. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . I hold it up to a glass, the words will all gothe right way was the poem that Alice read: JABBERWOCKY. Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ;All mimsy were the borogoves^ And the mome raths outgrabe. |2 THRO UGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. ^Beware the Jabber wo ck, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch IBeware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bander snatch ! He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by the Tiimtum tree,And stood awhile in thought.
. Through the looking glass : and what Alice found there . I hold it up to a glass, the words will all gothe right way was the poem that Alice read: JABBERWOCKY. Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ;All mimsy were the borogoves^ And the mome raths outgrabe. |2 THRO UGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. ^Beware the Jabber wo ck, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch IBeware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bander snatch ! He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by the Tiimtum tree,And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came ! One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack !He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back. Andhastthou slain the Jabberwock f Come to my arms, my beamish boy !O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his 34 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. * Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome rat/is outgrabe. It seems very pretty, she said when shehad finished it, but its ratherh&rd. to under-stand! (You see she didnt like to confess,even to herself, that she couldnt make it outat all.) Somehow it seems TO fill my headwith ideas—only I dont exactly know whatthey are! However, somebody killed something: thats clear, at any rate— But oh! thought Alice, suddenly jump-ing up, if I dont make haste I shall have togo back through the Looking-glass, beforeIve seen what the rest of the house is like!Lets have a look at the garden first! Shewas out of the room in a moment, and randown stairs—or, at least, it wasnt exactlyrunning, but a new invention for gettingdown stairs quickly and easily, as Alicesaid to herself. She just kept the tips ofher fingers on the hand-rail, and floatedgently down without even touching thestairs with he
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