continuing from
continuity: Once more she entered the long, low, lamp-lit hall, and faced the nearby small glass table. Now, this time she knew that she would succeed due to the mushroom in her pockets. she first took the tiny golden key, next she unlocked the low door that led into the gorgeous garden. Then she nibbled at the mushroom till she shrunk to the size to fit the low door. she walked along the short passage... and finally... she came, at last, into the beautiful garden, among the bright flowers.
CHAPTER 8; The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
CHAPTER 8; The Queen’s Croquet-Ground
8a: roses
Alice saw a large tree with wonderful white roses. Oddly, three CARDS, with black clover shape to indicate gardeners, were by it, hurriedly painting them RED. the cards were very thin and oblong and flat, with their "hands and feet at the corners." she heard card two say, “careful! Five, Don’t splash paint on me like that!” it replied sulkily, “Seven bumped my elbow.” Seven cynically complained [note: sound and eye pattern: Seven cynically complained], “Always blame others!” five told Alice, “yesterday, I heard the Queen say 7 deserved death!” the one who she heard first asked, “What for?”7 answered, “2, that’s not your business!”5 spoke on, “it was for bringing the cook tulip roots instead of onions.” Seven threw down his brush angrily. he began “of all the unjust things...” when he stopped and saw Alice watching them. 2+5 looked round. seeing Alice 2+5 and 7, all 3 bowed low.
Alice asked a little timidly, “tell me why you are painting the roses?” 5+7 remained silent and looked toward Two. Two explained in a low voice, while they rushed to resume painting, “this tree, Miss, ought to have been a red rose tree. however, this morning, some spade dug and planted the seed for a white one, by mistake. we clovers care for the flowers so if the Queen saw them white, she would decree to cut our heads off. +They sang as they painted: [credit disney+editors note: one of my favorite rhymes and melodies] "We're painting roses red,
painting the roses red,
we dare not stop,
nor waste a drop,
so, the paint we spread,
oh, we go ahead,
painting roses red," they painted in rythm and continued, "bum, bum, bum, bum, We're painting roses red,
and many tears we shed...
TWO: kuz we all know,
chorus 5+7: they will not grow
ACE: in fact they'll soon be dead
all 9 numbers: yet, we go ahead,
painting roses red." Alice, who already knew the answer, joined the rhyme speaking, "pardon me,
mister three,
which thought, do you all dread?
why must you paint them red?"
3 rhyming spoke: oh miss,
fact is,
we all tremble and shake,
they are white by mistake." the painters began singing again:
2: the red queen likes 'em red,
5: if she saw white insted,
7: she'd make a fuss...
all ten gardeners: and each of us,
would risk losing his head,
2: this is the thought we dread,
5+7: so we, must paint them red.
Alice: painting the roses red
2,5,7: we're painting roses red
all nine numbers: don't tell the queen...
ace: what you have seen...
two: nor say the things we said,
5+7 joined 2: we're painting roses red
Alice: painting the roses red!" they paused and the painters concluded:
2: not pink,
5: not green
7: nor aquamarine
all eleven sang the finale' together: painting the roses red!" Ace, who had been anxiously looking, warned “The Queen! The Queen!” the three painters instantly jumped down flat on their faces. She heard footsteps and eagerly turned to look "round" [oops] toward sound so TURNED] amazingly the singers had vanished! she saw that all ten spade cards, each one carrying a spade, were marching toward her. as they passed her in pairs, each turned to look at her. they were dig gardeners in contrast to the flower gardeners with clovers. she guessed that the ruling queen, red, as they had said, maybe diamond? or heart? had executed the other 3 royal families: spade, clover and whichever other red.
next came all ten diamonds. she doubted if they were the children of the red queen? or the orphans? these also marched in pairs. each one carried a long sharp spear. its tip was like a shiny silvery diamond. After these, the 10 smaller "royal" [did she know yet? see parallel] children were jumping merrily along hand in hand in pairs. they were all hearts. Next came the White Rabbit. it hurried nervously yet smiling. it had not been late. it was the only one who did not notice her. the Knave of Hearts, with a letter "j" on its top left corner and one large heart on its top right corner, and no second face in contrast to playing cards, followed, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion. last of all came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. when the terrifying Queen came near, Alice felt doubt whether she ought to lie face down like the three gardeners, but then she would not see. she stood still and waited.
Alice saw a large tree with wonderful white roses. Oddly, three CARDS, with black clover shape to indicate gardeners, were by it, hurriedly painting them RED. the cards were very thin and oblong and flat, with their "hands and feet at the corners." she heard card two say, “careful! Five, Don’t splash paint on me like that!” it replied sulkily, “Seven bumped my elbow.” Seven cynically complained [note: sound and eye pattern: Seven cynically complained], “Always blame others!” five told Alice, “yesterday, I heard the Queen say 7 deserved death!” the one who she heard first asked, “What for?”7 answered, “2, that’s not your business!”5 spoke on, “it was for bringing the cook tulip roots instead of onions.” Seven threw down his brush angrily. he began “of all the unjust things...” when he stopped and saw Alice watching them. 2+5 looked round. seeing Alice 2+5 and 7, all 3 bowed low.
