Chapter 9
The Duchess's Morals and the Mock Turtle's School
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1 The Duchess tucks her arm into Alice's and they walk along the croquet-ground
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2 Alice walks arm in arm with the Duchess along the sunny edge of the croquet-ground.
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3 The Duchess presses close against Alice's side, insisting everything has a moral
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4 Alice walks arm in arm with the Duchess along the edge of the croquet-ground.
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5 Arm in arm with Alice, the Duchess digs her sharp chin into Alice's shoulder
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6 On the sunny croquet lawn, the Duchess clings to Alice's arm and eyes the flamingo warily.
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7 As the Duchess reaches for Alice's waist, the flamingo opens its beak at her hand
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8 On a sunny walk at the edge of the croquet-ground, Alice points out that mustard isn't a bird.
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9 Alice suddenly works out the answer to her mustard question and cries out "it's a vegetable!"
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10 At the croquet-ground's edge, the Duchess presses her sharp chin into Alice's shoulder
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11 Alice is arm in arm with the beaming Duchess on the edge of the croquet-ground.
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12 The Duchess, arm in arm with Alice, makes her a grand present of all her morals.
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13 Close-up of Alice as her patience runs out.
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14 Walking arm in arm with Alice in the shade, the Duchess breaks off mid-word
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15 The Duchess breaks off in the middle of the word "moral" and Alice looks up.
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16 The Duchess breaks off mid-word, and her arm hooked through Alice's starts to shake
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17 The Queen of Hearts stamps at the Duchess: either you or your head must be off
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18 The Duchess has fled in an instant.
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19 The Queen of Hearts strides back onto the croquet-ground, a frightened Alice behind her
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20 Seen from above, the croquet-ground is bare.
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21 Panting, the Queen of Hearts asks Alice whether she has seen the Mock Turtle
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22 The Queen of Hearts marches across the empty croquet-lawn, beckoning over her shoulder
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23 As the Queen leads Alice away, the timid King whispers a pardon to the prisoners
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24 The Queen of Hearts points at the sleeping Gryphon in the sun and orders it awake
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25 The Queen of Hearts marches off, leaving Alice alone with a sleeping Gryphon
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26 The Gryphon has just woken up.
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27 Alice trails sulkily behind the swaggering Gryphon along a sunlit path to the sea
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28 Walking the shore with the Gryphon, Alice sees the Mock Turtle sad on a rock ledge
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29 The Gryphon presents Alice to the weeping Mock Turtle on his rock ledge by the grey sea.
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30 Small waves wash the shingle as everyone waits for the Mock Turtle's story
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31 On the rock ledge, the Mock Turtle bows his head and sighs: Once I was a real Turtle
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32 The Mock Turtle glares past the Gryphon at Alice and points a flapper at her
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33 The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle stare at Alice in reproachful silence
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34 On the grey rock ledge by the sea, the Gryphon holds up a talon to silence Alice.
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35 Alice sits up straight and tells the Mock Turtle she has been to a day-school too
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36 The Mock Turtle hears that Alice's school did not teach washing and relaxes into smug relief.
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37 Alice leans forward as the Mock Turtle sighs that he only took the regular course
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38 The Mock Turtle proudly recites Reeling and Writhing, Uglification and Derision
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39 The Gryphon throws up his paws, outraged that Alice has never heard of Uglification
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40 Stung at being called a simpleton by the Gryphon, Alice lets "uglifying" drop.
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41 On the rock ledge by the sea, the Mock Turtle solemnly counts off his school subjects
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42 The Mock Turtle counts his subjects on two flappers, a tear shining on one rim
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43 The Gryphon puffs out his chest and says he hadn't time to learn Fainting in Coils
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44 The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle bury their faces in grief for their old master
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45 The Gryphon raises a talon like a schoolmaster to explain why lessons lessen
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46 In close-up, Alice narrows her blue eyes, working out the Mock Turtle's school hours
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47 The Gryphon swings out a wing to stop Alice's eager questions about lessons
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48 Seen from above, the girl, the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle sit on a small rock ledge
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