M2-3-The reason for flower speaks

Alice’s Story
`How is it you can all talk so nicely?’ Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment.`I’ve been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk.’

`Put your hand down, and feel the ground,’ said the Tiger-lily.

`Then you’ll know why. Alice did so. `It’s very hard,’ she said, `but I don’t see what that has to do with it.’

`In most gardens,’ the Tiger-lily said, `they make the beds too soft — so that the flowers are always asleep.’

This sounded a very good reason, and Alice was quite pleased to know it. `I never thought of that before!’ she said.

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