"Can you remember the faint sweetness of the iris?" the keeper asked us. We thought we did. But we smell lots of things all the time. She lifted us up and made us pay attention. Alice started sneezing. Then the keeper told us how when she was a girl she would wake up early and run outside to smell the irises as they opened. She said the fragrance was enchanting, and it still is. Alice and I agree that it's good she doesn't have a cat's sense of smell or she would never get any work done. She would be too enchanted.
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