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“请你们告诉我，”爱丽丝胆怯地说，“为什么染玫瑰花呢？”

Seven flung down his brush, and had just begun `Well, of all the unjust things--' when his eye chanced to fall upon Alice, as she stood watching them, and he checked himself suddenly: the others looked round also, and all of them bowed low.

`Would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, `why you are painting those roses?'

Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, `Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a RED rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off, you know. So you see, Miss, we're doing our best, afore she comes, to--' At this moment Five, who had been anxiously looking across the garden, called out `The Queen! The Queen!' and the three gardeners instantly threw themselves flat upon their faces. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to see the Queen.

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老七扔掉了手上的刷子说，“哦，说起不公平的事……”他突然看到了爱丽丝，爱丽丝正站着注视他们呢。他随即不说了，那两个也回过头来看。然后三人都深深地鞠了一躬。

“请你们告诉我，”爱丽丝胆怯地说，“为什么染玫瑰花呢？”

老五和老七都望着老二，老二低声说：“哦，小姐，你知道，这里应该种红玫瑰的，我们弄错了，种了白玫瑰，如果王后发现，我们全都得被杀头。小姐，你看，我们正在尽最大努力，要在王后驾临前，把……”就在这时，一直在焦虑地张望的老五，突然喊道：“王后！王后！”这三个园丁立即脸朝下地趴下了。这时传来了许多脚步声，爱丽丝好奇地审视着，想看看王后。