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Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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tH3 vOr/OAL BL4de w3/vt snick[-/~-5n@Ck!!!
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|-|3 WEnt g4l(_)M/>hing ba(k.

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(om[- tO |\/|Y @rMs, |v|Y Be4|v|is|-| boy!!!
O f/^a|3jo|_|s da`/!!! ca|_LO()h!1!!#!@!# [Al/_aY!!!@!#!@#@!#!1"
#e ch0/~~|~led I|\| HIs Jov/.

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[>id gyre @/vd 9!mble iN +h3 |/\|aB[-;
aLl mim$y w3re ~|~#[- |30/^OgOv3$,
4|\|c| th3 m0me /~aT#s OUtGr@8E.