I found this poem in a book. It made me think of the scene from Alice In Wonderland, where the hatter is walking through the forest, with a mad look in his eye, quoting this poem while Alice jumps from his hat to his shoulder. I like that movie a lot! And I liked this poem a lot. So I decided to share it with you!
Hope you enjoy it. Oh and by the way, it's really so much more enjoyable if you read it with a Scottish accent!
Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths out grabe.
"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 in 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 throug
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
he went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slaing 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 borogroves
And the mome raths outgrabe
-Lewis Carroll
From Through the Looking Glass
"I found this poem in a book." Uffda!
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