The Mock Turtle's Song The Mock Turtle's Song "The Mock Turtle's Song", also known as the "Lobster Quadrille", is a song recited by the Mock Turtle in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", accompanied by a dance. It was taught to him at school by his teacher called Tortoise. "The Lobster Quadrille" is a song written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). It is a parody of "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Botham Howitt. It appeared in Chapter 10 of Carroll's book, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", and was sung by a character in the book, the Mock Turtle. The poem is very similar to
Charles Webb (author) Charles Webb (author) Charles Richard Webb (born June 9, 1939) is the author of several novels, and is mainly known for his most famous work, "The Graduate" (1963), which was made into a film of the same name (1967). Webb was born in San Francisco, California. He grew up in affluent Pasadena, California. He attended Chandler School, Midland School in Los Olivos, California, and graduated from Williams College in 1961. He declined an inheritance from his father, a wealthy doctor. Webb lived for several years in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. As of 2006, Webb had been with his long-term partner Eve