Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carrol
I don't know, sometimes I just want to remember somethings.
Jabberwocky
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum 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 head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Thanks for your patience. (snicker-snack.)
Raymond
HUGE Smile!
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Suze321
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i always thought Alph a naf name
for a sacred river, because it was the name of the man who used to deliver our coal. Well, Alf actually, but you follow my drift.
The Wabe
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Musketman
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Bandersnatch – A swift moving creature with snapping jaws. Capable of extending its neck.
Borogove – A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop. The initial syllable of borogove is pronounced as in borrow, rather than as in worry.
Brillig – Four o'clock in the afternoon: the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.
Burbled – Possibly a mixture of "bleat", "murmur", and "warble".
Chortled - Perhaps a blend of chuckle and snort.
Frabjous - Probably a blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous .
Frumious – Combination of "fuming" and "furious."
Galumphing - Perhaps a blend of "gallop" and "triumphant."
Gimble – To make holes like a gimlet.
Gyre – To go round and round like a gyroscope. However, Carroll also wrote in a letter that it meant to scratch like a dog.
Jubjub – A desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion.
Manxome – Combination of "monstrous" and "fearsome"; possibly related to the Manx cat.
Mimsy – Combination of "miserable" and "flimsy."
Mome – Possibly short for "from home," meaning that the raths had lost their way.
Outgrabe – Something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle.
Rath – A sort of green pig. (See Origin and structure for further details.)
Slithy – Combination of "slimy" and "lithe." The i is long, as in writhe.
Toves – A combination of a badger, a lizard, and a corkscrew. They are very curious looking creatures which make their nests under sundials. They live on cheese. Pronounced so as to rhyme with groves.
Uffish – A state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish.
Vorpal - Assumed to mean "deadly" or "extremely sharp", or perhaps to imply that the blade has magical properties.
Wabe – The grass plot around a sundial. It is called a "wabe" because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side.
Edited by Musketman on Friday, January 12, 2007 at 01:57
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