said the Queen , ` and take this young lady to see the Mock Turtle , and to hear his history . 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 . 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 went slowly after it : ' I never was so ordered about 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 hear him sighing as if his heart would break . She pitied him deeply . ` What is his sorrow ? ' she asked the Gryphon , and the Gryphon answered , very nearly in the same words as before , ` It 's all his fancy , that : he has n't got no sorrow , you know . Come on ! ' 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 , ` she wants for to know your history , she do . '
` I 'll tell it her , ' said the Mock Turtle in a deep , hollow tone : ` sit down , both XXXXX you , and do n't speak a word till I 've finished . '
So as at before like nearer of on to with