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From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

"Would you tell me, please," 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..."
		-- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
		   Chapter viii

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