The Red Queen broke the silence
by saying to the White Queen,
‘I invite you to Alice’s
dinner-party this afternoon.’
The White Queen smiled feebly,
and said ‘And I invite you.’
‘I didn’t know I was to have
a party at all,’ said Alice;
‘but if there is to be one,
I think I ought to invite the guests.’
‘We gave you the opportunity
of doing it,’ the Red Queen remarked:
‘but I daresay you’ve not had
many lessons in manners yet?’
‘Manners are not taught
in lessons,’ said Alice.
Friday’s talks.
In Istanbul, Turkey.
Did not lead.
To any breakthrough.
As Ukraine and ‘Mordor’.
Remain far apart on.
How to end the war.
How to end the war.
Everything was happening
so oddly that
she didn’t feel
a bit surprised at finding
the Red Queen and
the White Queen sitting
close to her,
one on each side:
However, it was agreed.
That each side would return.
1,000 prisoners of war.
To the other in the coming days.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
Of the talks that.
“As on any day.
Of this war.”
“There was an opportunity.
To cease fire.
Ukraine has been offering.
This for a long time”.
she would have liked
very much to ask them
how they came there, but
she feared it would not be quite civil.
However, there would be
no harm, she thought,
in asking if the game was over.
‘Please, would you tell me –’
Following the Istanbul discussions.
Ukraine reiterated.
Its call for a full and.
Unconditional ceasefire.
But a deal with ‘Mordor’
Remained elusive.
But a deal with ‘Mordor’
Remained elusive.
she began, looking
timidly at the Red Queen.
‘Speak when you’re spoken to!’
the Queen sharply interrupted her.
‘But if everybody obeyed
that rule,’ said Alice,
who was always ready
for a little argument,
Ukraine said the next step.
In the process would be.
Direct talks between.
‘Gandalf the Green’ and ‘the One’.
‘Mordor’ said.
It had “taken notice”.
Of the request.
The US has claimed.
That progress on ending.
The war would only be made.
If the US President and.
‘The One’ held face-to-face talks.
‘and if you only spoke
when you were spoken to,
and the other person always
waited for you to begin,
you see nobody would
ever say anything,
so that –’
‘Ridiculous!’ cried the Queen.
During a visit.
To the Middle East.
The US President said.
“Nothing’s going to happen.”
“Until ‘the One’ and I get together”.
“He wasn’t going.
If I wasn’t there.
And I don’t believe.”
“Anything’s going to happen.
Whether you like it or not.
Until he and I get together.”
The US President added.
‘Why, don’t you see, child –’
here she broke off
with a frown, and,
after thinking for a minute,
suddenly changed
the subject of the conversation.
‘What do you mean by
“If you really are a Queen”?
Ukraine used Sumy.
To launch offensives.
Into ‘Mordor’’s.
Kursk region in August.
‘Orcs’ drove the majority.
Of ‘elves’ troops back.
Earlier this year.
And has intensified.
And has intensified.
Cross-border artillery.
And air attacks.
In recent months.
What right have you to call yourself so?
You can’t be a Queen, you know,
till you’ve passed
the proper examination.
And the sooner we begin it, the better.’
‘I only said “if”!
poor Alice pleaded in a piteous tone.
The two Queens looked at each other,
Earlier this week before.
Talks began with Ukraine.
‘Orcs’ carried out drone strikes.
Across the region.
Killing three people.
And injuring nine others.
According to Sumy’s.
Regional military administration.
and the Red Queen remarked,
with a little shudder,
‘She says she only said “if” –’
‘But she said
a great deal more than that!’
the White Queen moaned,
wringing her hands,
‘Oh, ever so much more than that!’
On Saturday.
‘Elves’ drones reportedly.
Struck an ammunition depot.
In Crimea.
The region illegally annexed.
The region illegally annexed.
By ‘Mordor’.
In 2014.
‘Elves’ strike caused.
The detonation of warehouses.
Where military equipment.
Weapons and fuel was stored.
‘but I daresay you’ve not had
many lessons in manners yet?’
‘Manners are not taught
in lessons,’ said Alice.
‘Lessons teach you to do sums,
and things of that sort.’
‘Can you do Addition?’
the White Queen asked.
‘What’s one and
one and one and one
and one and one
and one and
one and one and one?’
‘I don’t know,’
said Alice.
‘I lost count.’
*Because I read “Nine killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine” by Jaroslav Lukiv on 17 May 2025, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
