What is Jabberwocky anyway?
It was all twisted in the Looking Glass world, but Mr. Carroll stepped in to straighten things out. What was that small boy doing with a vorpal sword, anyway? And at this age?
The Slithy Toves
The wabe was a good place to gyre and gimble, but the borogroves were all mimsy, and those outgrabing mome raths!
The Warning
Beware the Jabberwock, my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!
The Search
With a vorpal sword, he strode in search of his manxome foe.
The Tugley Wood
The burbling Jabberwock, eyes aflame, whiffled up to our young blade, as he stood in uffish thought.
Victory!
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
And with its head...
He went galumphing back.
The return
The proud father exclaimed: "And, has thou slain the Jabbwewock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
Und so weiter ...
"Now my boy, in the matter of this snark ..."