Editing Mock Turtle (section)

==''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''==
{{blockquote|Then the [[Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Queen]] left off, quite out of breath, and said to [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|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 of Hearts (Alice character)|Queen]].|''Alice in Wonderland'', chapter 9}}

Carroll enjoyed such puns on [[Victorian fashion]]s and [[etiquette]], and showed this frequently. The description and drawing by [[John Tenniel]] gives comedic value to the Mock Turtle, as he is clearly an assemblage of creatures, therefore not a real turtle as his name rightly suggests.

Alice encounters the Mock Turtle with the [[Gryphon (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Gryphon]]. The Mock Turtle is a very melancholic character, his somber attitude is believed to be a result of him having been a real turtle. He tells Alice his history of going to school in the sea.  He says his teacher was an old [[sea turtle]] called [[Tortoise]] and when Alice asks him why he was called Tortoise if he was a turtle the Mock Turtle answers, "We called him tortoise because he taught us!" ("tortoise" and "taught us" both being pronounced {{IPA|en|tɔːtəs|generic=yes}} in Carroll's dialect).