Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

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A/vd s~|~0()D awhile I|\| t|-|o(_)gHT.

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#e le/=t it |)EAD, ANd w!th i~|~s h[-aD
hE \\/3/vt G4|_(_)mPh1ng b@ck.

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o Fra8j0u$ d4`/!!! [a|_L0o#!!! C4l/_@y!!1@!#!@#!#"
#3 chorTlec| In H!s j0`/.

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