TWEEDLE DEE: Or button-button, who's got the button? ALICE: No, thank you. TWEEDLE DEE: If you stay long enough we might have a battle!ALICE: That's very kind of you, but I must be going. TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: Why? ALICE: Because I am following a white rabbit! TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: Why? ALICE: Well, I- I'm curious to know where he is going! TWEEDLE DUM: Ohhhh, she's curious! Tsk! tsk! tsk! ts!... TWEEDLE DEE: The oysters were curious too, weren't they? TWEEDLE DUM: Aye, and you remember what happened to them... TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: Poor things! ALICE: Why? What did happen to the oysters? TWEEDLE DEE: Oh, you wouldn't be interested. ALICE: But I am! TWEEDLE DUM: Oh, no. You're in much too much of a hurry! ALICE: Well, perhaps I could spare a little time... TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: You could? Well... TWEEDLE DEE: 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'! TWEEDLE DUM: Or: 'The story of the curious Oysters'! TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: The sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might, he did his very best to make the billows smooth and bright. And this was odd, because it was the middle of the night. The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking close at hand. The beach was white from side to side but much too full of sand. 'Mister Walrus', said the CARPENTER: 'My brain begins to perk. We'll sweep this clear in half a year, if you don't mind the work.' WALRUS: Work? Uh, pff, brrrr! Uh the time has come...TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: ...the Walrus said...WALRUS: ...to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. Callooh, callay, no work today! We're cabbages and kings! ... Oh, uhhh, oysters, come and walk with us. The day is warm and bright! A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, would be a sheer delight! CARPENTER: Yes, and should we get hungry on the way, we'll stop and uh... have a bite! WALRUS: Hrmmmm! TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: But mother Oyster winked her eye and shook her heavy head. She knew too well this was no time to leave her oyster bed. MOTHER OYSTER: The sea is nice, take my advice, and stay right here. TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: Mom said. WALRUS: Yes, yes, of course, of course! But eh... haha! The time has come, my little friends, to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. Haha! Callooh, callay, come run away! We're the cabbages and kings! ... Hrmmm, well now, uh... let me see... Ah! A loaf of bread is what we chiefly need. CARPENTER: So how about some pepper and salt and vinegar, aye? WALRUS: Oh yes, yes, splendid idea! Haha, very good indeed! Now, if you're ready, oysters dear... haha... we can begin the feed. OYSTERS: Feed? WALRUS: Oh yes, ahh, the time has come, my little friends, to talk of food and things! CARPENTER: Of peppercorn some mustard seed and other seasonings. We'll mix them all together in a sauce that's fit for kings. Callooh, callay, we'll eat today, like cabbages and kings! WALRUS: I uh, weep for you, I -uh- oh, excuse me, I deeply sympathize. For I've enjoyed your company, oh, much more than you realize. CARPENTER: Little oysters, little oysters... TWEEDLE DEE AND TWEEDLE DUM: But answer there came none. And this was scarcely odd, because, they'd been eaten, every one! WALRUS: Hmm, well, uhhh, ha ha, ha ha, ha ha, hmm... the time has come!
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