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 gallumphing 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 (1872)

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Assignment

When you have finished the exercises, write the story as a fairy tale. You may add anything that you want, but you can not take any part of your story away. Remember that a story is made better with good descriptions.

There will be a prize for the best story. This will be judged by Marcus Moore.