`` That 's very curious ! '' she thought , `` but everything 's curious today : I may as well go in . '' And in she went . Once more she found herself in the long hall , and close to the little glass table : `` now , I 'll manage better this time '' she said to herself , and began by taking the little golden key , and unlocking the door that led into the garden . Then she set to work eating the pieces of mushroom till she was about fifteen inches high : then she walked down the little passage : and then -- she found herself at last in the beautiful garden , among the bright flowerbeds and the cool fountains . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Chapter IV -LSB- Illustration -RSB- A large rose tree stood near the entrance of the garden : the roses on it were white , but there were three gardeners at it , busily painting them red . This Alice thought a very curious thing , and she went near to watch them , and just as she came up she heard one of them say `` look out , Five ! Do n't go splashing paint over me like that ! '' `` I could n't help it , '' said Five in a sulky tone , `` Seven jogged my elbow . '' On which Seven lifted up his head and said `` that 's right , Five ! Always lay the blame on others ! '' `` You 'd better not talk ! '' said Five , `` I heard the Queen say only yesterday she thought of having you beheaded ! '' `` What for ? '' said the one who had spoken first . `` That 's not your business , Two ! '' said Seven . `` Yes , it is his business ! '' said Five , `` and I 'll tell him : it was for bringing in tulip-roots to the cook instead of potatoes . '' Seven flung down his brush , and had just begun `` well !
Of all the unjust things -- '' when his eye fell upon XXXXX , and he stopped suddenly ; the others looked round , and all of them took off their hats and bowed low .
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