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Date: February 07, 2021 04:01PM
Supposedly, Lewis Carroll got the image from a carving of a smiling cat in Cranleigh village church, near Guildford where his sister lived. That's what they say in Cranleigh, anyway. I was in a boarding school there for 5 years (imaginatively called... Cranleigh School). That's about all there was in Cranleigh, actually. I like Laperla's version better.
Edward Lear was more of a 'superb owl' nonsense poet:
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
II
Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/07/2021 04:03PM by Soft Machine.