` Well , there was Mystery , ' the Mock Turtle replied , counting off the subjects on his flappers , ' -- Mystery , ancient and modern , with Seaography : then Drawling -- the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel , that used to come once a week : HE taught us Drawling , Stretching , and Fainting in Coils . ' ` What was THAT like ? ' said Alice . ` Well , I ca n't show it you myself , ' the Mock Turtle said : ` I 'm too stiff . And the Gryphon never learnt it . ' ` Had n't time , ' said the Gryphon : ' I went to the Classics master , though . He was an old crab , HE was . ' ' I never went to him , ' the Mock Turtle said with a sigh : ` he taught Laughing and Grief , they used to say . ' ` So he did , so he did , ' said the Gryphon , sighing in his turn ; and both creatures hid their faces in their paws . ` And how many hours a day did you do lessons ? ' said Alice , in a hurry to change the subject . ` Ten hours the first day , ' said the Mock Turtle : ` nine the next , and so on . ' ` What a curious plan ! ' exclaimed Alice . ` That 's the reason they 're called lessons , ' the Gryphon remarked : ` because they lessen from day to day . ' This was quite a new idea to Alice , and she thought it over a little before she made her next remark . ` Then the eleventh day must have been a holiday ? ' ` Of course it was , ' said the Mock Turtle . ` And how did you manage on the twelfth ? ' Alice went on eagerly .
` That 's enough about lessons , ' the XXXXX interrupted in a very decided tone : ` tell her something about the games now . '
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