Friday, January 3, 2003

The Jumblies Comments

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They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
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Edward Lear
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Percival 26 November 2017

It was really good🐸🐣🐯🐬🐎

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Music Maestroman 18 September 2013

Oh this is such a great one. I had it read to me as a kid, and it's still just as magical to me every time I have read it since.

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Linda Hepner 02 September 2012

This fantastical poem is not only enchanting but amazingly true for anyone who has returned home after an experience... but I think it's expanded by Tolkein who had the Hobbits return to the Shire where all the narrowness and petty concerns were a price they had to pay for temporary security.

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