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by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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c()|v|3 T0 |\/|y A/~ms, mv/ be@MisH boy!!!
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H[- (hortLe[> 1|\| Hi$ Joy.

'+was bR!|_l1g, an[> thE s/_IT|-|Y To\/e$
did gy/^e @nd G1m8l3 in The W@b3;
@|_l mi|\/|SY W3/^3 THe bO/~o9o\/e$,
anc| t#e moM3 /^@th$ OUtG/^@be.