Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . etting in the way ! Never ! 28 THE GARDEN OF However, there was the hill full in sight,so there was nothing to be done but startagain. This time she came upon a large flower-bed, with a border of daisies, and a willow-treegrowing in the middle. 0 Tiger-lily! said Alice, addressing her-self to one that was waving gracefully aboutin the wind, I wish you could talk ! We can talk, said the Tiger-lily, whentheres anybody worth talking to. Alice was so astonished that she couldntspeak for a minute: it quite seemed to takeher breath away. At leng
Through the looking glass and what Alice found there . etting in the way ! Never ! 28 THE GARDEN OF However, there was the hill full in sight,so there was nothing to be done but startagain. This time she came upon a large flower-bed, with a border of daisies, and a willow-treegrowing in the middle. 0 Tiger-lily! said Alice, addressing her-self to one that was waving gracefully aboutin the wind, I wish you could talk ! We can talk, said the Tiger-lily, whentheres anybody worth talking to. Alice was so astonished that she couldntspeak for a minute: it quite seemed to takeher breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lilyonly went on waving about, she spoke again,in a timid voice—almost in a whisper. Andcan 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 Kose, and I really was won-dering when youd speak! Said I to myself,; Her face has got some sense in it, though LIVE FLOWERS. 29 its not a clever one !Still, youre the rightcolour, and thata long I dont care about the colour, the Tiger-lily remarked. If only her petals curled up alittle more, shed be all riojlit. 30 THE GARDEN OF Alice didnt like being criticized, so shebegan asking questions. Arent you sometimesfrightened at being planted out here, with no-body 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. 1 It says Bough-wough ! cried a Daisy. Thats why its branches are called boughs ! Didnt you know that? cried anotherDaisy. And here they all began shouting together,till the air seemed quite full of little shrillvoices. Silence, every one of you! criedthe Tiger-lily, waving itself passionately fromside to side, and trembling with excitement,They know I cant get at them! it panted,bending its quivering head towards Alice, orthey wouldnt dare to do it! Never mind! Alice said in a soothing o
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