So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their forepaws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly:
E cominciarono a ballare solennemente intorno ad Alice, pestandole i piedi di quando in quando, e agitando le zampe anteriori per battere il tempo. La Falsa-testuggine cantava adagio adagio malinconicamente: