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Chapter ten of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter ten,
The Lobster Quadrille. The mock turtle sighed deeply and drew
the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked
at Alice and tried to speak, but for a minute
(00:21):
or two, sobs chooked his voice, same as if he
had a bone in his throat, said the griffin, and
it set to work, shaking him and punching him in
the back. At last, the mock turtle recovered his voice,
and with tears running down his cheeks, he went on again.
You may not have lived much under the sea. I haven't,
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said Alice. And perhaps you were never even introduced to
a lobster. Alice began to say I once tasted, but
checked herself hastily and said, no, never. So you can
have no idea what a delightful thing a lobster quadrille is. No, indeed,
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said Alice, what sort of a dance is it? Why,
said the griffin, You first form into a line along
the seashore. Two lines, cried the mock turtle. Seals turtles,
salmon and so on. Then when you've cleared all the
jelly fish out of the way, that generally takes some time,
interrupted the griffin. You advanced twice, each with a lobster
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as a partner, cried the griffin. Of course, the mock
turtle said, advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, and
retire in same order, continued the griffin. Then you know,
the mock turtle went, on, you throw the the lobsters,
shouted the griffin, with a bound into the air. As
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far out to sea as you can swim after them,
screamed the griffin. Turn a somersault in the sea, cried
the mock turtle, capering wildly about change lobsters again, yelled
the griffin at the top of its voice. Back to
land again. And that's all, the first figure, said the
mock turtle, suddenly dropping his voice, and the two creatures,
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who had been jumping about like mad things all this time,
sat down again, very sadly and quietly, and looked at Alice.
It must be a very pretty dance, said Alice, timidly.
Would you like to see a little of it, said
the mock turtle. Very much. Indeed, said Alice. Come let's
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try the first figure, said the mock turtle to the griffin.
We can do without lobsters. You know which shall sing?
Oh you sing? Said the griffin. I've forgotten the words.
So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every
now and then, treading on her toes when they passed
too close, and waving their fore paws to mark the time,
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while the mock turtle sang this very slowly and sadly.
Will you walk a little faster? Said a whiting to
a snail. There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's
treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and
the turtles all advance. They are waiting on the shingle.
Will you come and join the dance? Will you? Won't you? Will? You?
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Won't you? Will you join the dance? Will you won't you?
Will you? Won't you? Won't you join the dance? You
can really have no notion how delightful it will be
when they take us up and throw us with the
lobsters out to sea. But the snail replied, too far,
too far, and gave a look askance said he thanked
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the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance,
would not, could not, would not, could not would not
join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not,
could not join the dance? What matters it? How far
we go? His scaly friend replied, there is another shore,
you know, upon the other side, the further off from England.
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The nearer is to France. Then turn not, pale, beloved snail,
but come and join the dance. Will you won't you?
Will you? Won't? You? Will you join the dance? Will
you won't you? Will you? Won't? You? Won't you join
the dance? Thank you? It's a very interesting dance to watch,
said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last.
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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 din may be, said the mock turtle. But
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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.
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The mock turtle yawned and shut his eyes. Tell her
about the reason and all that he said to the griffin.
The reason is, said the griffin, that they would go
with the lobsters to the dance, so they got thrown
out to sea, so they had to fall a long way,
so they got their tails fast in their mouths so
they couldn't get them out again. That's all, thank you,
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said Alice. It's very interesting. I never knew so much
about a whiting before. I can tell you more than that,
if you like, said the griffin. Do you know why
it's called a whiting? I never thought about it, said Alice.
Why it does the boots and shoes, the griffin replied,
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very solemnly. Alice was thoroughly puzzled. Does the boots and shoes?
She repeated, in a wondering tone. Why what are your
shoes done with? Said the griffin, I mean, what makes
them so shiny? Alice looked down at them and considered
a little before she gave her answer. They're done with blacking.
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I believe boots and shoes under the sea, the griffin
went on, in a deep voice. Are done with a whiting, now,
you know? And what are they made of? Alice asked,
in a tone of great curiosity, Soles and eels, of course,
the griffin replied, rather impatiently. Any shrimp could have told
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you that. If I'd been the whiting, said Alice, whose
thoughts were still running on the song, I'd have said
to the porpoise, keep back, please, we don't want you
with us. They were obliged to have him with them.
The mock turtle said, no, wise fish would go anywhere
without a porpoise, wouldn't it, really, said Alice in a
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tone of great surprise. Of course not, said the mock turtle.
Why if a fish came to me and told me
he was going on a journey, I should say, with
what porpoise? Don't you mean purpose, said Alice, I mean
what I say, the mock turtle replied in an offended tone,
and the griffin added, come, let's hear some of your adventures.
