Then the Queen left off , quite out of breath , and said to Alice `` have you seen the Mock Turtle ? '' `` No , '' said Alice , `` I do n't even know what a Mock Turtle is . '' `` Come on then , '' said the Queen , `` and it shall tell you its history . '' As they walked off together , Alice heard the King say in a low voice , to the company generally , `` you are all pardoned . '' `` Come , that 's a good thing ! '' thought Alice , who had felt quite grieved at the number of executions which the Queen had ordered . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- They very soon came upon a Gryphon , which lay fast asleep in the sun : -LRB- if you do n't know what a Gryphon is , look at the picture -RRB- : `` Up , lazy thing ! '' said the Queen , `` and take this young lady to see the Mock Turtle , and to hear its history . I must go back and see after some executions I ordered , '' and she walked off , leaving Alice with the Gryphon . Alice did not quite like the look of the creature , but on the whole she thought it quite as safe to stay as to go after that savage Queen : so she waited . The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes : then it watched the Queen till she was out of sight : then it chuckled . `` What fun ! '' said the Gryphon , half to itself , half to Alice . `` What is the fun ? '' said Alice . `` Why , she , '' said the Gryphon ; `` it 's all her fancy , that : they never executes nobody , you know : come on ! '' `` 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 XXXXX 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 ! ''
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