Year: 2026

The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies— Such a carriage, such ease and such grace! Such solemnity, too! One could see he was wise, The moment one looked in his face!   He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased […]

‘But it isn’t old!’ Tweedledum cried, in a greater fury than ever. in a greater fury than ever.   ‘It’s new, I tell you – I bought it yesterday – my nice NEW RATTLE!’ and his voice rose to a perfect scream.   All this time Tweedledee was trying his best to fold up the […]

‘I am real!’ said Alice, and began to cry. ‘I am real!’ said Alice, and began to cry.   ‘You won’t make yourself a bit realler by crying,’ Tweedledee remarked: ‘there’s nothing to cry about.’   ‘If I wasn’t real,’ Alice said  – half-laughing through her tears, it all seemed so ridiculous – ‘I shouldn’t […]

‘I know they’re talking nonsense,’ Alice thought to herself: ‘and it’s foolish to cry about it.’   So she brushed away her tears, and went on as cheerfully as she could, ‘At any rate   I’d better be getting out of the wood, for really it’s coming on very dark.   Do you think it’s […]

And ‘vorse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say ‘This is the worst.’     “The road is mined. So, we’re stuck here.” Says a woman. Over the phone.   From the rooftop of. From the rooftop of. A fire-damaged house. In southern Ukraine.   “People are trying. […]

It was getting dark so suddenly that Alice thought there must be a thunderstorm coming on.   ‘What a thick black cloud that is!’ she said. ‘And how fast it comes! Why, I do believe it’s got wings!’   ‘It’s the crow!’ Tweedledum cried out in a shrill voice of alarm:   and the two […]

‘Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle.   Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel.’     “We’re like a red rag. To the enemy. Because we’re taking […]

Here she checked herself in some alarm, at hearing something that sounded to her   like the puffing of a large steam-engine in the wood near them, though she feared   it was more likely to be a wild beast. ‘Are there any lions or tigers about here?’ she asked timidly.   ‘It’s only the […]

First let me talk with this philosopher. What is the cause of thunder? Good my lord, take his offer; go into the house.   I’ll talk a word with this same learned Theban. What is your study? What is your study?     The US President once again. Loomed large over. The European Union’s. Latest […]

‘I see nobody on the road,’ said Alice. ‘I only wish I had such eyes,’ the King remarked in a fretful tone.   ‘To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it’s as much as I can do to see real people, by this light!’   All this was lost on […]