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I could tell you my adventures beginning from this morning,
said Alice a little timidly. But it's no use going
back to yesterday because I was a different person. Then
explain all that, said the mock turtle. No, no, the
adventures first, said the griffin in an impatient tone. Explanations
take such a dreadful time. So Alice began telling them
(07:57):
her adventures from the time when she first saw the
white She was a little nervous about it, just at first.
The two creatures got so close to her, one on
each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so very wide,
But she gained courage as she went on. Her listeners
were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about
her repeating you are old father William to the caterpillar,
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and the words all coming different. And then the mock
turtle drew a long breath and said, that's very curious.
It's all about as curious as it can be, said
the Griffin. It all came different, the mock turtle repeated, thoughtfully,
I should like to hear her try and repeat something. Now,
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tell her to begin. He looked at the griffin as
if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice.
Stand up and repeat tis the voice of the Sluggard,
said the griffin. How the creatures order one about and
make one repeat less lessons, thought Alice. I might as
(09:02):
well be at school at once. However, she got up
and began to repeat it, but her head was so
full of the lobster quadrille that she hardly knew what
she was saying, and the words came very queer. Indeed,
tis the voice of the lobster. I heard him declare
you have baked me too? Brown, I must sugar my
hair as a duck with its eyelids. So he with
(09:25):
his nose, trims his belt and his buttons, and turns
out his toes when the sands are all dry. He
is gay as a lark and will talk in contemptuous
tones of the shark. But when the tide rises and
sharks are around, his voice has a timid and tremulous sound.
That's different from what I used to say when I
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was a child, said the griffin. Well I never heard
it before, said the mock turtle. But it sounds uncommon nonsense.
Alice said nothing. She had sat down with her face
in her hands, wondering if anything would ever happen in
a natural way again. I should like to have it explain,
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said the mock turtle. She can't explain it, said the
griffin hastily. Go on with the next verse. But about
his toes, the mock turtle persisted, How could he turn
them out with his nose? You know, it's the first
position in dancing, Alice said, but was dreadfully puzzled by
the whole thing and longed to change the subject. Go
(10:32):
on with the next verse, the griffin repeated, impatiently. It begins,
I passed by his garden. Alice did not dare to disobey,
though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and
she went on in a trembling voice. I passed by
his garden and marked with one eye how the owl
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and the panther were sharing a pie. The panther took
pie crust and gravy and meat, while the owl the
dish as its share of the treat. When the pie
was all finished, the owl, as a boon, was kindly
permitted to pocket the spoon, while the panther received knife
and fork. With a growl and concluded the banquet. What
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is the use of repeating all that stuff, the mock
turtle interrupted, If you don't explain it as you go on,
it's by far the most confusing thing. I ever heard. Yes,
I think you'd better leave off, said the griffin, and
Alice was only too glad to do so. Shall we
try another figure of the lobster quadrille? The griffin went on,
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or would you like the mock turtle to sing you
a song? Oh, a song? Please? If the mock turtle
would be so kind? Alice replied so eagerly that the
griffin said, in a rather offended tone, hump, no accounting
for tastes, sing her turtle soup, will you, old fellow?
The mock turtle sighed deeply and began, in a voice
(12:00):
sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this beautiful soup, so
rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen. Who for
such dainties would not stoop soup of the evening, beautiful soup,
Soup of the evening, beautiful soup, be beautiful soup, beautiful soup,
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Soup of the evening, beautiful, beautiful soup, beautiful soup. Who
cares for fish, game or any other dish, Who would
not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful soup,
pennyworth only of beautiful soup, beautiful soup, beautiful soup, Soup
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of the evening, Beautiful, beautyfull soup chorus again cried the Griffin,
and the mock turtle had just begun to repeat it
when a the trial's beginning was heard in the distance.
Come on, cried the Griffin, and taking Alice by the hand,
(13:08):
it hurried off without waiting for the end of the song.
What trial is it? Alice panted as she ran, but
the griffin only answered, come on, and ran the faster,
while more and more faintly came carried on the breeze
that followed them. The melancholy words soup of the Evening, Beautiful,
(13:32):
Beautiful Soup, end of Chapter ten, read by Kara Shallenburg
March two thousand ten in San Diego, California,
Chapter ten of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter ten,
The Lobster Quadrille. The mock turtle sighed deeply and drew
the back of one flapper across his eyes. He looked
at Alice and tried to speak, but for a minute
(00:21):
or two, sobs chooked his voice, same as if he
had a bone in his throat, said the griffin, and
it set to work, shaking him and punching him in
the back. At last, the mock turtle recovered his voice,
and with tears running down his cheeks, he went on again.
