Jabberwock's Legacy

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It was evening and the slimy, active toves were turning and dancing in the waving grass. The Borogroves were miserable and the raths had left their home and were whistling.
“Beware the jabberwock, my son! He has fearsome jaws and claws! Beware the jubjub bird and watch out for the furious, fuming bandersnatch!
He held his sharp sword as he looked for the jabberwocky for a long time. He rested under the tumtum tree for a while, standing and thinking. As he stood thinking sluggishly, the jabberwock came whistling through the woods with glowing red eyes, murmuring a warbled bleat as it walked. One, two! One, two! The deadly blade went through and through as it sliced the jabberwock’s neck. He left it dead, and triumphantly galloped home holding

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