‘Thank you, it’s a very interesting dance to watch,’ said Alice, feeling

very glad that it was over at last: ‘and I do so like that curious song

about the whiting!’ 🔊

‘Oh, as to the whiting,’ said the Mock Turtle, ‘they--you’ve seen them,

of course?’ 🔊

‘Yes,’ said Alice, ‘I’ve often seen them at dinn--’ she checked herself

hastily. 🔊

‘I don’t know where Dinn may be,’ said the Mock Turtle, ‘but if you’ve

seen them so often, of course you know what they’re like.’ 🔊

‘I believe so,’ Alice replied thoughtfully. ‘They have their tails in

their mouths--and they’re all over crumbs.’ 🔊

‘You’re wrong about the crumbs,’ said the Mock Turtle: ‘crumbs would all

wash off in the sea. 🔊 But they have their tails in their mouths; 🔊 and the

reason is--’ here the Mock Turtle yawned and shut his eyes.--‘Tell her

about the reason and all that,’ he said to the Gryphon. 🔊