Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove - Alice Through the Looking Glass Chapter 2 - The Garden of Live Flowers

Episode Date: July 19, 2023

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Or admired the delicate features of Queen Nefertiti If you have, you'll probably like the History of Egypt podcast Every week we explore tales of this ancient culture The history of Egypt is available wherever you get your podcasting fix. Come, let me introduce you to the world of ancient Egypt. Welcome to Sleep Cave. Tonight I'm continuing the story of Alice through the looking glass with Chapter 2, the Garden of Alive Flowers.

So let's begin. Chapter 2 The Garden of Live Flowers I should see the garden far better said Alice to herself if I could get to the top of that hill and here's a path that needs straight to it at least no it doesn't do that

after going a few yards along the path and turning several sharp corners but I suppose it will be at last but how curiously it twists it's more like a coarse groove than a path well this turn goes to the hill I suppose no it doesn't

this goes straight back to the house well then I'll try it the other way and so she did wandering up and down and trying turn after turn but always coming back to the house do what she would indeed once

when she turned a corner rather more quickly than usual she ran against it before she could stop herself It's no use talking about it, Alice said, looking up at the house and pretending it was arguing with her. I'm not going in again yet. I know I should have to get through the looking class again, back into the old room, and there'd be an end of all my adventures.

So resolutely, turning her back to her back. back upon the house, she set out once more down the path, determined to keep straight on till she got to the hill. For a few minutes, all went on well, and she was just saying, I really shall do it this time, when the path gave a sudden twist and shook itself. As she described it afterwards, she found it. herself actually walking in at the door. Oh, it's too bad, she cried. I never saw a house for getting in the way. Never. However, there was the hill full in sight, so there was nothing to be done but start again. This time she came upon a large flower bed with a border of daisies and a

a willow tree growing in the middle. Oh, Tiger Lily, said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind. You could talk, said the Tiger Lily, when there's anybody worth talking to, Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute. It seemed to take her breath away. At length, as the Tiger Lily only went on waving about, she spoke again in a timid voice, almost in a whisper. As you can, said the Tiger Lily, and a great deal louder.

It isn't manners for us to begin, you know, said the Rose. And I was really wondering when you'd speak, said I to myself. Her face has got some sense in it, though it's not a clever one. Still, you're the right colour, and that goes a long way. I don't care about the colour. The tiger really remarked. The metals cold up shield be all-less. Didn't like being criticised, so she began asking questions.

Aren't you sometimes frightened at being planted out here? with nobody to take care of you. There's the tree in the middle, said the rose. What else is it good for? But what could it do if any danger came? asked Anas. It says bow-wow, cried at Aisy. That's why its branches are called boughs. Didn't you know that?

cried another daisy and here they all began shouting together till the air seemed quite full of little shrill voices

silence every one of you cried the tiger lily waving itself passionately from side to side and trembling with excitement I can't get at them It panted, bending its quivering head towards Alice, or they wouldn't dare to do it.

Never mind, Alice said in a soothing tone, and stooping down to the daisies who were just beginning again, she whispered, If you don't hold your toes, I'll pick you. There was a silence in a moment, and several. of the pink daisies turned all. That's right, said the Targillelie, the daisies are worst of all. When one speaks, they all begin together, to make one whiver to hear the way they go on. How is it you can all talk so nicely, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment? I've been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk.

Put your hands down and feel the ground, said the tiger lily. Then you'll know why, I did this. It's very hard, but I don't see what that has to do with it. In most gardens, the tiger lily said, They make the beds too soft, so the flowers obviously sounded a very good reason, and Alice was quite pleased to know it. I never thought of that before, she said. It's my opinion that you never think at all, the rose said, in a rather severe tone. I never saw anybody that looked stupider

Arlida said so suddenly that Alice quite jumped for it hadn't spoken before Hold your titularly You keep your head under the leaves And snore away there Till you know no more What's going on? Are there any more people in the garden besides me? Alice said, not choosing to notice the rose's last remark.

There's one other flower in the garden that can move about like you, said the rose. I wonder how you do it. You're always wondering, said the tiger lily, but she's more bush. she than you are. Is she like me? Alice asked eagerly, for the thought crossed her mind. There's another little girl in the garden somewhere. Well, she has the same awkward shape as you, the rose said, but she's redder, and her petals are shorter, I think. Her petals are up close, almost like adenia, the tiger nearly interrupted, not tumbled about anyhow, like yours. But that's not your fault, the rose added kindly, you're beginning to fate,

you know, and then one can't help one's petals getting a little untidy. Alice didn't like this idea at all So to change the subject she asked Does she ever come out here D'er say you'll see her soon Said the rose She's one of the thorny kind Where does she wear the thorns

Alice asked with some curiosity Well all around her head of course the rose replied, I was wondering you hadn't got some two. I thought it was the regular rule. She's coming, cried Earlark Spare. I hear her footstep that it was the Red Queen. She's grown a good deal, was her first remark. She had a need.

When Alice first first, found her in the ashes. She was only three inches high, half a head taller. Is the fresh air that does it? said the rose. Wonderfully fine air it is out here. I think I'll go and meet her, said Alice, for though the flowers were interesting enough, she felt that it would be far curanda to have a talk with a real queen. You can't possibly do that, said the rose. I should advise you to walk the other way. This sounded nonsense to Alice, so she said nothing,

but set off once towards the Red Queen. To a surprise, she lost sight of her in a moment and found herself walking in at the front door again. And it would provoke she drew back, and after looking everywhere for the queen, whom she spied out at last, a long way off, she thought she would try the plan this time of walking in the opposite direction. It succeeded beautifully.

