Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Chapter 10 Page 8

’ 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.

‘The reason is,’ said the Gryphon,