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"Turn a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mock Turtle, capering wildly about. "Change lobsters again!" yelled the Gryphon at the top of its voice. "Back to land again, and that's all the first figure," said the Mock Turtle, suddenly dropping his voice; and the two creatures, who had been jumping about like mad things all this time, sat down again very sadly and quietly and looked at Alice.
And the Gryphon never learned it." "Hadn't time," said the Gryphon: "I went to the Classical master, though. He was an old crab, he was." "I never went to him," the Mock Turtle said with a sigh. "He taught Laughing and Grief, they used to say." "So he did, so he did," said the Gryphon, sighing in his turn; and both creatures hid their faces in their paws.
That is Michael's armchair; and, therefore, Peter's. Now we will send away the tea-things; and then may I become a patient?" "Isn't my good Groatley a curious looking person?" said Lady Ingleby, as the door closed behind the butler. "I call him the Gryphon, because he looks perpetually astonished.
'I never said I didn't! interrupted Alice. 'You did, said the Mock Turtle. 'Hold your tongue! added the Gryphon, before Alice could speak again. The Mock Turtle went on. 'We had the best of educations in fact, we went to school every day 'I'VE been to a day-school, too, said Alice; 'you needn't be so proud as all that. 'With extras? asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.
'And how many hours a day did you do lessons? said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. 'Ten hours the first day, said the Mock Turtle: 'nine the next, and so on. 'What a curious plan! exclaimed Alice. 'That's the reason they're called lessons, the Gryphon remarked: 'because they lessen from day to day.
These words were followed by a very long silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of "hjckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy sobbing of the Mock Turtle. Alice was very nearly getting up and saying, "thank you, sir, for your interesting story," but she could not help thinking there must be more to come, so she sat still and said nothing.
I must go back and see after some executions I have ordered'; and she walked off, leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon. Alice did not quite like the look of the creature, but on the whole she thought it would be quite as safe to stay with it as to go after that savage Queen: so she waited.
And the Gryphon never learnt it. 'Hadn't time, said the Gryphon: 'I went to the Classics master, though. He was an old crab, HE was. 'I never went to him, the Mock Turtle said with a sigh: 'he taught Laughing and Grief, they used to say. 'So he did, so he did, said the Gryphon, sighing in his turn; and both creatures hid their faces in their paws.
"What is it?" The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. "Never heard of uglifying!" it exclaimed. "You know what to beautify is, I suppose?" "Yes," said Alice doubtfully, "it means to make anything prettier." "Well, then," the Gryphon went on, "if you don't know what to uglify is, you are a simpleton."
'No, indeed, said Alice. 'What sort of a dance is it? 'Why, said the Gryphon, 'you first form into a line along the sea-shore 'Two lines! cried the Mock Turtle. 'Seals, turtles, salmon, and so on; then, when you've cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way 'THAT generally takes some time, interrupted the Gryphon. you advance twice
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