“When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -" "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?" Alice asked. "We called him Tortoise because he taught us," said the Mock Turtle angrily: "really you are very dull!” SchoolLearningTeacherTaughtWonderlandPunAlice In WonderlandTurtleTortoiseMock Turtle Book:Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Source: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
“Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.” Mock Turtle Book:Alice in Wonderland Source: Alice in Wonderland
“No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise." "Wouldn't it, really?" said Alice, in a 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?” Alice In WonderlandAliceMock Turtle Author:Lewis Carroll