In this episode of Once Upon a Storytime Podcast, we continue Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with Chapter 9, “The Mock Turtle’s Story,” where Alice is introduced to another of Wonderland’s most unusual creatures.
Join Alice as the Gryphon leads her to the sorrowful Mock Turtle, who begins telling tales of his life beneath the sea and the curious school he attended as a young turtle. Alice hears about his unusual teacher, the lessons that grew shorter each day, and wonderfully peculiar subjects such as Reeling and Writhing, Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
Filled with clever wordplay, strange lessons, underwater memories, and wonderfully nonsensical conversation, this chapter invites listeners to sit beside Alice and discover what an education in Wonderland might be like—where even going to school is anything but ordinary.
Chapter Nine: The Mock Turtle’s Story by Lewis Carroll
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