"He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practiced on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
'At length I realize,' he said,
'The bitterness of life!'"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno"
That practiced on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
'At length I realize,' he said,
'The bitterness of life!'"
-- Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno"
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