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“ At any rate I’ll never go there again ! ” said Alice as she picked her way through the wood . “ It’s the stupidest tea - party I ever was at in all my life ! ” Just as she said this , she noticed that one of the trees had a door leading right into it . “ That’s very curious ! ” she thought . “ But everything’s curious today . I think I may as well go in at once . ” And in she went . Once more she found herself in the long hall , and close to the little glass table . “ Now , I’ll manage better this time , ” she said to herself , and began by taking the little golden key , and unlocking the door that led into the garden . Then she went to work nibbling at the mushroom ( she had kept a piece of it in her pocket ) till she was about a foot high : then she walked down the little passage : and then — she found herself at last in the beautiful garden , among the bright flower - beds and the cool fountains . CHAPTER VIII . The Queen’s Croquet - Ground A large rose - tree stood near the entrance of the garden : the roses growing on it were white , but there were three gardeners at it , busily painting them red . Alice thought this a very curious thing , and she went nearer to watch them , and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say , “ Look out now , Five ! Don’t go splashing paint over me like that ! ” “ I couldn’t help it , ” said Five , in a sulky tone ; “ Seven jogged my elbow . ” On which Seven looked up and said , “ That’s right , Five ! Always lay the blame on others ! ” “ You’d better not talk ! ” said Five . “ I heard the Queen say only yesterday you deserved to be beheaded ! ” “ What for ? ” said the one who had spoken first . “ That’s none of your business , Two ! ” said Seven . “ Yes , it is his business ! ” said Five , “ and I’ll tell him — it was for bringing the cook tulip - roots instead of onions . ” Seven flung down his brush , and had just begun “ Well , of all the unjust things — ” when his eye chanced to fall upon Alice , as she stood watching them , and he checked himself suddenly : the others looked round also , and all of them bowed low . “ Would you tell me , ” said Alice , a little timidly , “ why you are painting those roses ? ” Five and Seven said nothing , but looked at Two . Two began in a low voice , “ Why the fact is , you see , Miss , this here ought to have been a red rose - tree , and we put a white one in by mistake ; and if the Queen was to find it out , we should all have our heads cut off , you know . So you see , Miss , we’re doing our best , afore she comes , to — ” At this moment Five , who had been anxiously looking across the garden , called out “ The Queen ! The Queen ! ” and the three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon their faces . There was a sound of many footsteps , and Alice looked round , eager to see the Queen .
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