You may not have lived much under the sea. I haven't,
(00:43):
said Alice. And perhaps you were never even introduced to
a lobster. Alice began to say I once tasted, but
checked herself hastily and said, no, never. So you can
have no idea what a delightful thing a lobster quadrille is. No, indeed,
(01:04):
said Alice, what sort of a dance is it? Why,
said the griffin, You first form into a line along
the seashore. Two lines, cried the mock turtle. Seals turtles,
salmon and so on. Then when you've cleared all the
jelly fish out of the way, that generally takes some time,
interrupted the griffin. You advanced twice, each with a lobster
(01:29):
as a partner, cried the griffin. Of course, the mock
turtle said, advance twice, set to partners, change lobsters, and
retire in same order, continued the griffin. Then you know,
the mock turtle went, on, you throw the the lobsters,
shouted the griffin, with a bound into the air. As
(01:51):
far out to sea as you can swim after them,
screamed the griffin. Turn a somersault in the sea, cried
the mock turtle, capering wildly about change lobsters again, yelled
the griffin at the top of its voice. Back to
land again. And that's all, the first figure, said the
mock turtle, suddenly dropping his voice, and the two creatures,
(02:15):
who had been jumping about like mad things all this time,
sat down again, very sadly and quietly, and looked at Alice.
It must be a very pretty dance, said Alice, timidly.
Would you like to see a little of it, said
the mock turtle. Very much. Indeed, said Alice. Come let's
(02:37):
try the first figure, said the mock turtle to the griffin.
We can do without lobsters. You know which shall sing?
Oh you sing? Said the griffin. I've forgotten the words.
So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every
now and then, treading on her toes when they passed
too close, and waving their fore paws to mark the time,
(03:00):
while the mock turtle sang this very slowly and sadly.
Will you walk a little faster? Said a whiting to
a snail. There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's
treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and
the turtles all advance. They are waiting on the shingle.
Will you come and join the dance? Will you? Won't you? Will? You?
(03:24):
Won't you? Will you join the dance? Will you won't you?
Will you? Won't you? Won't you join the dance? You
can really have no notion how delightful it will be
when they take us up and throw us with the
lobsters out to sea. But the snail replied, too far,
too far, and gave a look askance said he thanked
(03:45):
the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance,
would not, could not, would not, could not would not
join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not,
could not join the dance? What matters it? How far
we go? His scaly friend replied, there is another shore,
you know, upon the other side, the further off from England.
(04:07):
The nearer is to France. Then turn not, pale, beloved snail,
but come and join the dance. Will you won't you?
Will you? Won't? You? Will you join the dance? Will
you won't you? Will you? Won't? You? Won't you join
the dance? Thank you? It's a very interesting dance to watch,
said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last.
(04:30):
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 din may be, said the mock turtle. But
(04:51):
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.
(05:14):
The mock turtle yawned and shut his eyes. Tell her
about the reason and all that he said to the griffin.
The reason is, said the griffin, that they would go
with the lobsters to the dance, so they got thrown
out to sea, so they had to fall a long way,
so they got their tails fast in their mouths so
they couldn't get them out again. That's all, thank you,
(05:38):
said Alice. It's very interesting. I never knew so much
about a whiting before. I can tell you more than that,
if you like, said the griffin. Do you know why
it's called a whiting? I never thought about it, said Alice.
Why it does the boots and shoes, the griffin replied,
(05:59):
very solemnly. Alice was thoroughly puzzled. Does the boots and shoes?
She repeated, in a wondering tone. Why what are your
shoes done with? Said the griffin, I mean, what makes
them so shiny? Alice looked down at them and considered
a little before she gave her answer. They're done with blacking.
(06:22):
I believe boots and shoes under the sea, the griffin
went on, in a deep voice. Are done with a whiting, now,
you know? And what are they made of? Alice asked,
in a tone of great curiosity, Soles and eels, of course,
the griffin replied, rather impatiently. Any shrimp could have told
(06:44):
you that. If I'd been the whiting, said Alice, whose
thoughts were still running on the song, I'd have said
to the porpoise, keep back, please, we don't want you
with us. They were obliged to have him with them.
The mock turtle said, no, wise fish would go anywhere
without a porpoise, wouldn't it, really, said Alice in a
(07:07):
tone of great surprise. Of course not, said the mock turtle.
