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One, two! And through and through <br> The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! <br> He left it dead, and with its head <br> He went galumphing back. <br> </p> <p align="center"> "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? <br> Come to my arms, my beamish boy! <br> O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" <br> He chortled in his joy. <br> </p> <p align="center"> 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves <br> Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: <br> All mimsy were the borogoves, <br> And the mome raths outgrabe. <br> </p> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 2em"> Lewis Carroll </p> <div class="center" style="margin-top: 8em"> <div> <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/index.htm"> HOME </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/puzzles"> PUZZLES </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/paradoxes"> PARADOXES </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/illusions"> ILLUSIONS </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/poems"> POEMS </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/quotations"> QUOTATIONS </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/games"> GAMES </a> I <a href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/facts"> FACTS </a> </div> <div style="margin-bottom:3em; margin-top: 1em; font-size: 70%"> <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/stranger">STRANGER </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/donate">CONTRIBUTE </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/contact">CONTACT </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/runciblespoonsociety">JOIN THE SOCIETY </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/books">BOOKS </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/links">LINKS </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/privacy/privacy.htm">PRIVACY STATEMENT </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/sitemap.htm">SITE MAP </a> I <A href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk/google.htm">SEARCH </a> </div> <div class="bottom_ads"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2185628889904477"; /* 728x90, created 10/11/10 */ google_ad_slot = "6906520196"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <p style="margin-top:3em"> &copy; 2000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.curiouser.co.uk">curiouser.co.uk </a>All rights reserved. </p> </div> </div> </div> </body>