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The Mock Turtle’s Story
‘No,’saidAlice. ‘Idon’tevenknowwhataMockTurtleis.’
‘It’sthethingMockTurtleSoupismadefrom,’saidtheQueen.
‘Ineversawone,orheardofone,’saidAlice.
‘Comeon,then,’saidtheQueen,‘andheshalltellyouhishistory,’
Astheywalkedofftogether,AliceheardtheKingsayinalowvoice,tothecompanygenerally, ‘Youareallpardoned. ’Come,that’sagoodthing! ’shesaidtoherself,forshehadfeltquiteunhappyatthenumberofexecutionstheQueenhadordered.
TheyverysooncameuponaGryphon,lyingfastasleepinthesun. (Ifyoudon’tknowwhataGryphonis,lookatthepicture. )‘Up,lazything! ’saidtheQueen,‘andtakethisyoungladytoseetheMockTurtle,andtohearhishistory. ImustgobackandseeaftersomeexecutionsIhaveordered’; andshewalkedoff,leavingAlicealonewiththeGryphon. Alicedidnotquitelikethelookofthecreature,butonthewholeshethoughtitwouldbequiteassafetostaywithitastogoafterthatsavageQueen: soshewaited.
TheGryphonsatupandrubbeditseyes: thenitwatchedtheQueentillshewasoutofsight: thenitchuckled. ‘Whatfun! ’saidtheGryphon,halftoitself,halftoAlice.
‘Whatisthefun? ’saidAlice.
‘Why,she,’saidtheGryphon. ‘It’sallherfancy,that: theyneverexecutesnobody,youknow. Comeon!’
‘Everybodysays"comeon! "here,’thoughtAlice,asshewentslowlyafterit: ‘Ineverwassoorderedaboutinallmylife,never!’
