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

Lewis Carroll

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[MsMagicalCat]

Wow..that was an absolute treat before bed,I used to read this poem over+over again as a gal...Must admit you really bring it to life,thankyou..Sophie:)

[Loreleila]

@MsMagicalCat Thanks Sophie. :)

[greatraven1]

Lovely! I could swear one or two of those images came from the Graeme Base book... yes?

You have a much nicer voice than mine, and a nice idea to just show the art. I'm afraid the one I've uploaded is just me, and I recite it from memory, so probably have bits wrong.

But we should all read Jabberwocky on-line, just because.Thanks!

[Loreleila]

@greatraven1 They come from all over. I tried to watch your video but it won't play for me. I'll try later. Personally I don't think having bits of this particular poem wrong matters. I learnt it when I was tiny and my reading has errors for that reason but I love that it captures the minds and imagination of children and adults alike. I've been criticised here numerous times for reading it 'wrong'. That seems to me to miss the point.

[DrYESFX]

You have an excellent voice, my dear. Why not read more passages from this famous story?

[Loreleila]

@DrYESFX Thank you very much, perhaps I will. And thanks also for the addition of your own Jabberwocky. :)

[shaon317]

Are you sure you're not Emma Thompson, because you sound just like her! I think you have a wonderful voice for reading.

[Loreleila]

@shaon317 lol I'm pretty sure. And thanks :)

[WarblesOnALot]

@Loreleila G'day... Very nice, I recognise bits & snippets, but I managed to have missed having heard it all put together, before... So, thanks ! If I'd written stuff like this, I'd have been asked to share the Gold-Top Mushrumps...; Psyllocibin, Awaaaye !

(Never Bin-Game to try them, actually. I'm already bent enough !).

Ciao !

[Loreleila]

@SSGTWinters Actually he only made 12. The rest was a votebot.

[SSGTWinters]

The Jabberwocky came back and made 32 accounts to dislike this video.