(The score contains this extract from the book:
“‘O Tiger Lily,’ said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving
gracefully about in the wind, ‘I wish you could talk.’
“‘We can talk,’ said the Tiger-Lily, ‘when there’s anybody worth
talking to.’
“‘And can the flowers talk?’
“‘As well as you can,’ said the Tiger-Lily, ‘and a great deal
louder.’”)
Shortly after Alice had entered the looking-glass country she came to a
lovely garden in which the flowers were talking—in the words of the
Tiger-Lily, “as well as you can, and a great deal louder.” The music,
therefore, reflects the brisk chatter of the swaying, bright-colored
denizens of the garden.