‘How is it that 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 will know why.’

Alice did so. ‘It’s very hard,’ she said, ‘but I don’t see what 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.’