Do it again, Mommy, do it again!

I came across this cartoon online today at http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/.

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When Matthew and I were little, Mom would recite the Jabberwocky to us as a bedtime story. Actually, she was a theatre major in college, so she didn't merely recite it-- she performed it! I can still hear the inflection in her voice as she told the dramatic tale. When she finished, we would beg "Do it again, Mommy! Do it again!" How we didn't manage to get completely messed up by this, I'm not quite sure, but it is SUCH a great memory! Keep in mind, it was around 1972 or so, and Mom and Dad were still pretty much hippies-- and we know what that means... Mom was also a huge fan of Donovan (we played his greatest hits at her memorial service). Here's his musical version of Jabberwocky from the "HMS Donovan" album.

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.

Here's some great and fun information about Jabberwocky.