Why if a fish came to me and told me
he was going on a journey, I should say, with
what porpoise? Don't you mean purpose, said Alice, I mean
what I say, the mock turtle replied in an offended tone,
and the griffin added, come, let's hear some of your adventures.
(07:33):
I could tell you my adventures beginning from this morning,
said Alice a little timidly. But it's no use going
back to yesterday because I was a different person. Then
explain all that, said the mock turtle. No, no, the
adventures first, said the griffin in an impatient tone. Explanations
take such a dreadful time. So Alice began telling them
(07:57):
her adventures from the time when she first saw the
white She was a little nervous about it, just at first.
The two creatures got so close to her, one on
each side, and opened their eyes and mouths so very wide,
But she gained courage as she went on. Her listeners
were perfectly quiet till she got to the part about
her repeating you are old father William to the caterpillar,
(08:20):
and the words all coming different. And then the mock
turtle drew a long breath and said, that's very curious.
It's all about as curious as it can be, said
the Griffin. It all came different, the mock turtle repeated, thoughtfully,
I should like to hear her try and repeat something. Now,
(08:41):
tell her to begin. He looked at the griffin as
if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice.
Stand up and repeat tis the voice of the Sluggard,
said the griffin. How the creatures order one about and
make one repeat less lessons, thought Alice. I might as
(09:02):
well be at school at once. However, she got up
and began to repeat it, but her head was so
full of the lobster quadrille that she hardly knew what
she was saying, and the words came very queer. Indeed,
tis the voice of the lobster. I heard him declare
you have baked me too? Brown, I must sugar my
hair as a duck with its eyelids. So he with
(09:25):
his nose, trims his belt and his buttons, and turns
out his toes when the sands are all dry. He
is gay as a lark and will talk in contemptuous
tones of the shark. But when the tide rises and
sharks are around, his voice has a timid and tremulous sound.
That's different from what I used to say when I
(09:47):
was a child, said the griffin. Well I never heard
it before, said the mock turtle. But it sounds uncommon nonsense.
Alice said nothing. She had sat down with her face
in her hands, wondering if anything would ever happen in
a natural way again. I should like to have it explain,
(10:07):
said the mock turtle. She can't explain it, said the
griffin hastily. Go on with the next verse. But about
his toes, the mock turtle persisted, How could he turn
them out with his nose? You know, it's the first
position in dancing, Alice said, but was dreadfully puzzled by
the whole thing and longed to change the subject. Go
(10:32):
on with the next verse, the griffin repeated, impatiently. It begins,
I passed by his garden. Alice did not dare to disobey,
though she felt sure it would all come wrong, and
she went on in a trembling voice. I passed by
his garden and marked with one eye how the owl
(10:53):
and the panther were sharing a pie. The panther took
pie crust and gravy and meat, while the owl the
dish as its share of the treat. When the pie
was all finished, the owl, as a boon, was kindly
permitted to pocket the spoon, while the panther received knife
and fork. With a growl and concluded the banquet. What
(11:15):
is the use of repeating all that stuff, the mock
turtle interrupted, If you don't explain it as you go on,
it's by far the most confusing thing. I ever heard. Yes,
I think you'd better leave off, said the griffin, and
Alice was only too glad to do so. Shall we
try another figure of the lobster quadrille? The griffin went on,
(11:37):
or would you like the mock turtle to sing you
a song? Oh, a song? Please? If the mock turtle
would be so kind? Alice replied so eagerly that the
griffin said, in a rather offended tone, hump, no accounting
for tastes, sing her turtle soup, will you, old fellow?
The mock turtle sighed deeply and began, in a voice
(12:00):
sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this beautiful soup, so
rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen. Who for
such dainties would not stoop soup of the evening, beautiful soup,
Soup of the evening, beautiful soup, be beautiful soup, beautiful soup,
(12:24):
Soup of the evening, beautiful, beautiful soup, beautiful soup. Who
cares for fish, game or any other dish, Who would
not give all else for two pennyworth only of beautiful soup,
pennyworth only of beautiful soup, beautiful soup, beautiful soup, Soup
(12:48):
of the evening, Beautiful, beautyfull soup chorus again cried the Griffin,
and the mock turtle had just begun to repeat it
when a the trial's beginning was heard in the distance.
Come on, cried the Griffin, and taking Alice by the hand,
(13:08):
it hurried off without waiting for the end of the song.
What trial is it? Alice panted as she ran, but
the griffin only answered, come on, and ran the faster,
while more and more faintly came carried on the breeze
that followed them. The melancholy words soup of the Evening, Beautiful,
(13:32):
Beautiful Soup, end of Chapter ten, read by Kara Shallenburg
March two thousand ten in San Diego, California,
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