Alice asked a little timidly, “tell me why you are painting the roses?” 5+7 remained silent and looked toward Two. Two explained in a low voice, while they rushed to resume painting, “this tree, Miss, ought to have been a red rose tree. however, this morning, some spade dug and planted the seed for a white one, by mistake. we clovers care for the flowers so if the Queen saw them white, she would decree to cut our heads off. +They sang as they painted: [credit disney+editors note: one of my favorite rhymes and melodies] "We're painting roses red,
painting the roses red,
we dare not stop,
nor waste a drop,
so, the paint we spread,
oh, we go ahead,
painting roses red," they painted in rythm and continued, "bum, bum, bum, bum, We're painting roses red,
and many tears we shed...
TWO: kuz we all know,
chorus 5+7: they will not grow
ACE: in fact they'll soon be dead
all 9 numbers: yet, we go ahead,
painting roses red." Alice, who already knew the answer, joined the rhyme speaking, "pardon me,
mister three,
which thought, do you all dread?
why must you paint them red?"
3 rhyming spoke: oh miss,
fact is,
we all tremble and shake,
they are white by mistake." the painters began singing again:
2: the red queen likes 'em red,
5: if she saw white insted,
7: she'd make a fuss...
all ten gardeners: and each of us,
would risk losing his head,
2: this is the thought we dread,
5+7: so we, must paint them red.
Alice: painting the roses red
2,5,7: we're painting roses red
all nine numbers: don't tell the queen...
ace: what you have seen...
two: nor say the things we said,
5+7 joined 2: we're painting roses red
Alice: painting the roses red!" they paused and the painters concluded:
2: not pink,
5: not green
7: nor aquamarine
all eleven sang the finale' together: painting the roses red!" Ace, who had been anxiously looking, warned “The Queen! The Queen!” the three painters instantly jumped down flat on their faces. She heard footsteps and eagerly turned to look "round" [oops] toward sound so TURNED] amazingly the singers had vanished! she saw that all ten spade cards, each one carrying a spade, were marching toward her. as they passed her in pairs, each turned to look at her. they were dig gardeners in contrast to the flower gardeners with clovers. she guessed that the ruling queen, red, as they had said, maybe diamond? or heart? had executed the other 3 royal families: spade, clover and whichever other red.
next came all ten diamonds. she doubted if they were the children of the red queen? or the orphans? these also marched in pairs. each one carried a long sharp spear. its tip was like a shiny silvery diamond. After these, the 10 smaller "royal" [did she know yet? see parallel] children were jumping merrily along hand in hand in pairs. they were all hearts. Next came the White Rabbit. it hurried nervously yet smiling. it had not been late. it was the only one who did not notice her. the Knave of Hearts, with a letter "j" on its top left corner and one large heart on its top right corner, and no second face in contrast to playing cards, followed, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion. last of all came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. when the terrifying Queen came near, Alice felt doubt whether she ought to lie face down like the three gardeners, but then she would not see. she stood still and waited.
PARALLEL: improved version, "Ace, who had been anxiously looking, warned “The Queen! The Queen!” the three painters instantly jumped down flat on their faces. She heard footsteps and eagerly looked round but amazingly the singers had vanished! from the direction of the marching she saw all ten spade cards, each one carrying a spade, were marching toward her. as they passed her in pairs, each turned to look at her. they were dig gardeners in contrast to the flower gardeners with clovers. she guessed that the ruling queen, red, as they had said, maybe diamond? or heart? had executed the other 3 royal families: spade, clover and whichever other red.
next came all ten diamonds. she doubted if they were the children of the red queen? or orphans? these also marched in pairs. each one carried a long sharp spear. its tip was like a shiny silvery diamond. After these, the 10 smaller children, all hearts, were jumping merrily along hand in hand in pairs. Next came the White Rabbit. it was smiling kuz it had not been late. it was the only one who did not notice her. the Knave of Hearts, with a letter "j" on its top left corner and one large heart on its top right corner, lacking second face in contrast to playing cards, followed, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion. last of all came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS. she now understood the children of hearts were royal. when the terrifying Queen came near, Alice felt doubt whether she ought to lie face down like the three gardeners, but then she would not see. she stood still and waited.
the Queen faced the deceitful Knave of Hearts and asked him angrily, “Who is SHE??” he only bowed. the Queen impatiently exclaimed, “Idiot!” and turned to Alice and asked, “Human, what’s your name?” she answered very politely, “My name is Alice, your Majesty.”
the queen started pointing to the three gardeners who were lying by the rose-tree, and asked, “who are those 3?” they were lying on their faces, so the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack. were they diamond soldiers? or digger spades? or flower gardeners? even Alice felt doubt. they certainly were not any of the ten heart royal children which were smaller cards. Alice answered honestly, “i am not certain, how would I know?" then she boldly added, "i must mind only my own affairs!” The Queen turned crimson with fury! she glared angrily at Alice, for a second and roared, “Off with her head!" like the roar of a wild panther. was Alice in danger?
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