Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 9 - The Mock Turtle's Story

Alice encounters the Duchess once again, and although she finds her in a pleasant mood, she still makes some bizarre and confusing remarks. The Duchess insists that everything has a moral, and seems to enjoy finding morals in everything she sees, no matter how unrelated or nonsensical. Alice finds this strange, but tries to keep up with the conversation as best she can. However, their conversation is cut short when the Queen suddenly appears to drag Alice back to the croquet game.

Instead, she insists that Alice to meet the Mock Turtle so she can hear his story, and finds the Gryphon to accompany her.  After some awkward silences, the Mock Turtle finally starts its story, and Alice is glad that at least she's no longer under thread from the Queen.