` That 's very curious ! ' she thought . ` But everything 's curious today . I think I may as well go in at once . ' 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 went to work nibbling at the mushroom -LRB- she had kept a piece of it in her pocket -RRB- till she was about a foot high : then she walked down the little passage : and THEN -- she found herself at last in the beautiful garden , among the bright flower-beds and the cool fountains . CHAPTER VIII . The Queen 's Croquet-Ground A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden : the roses growing on it were white , but there were three gardeners at it , busily painting them red . Alice thought this a very curious thing , and she went nearer to watch them , and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say , ` Look out now , 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 looked up 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 you deserved to be beheaded ! ' ` What for ? ' said the one who had spoken first .
` That 's none XXXXX YOUR business , Two ! '
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