Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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|-|e \\/3n~|~ gaL|_|mphing back.

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He cHoR+l3D in #!S Joy.

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aLl m!|\/|s`/ |/\|E/~e ~|~h3 BO/^0g0V[-s,
and th3 m0me /^4+|-|s oU+gRAbE.