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The Voice of the Lobster
by Lewis Carroll
'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I
heard him declare
"You have baked me too brown, I must
sugar my hair."
As a duck with its
eyelids, so he with his nose
Trims his belt and his buttons,
and turns out his toes.
When the sands are all dry, he is gay
as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark;
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has
a timid and tremulous sound.
I passed by his garden, and
marked, with one eye,
How the Owl and the Panther were
sharing a pie:
The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and
meat,
While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat.
When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon,
Was kindly
permitted to pocket the spoon;
While the Panther received
knife and fork with a growl,
And concluded the banquet by
eating the owl.