The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
With ribbons and bibbons on every side
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, —
"Jam; and jelly; and bread;
"Are the best of food for me!”
"The plainer than ever it seems to me
"That very few people come this way
"And that life on the whole is far from gay!"
Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.
And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree
Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;
The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee,
The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl;
(The Fimble Fowl, with a corkscrew leg;)
And the Golden Grouse came there,
And the Pobble who has no toes,
And the small Olympian bear,
And the Dong with a luminous nose.
And the Blue Baboon, who played the Flute
And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute,
And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat