Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, ‘Have

you seen the Mock Turtle yet?’ 🔊

‘No,’ said Alice. ‘I don’t even know what a Mock Turtle is.’ 🔊

‘It’s the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from,’ said the Queen. 🔊

‘I never saw one, or heard of one,’ said Alice. 🔊

‘Come on, then,’ said the Queen, ‘and he shall tell you his 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!’ she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the

number of executions the Queen had ordered. 🔊

They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun. 🔊

(If you don’t know what a Gryphon is, look at the picture.) 🔊 ‘Up, lazy

thing!’ 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’; 🔊