`` Everybody says ` come on ! ' here , '' thought Alice as she walked slowly after the Gryphon ; `` I never was ordered about so before in all my life -- never ! '' They had not gone far before they saw the Mock Turtle in the distance , sitting sad and lonely on a little ledge of rock , and , as they came nearer , Alice could here it sighing as if its heart would break . She pitied it deeply : `` what is its sorrow ? '' she asked the Gryphon , and the Gryphon answered , very nearly in the same words as before , `` it 's all its fancy , that : it has n't got no sorrow , you know : come on ! '' -LSB- Illustration -RSB- So they went up to the Mock Turtle , who looked at them with large eyes full of tears , but said nothing . `` This here young lady '' said the Gryphon , `` wants for to know your history , she do . '' `` I 'll tell it , '' said the Mock Turtle , in a deep hollow tone , `` sit down , and do n't speak till I 've finished . '' So they sat down , and no one spoke for some minutes : Alice thought to herself `` I do n't see how it can ever finish , if it does n't begin , '' but she waited patiently . `` Once , '' said the Mock Turtle at last , with a deep sigh , `` I was a real Turtle . '' 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 . `` When we were little , '' the Mock Turtle went on , more calmly , though still sobbing a little now and then , `` we went to school in the sea . The master was an old Turtle -- we used to call him Tortoise -- '' `` Why did you call him Tortoise , if he was n't one ? '' asked Alice . `` We called him Tortoise because he taught us , '' said the Mock Turtle angrily , `` really you are very dull ! '' `` You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking such a simple question , '' added the Gryphon , and then they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice , who felt ready to sink into the earth : at last the Gryphon said to the Mock Turtle , `` get on , old fellow ! Do n't be all day ! '' and the Mock Turtle went on in these words : `` You may not have lived much under the sea -- '' -LRB- `` I have n't , '' said Alice , -RRB- `` and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster -- '' -LRB- Alice began to say `` I once tasted -- '' but hastily checked herself , and said `` no , never , '' instead , -RRB- `` so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is ! ''
`` No , indeed , '' said XXXXX , `` what sort of a thing is it ? ''
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