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Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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(O|\/|e t() m`/ arMS, My b[-am!sh |3oY!!!
0 ph/~a8_/ou$ d4Y!!!@!#!@#@!#!1 Ca|_lo()#!!1@!#!@#!# cA|_/_Av/!1!!#!@!#"
|-|3 C|-|0rt|_ed 1n h1S _/ov/.

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ANd t#3 mo|\/|e R@t#$ ()|_|~|~G/^ABE.