StoryTitle("caps", "The Walrus and the Carpenter") ?>
by Lewis Carroll
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sun was shining on the sea,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Shining with all his might:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He did his very best to make", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The billows smooth and bright—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And this was odd, because it was", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The middle of the night.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The moon was shining sulkily,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Because she thought the sun", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Had got no business to be there", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "After the day was done—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It's very rude of him,\" she said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"To come and spoil the fun!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sea was wet as wet could be,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The sands were dry as dry.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You could not see a cloud, because", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "No cloud was in the sky:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "No birds were flying overhead—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "There were no birds to fly.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Were walking close at hand;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They wept like anything to see", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Such quantities of sand:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"If this were only cleared away,\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They said, \"it would be grand!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"If seven maids with seven mops", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Swept it for half a year.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Do you suppose,\" the Walrus said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"That they could get it clear?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I doubt it,\" said the Carpenter,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And shed a bitter tear.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O Oysters, come and walk with us!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Walrus did beseech.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Along the briny beach:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We cannot do with more than four,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To give a hand to each.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The eldest Oyster looked at him,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But never a word he said:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The eldest Oyster winked his eye,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And shook his heavy head—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Meaning to say he did not choose", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To leave the oyster-bed.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But four young Oysters hurried up,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "All eager for the treat:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Their shoes were clean and neat—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And this was odd, because, you know,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They hadn't any feet.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Four other Oysters followed them,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And yet another four;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And thick and fast they came at last,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And more, and more, and more—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "All hopping through the frothy waves,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And scrambling to the shore.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Walrus and the Carpenter", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Walked on a mile or so,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then they rested on a rock", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Conveniently low:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And all the little Oysters stood", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And waited in a row.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The time has come,\" the Walrus said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"To talk of many things:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of cabbages—and kings—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And why the sea is boiling hot—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And whether pigs have wings.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But wait a bit,\" the Oysters cried,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Before we have our chat;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For some of us are out of breath,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And all of us are fat!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"No hurry!\" said the Carpenter.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They thanked him much for that.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"A loaf of bread,\" the Walrus said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Is what we chiefly need:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Pepper and vinegar besides", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Are very good indeed—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We can begin to feed.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But not on us!\" the Oysters cried,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Turning a little blue.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"After such kindness, that would be", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A dismal thing to do!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The night is fine,\" the Walrus said.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do you admire the view?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It was so kind of you to come!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And you are very nice!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Carpenter said nothing but", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Cut us another slice:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wish you were not quite so deaf—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I've had to ask you twice!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It seems a shame,\" the Walrus said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"To play them such a trick,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "After we've brought them out so far,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And made them trot so quick!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Carpenter said nothing but", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The butter's spread too thick!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I weep for you,\" the Walrus said:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I deeply sympathize.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With sobs and tears he sorted out", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Those of the largest size,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Holding his pocket-handkerchief", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Before his streaming eyes.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O Oysters,\" said the Carpenter,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"You've had a pleasant run!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Shall we be trotting home again?'", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But answer came there none—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And this was scarcely odd, because", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They'd eaten every one.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>