"He thought he saw a Buffalo
Upon the chimney-piece:
He looked again, and found it was
His sister's husband's niece.
'Unless you leave this house,' he said,
'I'll send for the Police!'"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno"
Upon the chimney-piece:
He looked again, and found it was
His sister's husband's niece.
'Unless you leave this house,' he said,
'I'll send for the Police!'"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno"
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That practiced on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was A letter from his... - He thought he saw a Rattlesnake
That questioned him in Greek,
He looked again and found it was The Middle... - He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk
Descending from the bus:
He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus... - Yes, let's consider," said Bruno, putting his thumb into his
mouth again,
and sitting down upon a dead mouse. "What do you keep... - He thought he saw an albatross
That fluttered 'round the lamp.
He looked again and saw it was A penny postage stamp... - The White Rabbit put on his spectacles.
"Where shall I begin,
please your Majesty ?" he asked. "Begin at the beginning...
