mock turtle

Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said 'What else had you to learn? '

'I don't know where Dinn may be, ' said the Mock Turtle, 'but if you've seen them so often, of course you know what they're like. '

'Well, I never heard it before, ' said the Mock Turtle; 'but it sounds uncommon nonsense. '

'I mean what I say, ' the Mock Turtle replied in an offended tone. And the Gryphon added 'Come, let's hear some of YOUR adventures. '

'Explain all that, ' said the Mock Turtle.

'It all came different! 'the Mock Turtle repeated thoughtfully. 'I should like to hear her try and repeat something now. Tell her to begin.

'But about his toes? ' the Mock Turtle persisted. 'How COULD he turn them out with his nose, you know? '

'They were obliged to have him with them, ' the Mock Turtle said: 'no wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. '

'Would you like to see a little of it? ' said the Mock Turtle.

Back to land again, and-that's all the first figure, " said the mock turtle. "

'We called him Tortoise because he taught us, ' said the Mock Turtle angrily: 'really you are very dull! '

'You're wrong about the crumbs, ' said the Mock Turtle: 'crumbs would all wash off in the sea.

'I should like to have it explained, ' said the Mock Turtle.

'Oh, as to the whiting, ' said the Mock Turtle, 'they--you've seen them, of course? '

'And washing? ' said the Mock Turtle.

'You did, ' said the Mock Turtle.

'Then, you know, ' the Mock Turtle went on, 'you throw the--'

The lowing of the cattle in the distance would take the place of the mock turtle's heavy sobs .

'Hold your tongue! ' added the Gryphon, before Alice could speak again. The Mock Turtle went on.

'Turn a somersault in the sea! ' cried the Mock Turtle, capering wildly about.

and the reason is-' here the Mock Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.

Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, 'Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet? '

'With extras? ' asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.

'Of course, ' the Mock Turtle said: 'advance twice, set to partners--'

"Turn a somersault in the sea, " cried the mock turtle.

'Well, I can't show it you myself, ' the Mock Turtle said: 'I'm too stiff. And the Gryphon never learnt it. '

Friday came and so did the Governor, his entourage, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his characteristic black mock turtle neck and jeans.

The Queen stopped shouting and said to Alice, "Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet? "

No, "said Alice. " I'm not sure what a Mock Turtle is.

'No, ' said Alice. 'I don't even know what a Mock Turtle is. '

The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this:

'We had the best of educations--in fact, we went to school every day--'The Mock Turtle went on.

Chapter Eleven The Story of the Mock Turtle