Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapters Ten to Twelve

In which our heroine is entertained by the Mock Turtle, observes a trial of Dubious Legality, is called to present evidence and Hulks Out, before Awakening to her sister musing on the Nature of Childhood, and in which our narrator insists you can skip certain parts Without Offense, and breaks the fourth wall Rather Improperly.



Once again, the illustrations (specifically, the frontispiece) are specifically mentioned in the text:

3:24 - The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon solemnly dance about Alice in a manner not freaky At All.

For real, you can skip from about 3:43 to about 5:35. Really, you can find the words here if you need them. This song is partly a parody of "The Spider and the Fly," by Mary Botham Howitt which, while not precisely a household poem anymore, still has one of the more well-known opening lines in English poetry: "'Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly."

10:07 - A Most Confusing poem and picture, even for Mr. Carroll.

Alice's poem "'Tis the Voice of the Lobster," much like "How Doth the Little Crocodile" back in Chapter 2, is a parody of a horrifically preachy, best forgotten one by Isaac Watts, this one called "The Sluggard." In case you're curious, the line cut off by the Mock Turtle is "-- eating the Owl."

Oh, and the Mock Turtle's performance of "Turtle Soup" -- also a parody, this one of the popular song of the day "Star of the Evening," by James M. Sayles -- runs from 12:43 to 14:15 OH GOD IT JUST KEEPS GOING in case you need that information for any reason.

16:00 - The Frontispiece, for those who've forgotten.

17:55 - The White Rabbit as, I suppose, the Herald of Hearts.

19:39 - The Hatter is a Most Nervous witness.

23:24 - The Hatter beats a Hasty Retreat from the courtroom.

25:20 - Alice quite upsets the Jury.

The letter that the White Rabbit reads ("They told me you had been to her...") is actually an original poem of Carroll's, though he had originally published it in rather different form several years earlier.

32:16 - The King notes the Presence of the Tarts

33:32 - Alice plays fifty-two pickup "For Keeps."

And that concludes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. You can now find all five installments listed on the dedicated "Alice" page. Thanks for listening to "Rob Reads to You," and join us next time for a short story interlude!

All illustrations are courtesy of Lenny's Alice in Wonderland Site. 
If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg. No reading ahead, though!