Chapter 9: Garden of talking flowers
The fact that Alex and Alice could keep up with the White Rabbit at their current height was an utter miracle! But as they ran down the road, they watched the White Rabbit leap into a flower patch.
"Mr. Rabbit! Wait!" Alice called.
"Give us a break already!!!" Alex cried.
The Rabbit didn't hear them and continued on his way. Alice and Alex followed him into the flower patch. But at their current height the flowers and plants were like trees! Alex and Alice slowly made their way past the oversized plants and into a clearing where various types of flowers stood.
"It's no use Alice…. We'll never catch up to him as long as we're the size of a toothpick…" Alex sighed.
Alice sighed and began to look around. She suddenly spotted something unusual.
"Alex! Look!" Alice pointed to the sky.
Alex looked and saw rather strange looking Butterflies, what made them strange was that their wings looked like buttered toast!
"Ok, I've hallucinated when I'm hungry, but this… this is new…." Alex commented.
"What curious butterflies…" Alice said to herself.
"You mean Bread and Butterflies" A voice called out.
"Oh, yes, of course, I..." Alice suddenly stopped and looked to see where the mysterious voice came from.
"Now, where do you suppose that came from?" Alice asked to no one in particular.
"Alice! Get a load of this!" Alex called pointing to the sky
Alice looked what looked like a miniature rocking horse with the wings of a dragonfly.
"A horse fly! I mean, a- a rocking horse fly!" Alice said to see if the voice would answer again.
"Naturally…." The voice rang out again.
Now both Blondes looked around to see where the voice came from. Both their attention then fell on a large red rose in the center of the garden.
"I beg your pardon, but uhh... did you... oh, that's nonsense. Flowers can't talk..." Alice said, laughing slightly.
"Alice, after what we've been thru so far, I wouldn't doubt it…." Alex pointed out as he stuck his hands in his pockets.
Suddenly the rose began to move on its own! And it had a face! The Rose then looked down at the two.
"Your friend is right my dear, of course we can talk." The Rose smiled warmly.
Another flower bean to move, this time it was a purple Iris that seemed to sneer at the sight of them.
"If there's anyone worth talking to…" The Iris huffed rudely
Another one began to move, this time it was a Daisy.
"Or about!" The Daisy cried before laughing giddily.
Soon the whole garden was alive, and their attention all fell on their strange visitors. Alex just watched with interest.
"This is interesting…." Alex thought to himself.
"And we can sing too!" A group of pansies said in unison, sounding like a chorus of little children.
"You can?" Alice asked.
"Oh, yes. Would you like to hear 'Tell it to the tulips'?" A tulip asked.
"We know one about the shy little violets..." A group of violets pointed out.
"Oh no, not that old thing!" Another Lily cried.
Soon the whole garden was in an up roar in a big argument over what to sing to their guests.
"Goodness…" Alice mumbled in shock.
"I thought my arguments were bad…." Alex commented.
"Girl's, girl's girls!!!" The Rose cried, trying to get their attention.
At last the flowers stopped arguing and turned their attention to the Rose.
"We shall sing: 'Golden Afternoon. That's about all of us…" The Rose smiled.
The flowers seemed to nod in agreement to the Roses suggestion as Alex and Alice took a seat on a fallen twig to watch the show.
