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144 THE MOCK 29 “I never heard of Uglification, ” Alice ventured to say. ‘‘ What is it?” The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. ‘‘ Never heard of uglifying!” it exclaimed. “You know what to beautify is, I suppose 2 ’ “Yes, said Alice, doubtfully : “ it means—to— make—anything—prettier.” ‘ Well, then,” the Gryphon went on, “if you dont know what to ugelify is, you are a simpleton.” Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said, “ What else had you to learn ?” ‘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.