She had not been walking a minute before, she found herself face to face with the Red Queen. In sight of the hill she had been, said the Red Queen, and where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers all the time. Alice attended all these times. directions, and explained as well as she could, that she had lost her way. I don't know what you mean by, your way, said the queen.

Why did you come out here at all in a kind of tone? Courtsy, while you're thinking what to say. It saves time. I wondered a little at this, but she was too much in awe of the queen to disbelieve it. I'll try it when I go home, she thought to herself. The next time I'm a little late for dinner. It's time for you to answer now, the queen said, looking at her watch. Open your mouth a little wider when you speak and always say, your majesty.

I always wanted to see what the garden was like, your majesty. That's right, said the queen, patting her on the head which Alice didn't like at all. Though when you say garden, I've seen gardens compared with which this would be a wilderness. Anus didn't dare to argue the point, but went on, and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill. When you say hill, the queen interrupted, I could show you hills in comparison with which you would call that a valley. No, I shouldn't, said Alice, surprised in contradicting her at last. A hell can't be a valley, you know. That would be nonsense.

The Red Queen shook her head. you may call it nonsense if you like, she said, but I've heard nonsense compared which that would be as sensible as a dictionary. Alice curtsied again, as she was afraid from the Queen's tone that she was a little offended in silence till they got to the top of their little hill. For some minutes Alice stood without speaking, looking out in all directions over the country and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side

was divided up into squares and little green hedges that reached from brook it's marked out just like a large chessboard Alice said at last there ought to be some men moving about somewhere and so they are she added in a tone of delight and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. It's a great huge game of chess that's being played all over the world. If this is the world at all, you know. I wouldn't mind being a pawn if I only might join. Oh, of course, I should like to be a queen best. She glanced rather shiny at the real queen, as she said this.

but her companion only smiled pleasantly and said, That's easily managed. You can be the white queen's pawn if you like, as Lily is too young to play, and you're in the second square to begin with. When you get to the eighth square, you'll be queen. Just at this moment, somehow or other, they began to run.

Alice never could quite make out in thinking it over afterwards how it was that they began. All she remembers is that they were running hand in hand, and the queen went so fast that it was all she could do to keep up with her, and still the queen kept crying, faster, faster. But Alice felt she could not go faster, though she had not got breath left to say so. The most curious part of the thing was that the trees and the other things around them never changed their places at all. However fast they went, they never seemed to pass anything.

I wonder if all the things move along. with us, thought poor puzzled Alice, and the queen seemed to guess her thoughts, for she cried, faster, don't try to talk. Not that Alice had any idea of doing that. She felt as if she would never be able to talk again. She was getting so much out of breath, and still the Queen cried, Faster, faster, faster, and dragged her along. Are we nearly there? Alice managed to pant out at last.

Nearly there, the Queen repeated. Why, we passed it ten minutes ago, faster. And they ran on for a time in silence, with the wind whistling in our air, whistling in Alice's ears, and almost blowing her hair off her head she fancied. Now, now, cried the Queen, faster, faster, and they went on so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground with their feet, till suddenly, just as Alice was getting quite exhausted, they started.

and she found herself sitting on the ground, breathless and giddy. The queen propped her up against a tree and said kindly, You may rest a little now, surprise. I do believe we've been under this tree the whole time. Everything's just as it was. Of course it is, said the queen. what would you have it? Well, in our country, said Alice, still punting a little.

You'll generally get to somewhere else if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing. A slow sort of country, said the queen. Now here, you see, it takes all the reading you can do to keep in the same. place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that. I'd rather not try, please, said Alice. I'm quite content to stay here. Only I am so hot and thirsty. I know what you'd like, the queen said good naturedly, taking a little box out of her pocket. Have a biscuit. Alice thought, it would not be civil to say no, though it wasn't at all what she wanted. So she took it and ate it as well as she could. It was very dry, and she thought she had never been so nearly choked in all while you're refreshing yourself, said the queen, I'll take the measurements. As she took a ribbon out of her pocket, marked.

in inches, and began measuring the ground and sticking little pegs in here and there. At the end of two yards, she said, putting in a peg to mark the distance, I shall give you your directions. Have another biscuit. No, thank you, said Alice. One's quite enough. First quenched, I hope, said the Queen. Alice did not know what to say to this, but luckily the Queen did not wait for an answer, but went on, At the end of three yards I shall repeat them, for fear of you forgetting them. At the end of four, I shall say goodbye, and at the end of five I shall go.

She had got all the pegs in by this time, and Alice looked on with great interest as she returned to the tree and slowly walking down the row. At the two-yard peg she faced round and said, A port goes two squares in its first move, you know, so you'll go very quickly through the third square. By railway, I should think. And you'll find yourself in the fourth square in no time. Well, that square belongs to Tweedledum and Tweedle D. The fifth is mostly water. The sixth belongs to Humpty Dumpty, but you make no room up.

I didn't know I had to make one just then. Alice faltered out You should have said It's extremely kind of you to tell me all this However we'll suppose it said The seventh square is all forest However one of the knights Will show you the way

And in the eighth square We shall be queens together And it's all three feasting and fun, Alice got up and curtseyed and sat down again. At the next peg, the Queen turned again, and this time she said, Speak in French when you can't think of the English for a thing. Turn out your toes as you walk and remember who you are. She did not wait for Alice to curtsey this time.

But walked on quickly to the next peg, where she turned for a moment to say goodbye. How it happened, Alice never knew. But exactly as she came to the last peg, she was gone. Whether she vanished into the air, or whether she ran quickly into the wood, and she can run very fast, thought Alice. There was no way of getting, but she was gone. And Alice began to remember that she was a pawn, and that it would soon be time for her to move.