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CutBank Volume 1 Issue 76 CutBank 76 Article 25 Spring 2012 When Lewis Carroll Faced the Jabberwocky Todd Seabrook Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Seabrook, Todd (2012) "When Lewis Carroll Faced the Jabberwocky," CutBank: Vol. 1 : Iss. 76 , Article 25. Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cutbank/vol1/iss76/25 This Prose is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in CutBank by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. T O D D  SEABROOKW h e n  l e w i s  c a r r o l l  f a c e d  t h e  j a b b e r w o c k yLewis C a rr o l l  ran across the  O x f o r d  c o m m o n s  w i th  h o r r o r  in his eyes, t r i p p i n g  over  his coa t  a n d  s tu t t e r in g ,  “ B-b-beware !  B -b -b e w are !” T h e  grass was we t  a n d  he  kep t  s l ipp in g ,  his feet f lving in the  air a n d  his ass h i t t i n g  th e  g r o u n d  w i th  a t h u d .  In o n e  h a n d  he held  his Bible,  s t re aked w i th  grass s tains .  C h u n k s  o f  m u d  fell f r om  its pages.  H e  slid to a s to p  o u t s i d e  the  rec to ry  a n d  h u r l ed  o n e  of his p o c k e t  w a tc hes  in to  t h e  fog. “ B-b-beware!  B -b -b e w are !” he yel led,  fal l ing u p  the  re c to ry  stairs,  p u s h i n g  s t u d e n t s  o u t  o f  the  way. W h e n  he r eached  his s tudy,  he ba r r i c ad e d  the  d o o r  w i th  a b o o k s h e l f  a n d  h u d d l e d  in to  a corner ,  his m i n d  d r i p p i n g  o n t o  the  h a r d w o o d  floor.  T h e  d o o r  h a m m e r e d  loudly.  H e  s h o o k  a n d  s t u t t e r e d ,  “G - g - g o  away, go away! Cal loo h!  Cal lay! ”106, s n o m m o c  d r o f x O  e h t  ni  d o o t s  l l o r r a C  s iweL t ius  a e r o w  c H  .n u s  ch t  ckil  gn iza lb  scye sih t l e f  ti d e h s i l o p  os l a t em  c h t  , ro m  ra c t i h w  fo dcd l ig  saw t e m l e h  s iH  . h c u o t  c h t  o t  klis ckil n w o  sih saw ti ckil waj sih d n u o r a  dev rue  d n a  ,dcr  d o o l h  saw l iam n i a h c  s iH  . c n o b  suoic iv  , d ro w s  l ap ro v  e h t  d lch  ch d n a h  c n o  ni d n a  !c ra w cB “ . t n e r a p s n a r t  t s o m la  saw ti p rah s  os ch t  n o  g n i l l a f  o h c c  c h t  ,dias  l l o r r a C  IcrawcB ni p u  g n i l r u c  , d l ro w  e h t  fo se hc ac r  t s e h t r a f  t schgih  ch t  ffo g n i n n i t  d n a  s r e n ro c  k ra d  ch t  ch t  d n a  dcv loss id  s d u o lc  eh I . skacp n i a t n u o m  ch t  rach d l u o c  c H  .h t r aH  e h t  o t  d c p p o r d  yks g n i t a e r t e r  c o f  sih fo s p c t s t o o f  g n i d d u h t  ,yvach , sd r ow  c n i t s i r p  , raelc h t i W  . sd o o w  ch t  o tn i  !yawa n u  r ,yawa n u R "  , d ew o l l eb  l o r r a C  s iwcLlyal laC IhooIIaCSeabivok

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