. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . eath away. At length, as the Tigerlily only went on waving about, she spokeagain, in a timid voice—almost in a whisper, And can all the flowers talk ? As well as you can, said the Tiger-lily, And a great deal louder. It isnt manners for us to begin, youknow, said the Rose, and I really was won-dering when youd speak! Said I to myself, Her face has got some sense in it, though itsnot a clever one! Still, youre the rightcolor, and that goes a long way. I dont care about the color, the Tiger-lily remarked. If only her petals curledup a li
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . eath away. At length, as the Tigerlily only went on waving about, she spokeagain, in a timid voice—almost in a whisper, And can all the flowers talk ? As well as you can, said the Tiger-lily, And a great deal louder. It isnt manners for us to begin, youknow, said the Rose, and I really was won-dering when youd speak! Said I to myself, Her face has got some sense in it, though itsnot a clever one! Still, youre the rightcolor, and that goes a long way. I dont care about the color, the Tiger-lily remarked. If only her petals curledup a little more, shed be all right. Alice didnt like being criticised, so shebegan asking questions. Arent you some-times frightened at being planted out here,with nobody to take care of you ? Theres the tree in the middle, said theRose : what else is it good for ? But what could it do, if any dangercame ? Alice asked. It could bark/ said the Rose, THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLO WERS. 39 It says Bough-w o u g h ! cried aDaisy, thats whyits branches arecalled boughs!. Didnt you know that?* cried anotherDaisy, and here they all began shouting to- 40 THRO UGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. gether, till the air seemed quite full of littleshrill voices. Silence, every one of you!cried the Tiger-lily, waving itself passion-ately from side to side, and trembling withexcitement. They know I cant get atthem! it panted, bending its quiveringhead towards Alice, or they wouldnt dareto do it! Never mind! Alice said in a soothingtone, and stooping down to the daisies, whowere just beginning again, she whispered, If you dont hold your tongues, Ill pick t you! There was silence in a moment, and severalof the pink daisies turned white. Thats right! said the Tiger-lily. Thedaisies are worst of all. When one speaksfthey all begin together, and its enough to make one wither to hear the way they g<? ion! How is it you can all talk so nicely ?Alice said, hoping to get it into a better tem-per by a compliment. Ive been i
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