. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . es redder—and ner petals are shorter, I think. Her petals are done up close, almost likea dahlia, the Tiger-lily interrupted : nottumbled about anyhow, like yours. But thats not your fault, the Rose addedkindly : youre beginning to fade, you know—and then one cant help ones petals get-ting a little untidy. Alice didnt like this idea at all: so, tochange the subject, she asked, Does sheever come out here ? I daresay youll see her soon, said theRose. Shes one of the thorny kind. Where does she \vear the thorns ? Aliceasked with some curi
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . es redder—and ner petals are shorter, I think. Her petals are done up close, almost likea dahlia, the Tiger-lily interrupted : nottumbled about anyhow, like yours. But thats not your fault, the Rose addedkindly : youre beginning to fade, you know—and then one cant help ones petals get-ting a little untidy. Alice didnt like this idea at all: so, tochange the subject, she asked, Does sheever come out here ? I daresay youll see her soon, said theRose. Shes one of the thorny kind. Where does she \vear the thorns ? Aliceasked with some curiosity. Why, all round her head, of course,the Rose replied. I was wondering youhadnt got some too. I thought it was theregular rule. Shes coming! cried the Larkspur. Ihear her footstep, thump, thump, along thegravel-walk! Alice looked round eagerly, and found thaiit was the Red Queen. Shes grown r THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLO WERS. 43 good deal! was her first remark. She hadindeed: when Alice first found her in theashes, she had been only three inches high. —and here she was, half a head taller thanAlice herself. Its the fresh air that does it, said 44 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. the Rose: wonderfully fine air it is outhere. I think 111 go and meet her, said Alice,for, though the flowers \vere interestingenough, she felt that it would be far granderto have a talk with a real Queen. You cant possibly do that, said theRose : / should advise you to walk theother way. This sounded nonsense to Alice, so shesaid nothing, but set off at once towards theRed Queen. To her surprise, she lost sightof her in a moment, and found herself walk-ing in at the front-door again. A little provoked, she drew back and afterlooking everywhere for the Queen (whomshe spied out at last a long way off), shethought she would try the plan, this time, ofwalking in the opposite direction. It succeeded beautifully. She had notbeen walking a minute before she found her-self face to face with the Red Queen, andf
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