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Chapter 8 - 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! Don't go splashing paint over me like that!"
"I couldn'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 of YOUR business, Two!" said Seven.
"Yes, it IS his business!' said Five, "and I'll tell him--it was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions."
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.
We are pleased to present Painting the Roses Red - the newest addition to our ALICE IN WONDERLAND COLLECTION based on the immortal books by Lewis Carroll illustrated by Sir John Tenniel. Painting the Roses Red is a multi-piece tableau consisting of the Queen of Heart's gardeners, "Five" and "Seven," painting the roses on the Queen's large rose tree.
Each gardener is made of the finest all-wool felt and jointed at the neck and shoulders. They have disctinctive molded felt character faces, hand painted features, a mohair wigs, and incredibly tiny sculptural hands. Measuring 9" tall, the gardeners have heavy wire inside their legs to enable them to be self-standing. "Five" and "Seven" come wearing a traditional felt costumes consisting of tunic with a leather belt and a tiny custom-made brass buckle, integral felt 'tights', felt hoods, and peasant slippers. Each wears a pair of playing cards made entirely out of pressed felt. Patterned exactly after antique Victorian-era English playing cards, the initials "RJW" are incorporated into the decorative artwork on the card backs. The gardeners' wonderfully detailed accessories include custom-made tiny wood paint brushes and miniature pails of paint!
The accompanying rose tree is made entirely of wired felt with delicately hand painted coloration. The base is natural cork covered with felt and the tree itself is tied with hemp rope to split wood stakes. True in every detail to Tenniel's classic illustrations, the three pieces are offered together in an extremely limited edition of only 50 sets worldwide.
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