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.

'It's MY opinion that you never think AT ALL,' the Rose said in
a rather severe tone.

'I never saw anybody that looked stupider,' a Violet said, so
suddenly, that Alice quite jumped; for it hadn't spoken before.

'Hold YOUR tongue!' cried the Tiger-lily. 'As if YOU ever saw
anybody! You keep your head under the leaves, and snore away
there, till you know no more what's going on in the world, than
if you were a bud!'

'Are there any more people in the garden besides me?' Alice
said, not choosing to notice the Rose's last remark.

'There's one other flower in the garden that can move about
like you,' said the Rose. 'I wonder how you do it--' ('You're
always wondering,' said the Tiger-lily), 'but she's more bushy
than you are.'

'Is she like me?' Alice asked eagerly, for the thought crossed