JABBERWOCKY by Lewis Carroll

`Twas brillig (four o’clock in the afternoon),
and the slithy (combination of lithe and slimy) toves (curious little creatures)

Did gyre (go around and around)
and gimble (make holes)
in the wabe (grass area around a sundial):
All mimsy(combination of flimsy and miserable)
were the borogoves (a thin shabby looking bird),
And the mome (possibly home) raths (a sort of green pig) outgrabe (sound between bellowing and whistling).

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub (a desperate bird) bird, and shun (avoid, escape)
The frumious (fuming and furious) Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome (combination of monstrous and fearsome)
foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish (a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish) thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling (hesitating) through the tulgey wood,
And burbled (a mixture of bleat{to complain}, murmur {a low distinct continuous noise} and warble {rythmic tones}) as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing (moving in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner) back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous (delightful, joyous) day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled (laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; chuckle), in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.