called the Queen , who was passing at the moment , ` My dear ! I wish you would have this cat removed ! ' The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties , great or small . ` Off with his head ! ' she said , without even looking round . ` I 'll fetch the executioner myself , ' said the King eagerly , and he hurried off . Alice thought she might as well go back , and see how the game was going on , as she heard the Queen 's voice in the distance , screaming with passion . She had already heard her sentence three of the players to be executed for having missed their turns , and she did not like the look of things at all , as the game was in such confusion that she never knew whether it was her turn or not . So she went in search of her hedgehog .
The hedgehog was engaged in a fight XXXXX 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 .
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