"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."