'Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't one?' Alice asked. 'We called him Tortoise because he taught us,' said the Mock Turtle angrily: 'really you are very dull!'
— Perchè la chiamavate tartaruga se non era tale? — domandò Alice. — La chiamavamo tartaruga, perchè c'insegnava, — disse la Falsa-testuggine con dispetto: Hai poco sale in zucca!