Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Chapter 10 Page 12

the Mock Turtle replied in an offended tone.

And the Gryphon added ‘Come, let’s hear some of your adventures.’

‘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 Gryphon in an impatient tone: ‘explanations take such a dreadful time.’

So Alice began telling them her adventures from the time when she first saw the White Rabbit. She was a little nervous about it just at first, the two creatures