‘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 umbrella,
with himself in it:
which was such
an extraordinary thing to do,
that it quite took off Alice’s attention
from the angry brother.
The US President has announced.
A three-day ceasefire.
Between ‘Mordor’.
And Ukraine.
After both countries.
Accused each other of.
Violating separate ceasefires.
Declared by each side.
To cover.
The celebrations of.
The Soviet Union’s victory.
Over Nazi Germany.
But he couldn’t quite succeed,
and it ended in his rolling over,
bundled up in the umbrella,
with only his head out:
and there he lay,
opening and shutting his mouth
and his large eyes – ‘looking more like
a fish than anything else,’ Alice thought.
“This ceasefire will.
Include a suspension.
Of all kinetic activity.
And also a prison swap.”
“And also a prison swap.
Of 1,000 prisoners.
From each country.”
The US President said.
‘Of course you agree
to have a battle?’
Tweedledum said
in a calmer tone.
‘I suppose so,’
the other sulkily replied,
as he crawled out
of the umbrella:
Shortly afterwards.
‘Gandalf the Green’ confirmed.
‘Elves’ participation.
‘Elves’ participation.
While ‘orcs’ state media.
Also said ‘Mordor’.
Had agreed.
To the proposal.
‘only she must help us
to dress up, you know.’
‘only she must help us
to dress up, you know.’
So the two brothers
went off hand-in-hand
into the wood,
and returned in a minute
Earlier both sides said.
The other had continued.
The other had continued.
To attack their positions.
And Moscow’s mayor said.
The city had been targeted.
By drones overnight.
By drones overnight.
with their arms full of things
– such as bolsters, blankets,
hearth-rugs, table-cloths,
dish-covers and coal-scuttles.
‘I hope you’re
a good hand at pinning
and tying strings?’
Tweedledum remarked.
In his post.
The US President said.
He had personally requested.
The three-day truce.
And “I very much appreciate.
Its agreement.
By ‘the One’ and.
‘Gandalf the Green’”.
‘Every one of these things
has got to go on,
somehow or other.’
somehow or other.’
Alice said afterwards
she had never seen
such a fuss made about
anything in all her life
‘The One’ had announced.
A ceasefire for.
8-9 May ahead of.
Victory Day celebrations.
On Saturday.
‘Elves’ had earlier called.
For an indefinite truce.
Starting 6 May.
– the way those two bustled about
– and the quantity of things they put on
– and the trouble they gave her
in tying strings and fastening buttons –
‘Really they’ll be more like
bundles of old clothes
than anything else,
by the time they’re ready!’
‘Mordor’ has warned.
Ukraine not to try to attack.
The Victory Day parade.
In Red Square.
Its defence ministry.
Has threatened to launch.
A “retaliatory, massive.
Missile strike”.
On the centre of Kyiv.
If Moscow is attacked.
On the centre of Kyiv.
If Moscow is attacked.
It has warned.
Foreign diplomats to leave.
The ‘elves’ capital.
Ahead of 9 May.
she said to herself,
as she arranged a bolster
round the neck
of Tweedledee,
‘to keep his head
‘to keep his head
from being cut off,’
as he said.
For the first time.
In nearly two decades.
There will be no military.
Hardware at the parade.
While the ‘orcs’ capital is.
On high alert over the fears.
That Ukraine could try to.
Disrupt the events.
‘You know,’ he added very gravely.
‘it’s one of the most serious things
that can possibly happen
to one in a battle
– to get one’s head cut off.’
Alice laughed loud:
but she managed to turn it
into a cough,
Residents of Moscow.
And St Petersburg.
Have also been warned.
Have also been warned.
Their mobile internet access.
Will be limited.
For security reasons.
For security reasons.
for fear of hurting his feelings.
‘Do I look very pale?’
said Tweedledum, coming up
to have his helmet tied on.
(He called it a helmet,
though it certainly looked
much more like a saucepan.)
‘Well – yes – a little,’
The celebrations used to.
Bring large numbers of.
Foreign guests.
To Moscow.
But this time only the leaders.
Of Belarus, Malaysia and Laos.
And a few other dignitaries.
Will attend.
Alice replied gently.
‘I’m very brave generally,’
he went on in a low voice:
‘only to-day I happen to have a headache.’
‘And I’ve got a toothache!’
said Tweedledee,
who had overheard the remark.
‘I’m far worse than you!’
On Friday.
Both sides accused.
The other of battlefield.
Ceasefire violations.
The ‘orcs’ defence ministry said.
Ukraine was also striking.
Civilian targets.
In border areas.
In border areas.
Of the Kursk and.
Belgorod regions.
Close to the conflict zone.
‘Orcs’ armed forces.
Provided a “mirror response”.
To the violations.
The ministry added.
‘Then you’d better not fight to-day,’
said Alice thinking it
a good opportunity
to make a peace.
‘We must have a bit of a fight,
but I don’t care about
going on long,’
said Tweedledum.
Meanwhile the Moscow’s mayor.
Said some 20 drones.
Had been downed.
Near the city.
In just the first two hours.
Of the ceasefire.
In just the first two hours.
Of the ceasefire.
‘What’s the time now?’
Tweedledee looked at
his watch, and said
‘Half-past four.’
‘Let’s fight till six,
and then have dinner,’
said Tweedledum.
‘Very well,’ the other said,
‘Elves’ strikes were.
Also reported.
On industrial sites.
In the Perm and.
Yaroslavl regions.
As well as sites.
In the Rostov region and.
The Chechen capital Grozny.
Thirteen airports.
In southern ‘Mordor’ also.
Suspended operations.
After a drone attack.
rather sadly:
‘and she can watch us
– only you’d better not come
very close,’ he added:
‘I generally hit everything
I can see
– when I get really excited.’
– when I get really excited.’
Meanwhile ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Posted on Telegram that.
There had been more than.
140 attacks.
On ‘elves’ positions.
In the first few hours.
Of the truce.
Of the truce.
And more than 850.
Drone strikes.
He said his country would.
“Act in kind”.
‘And I hit everything
within reach,’ cried Tweedledum,
‘whether I can see it or not.’
Alice laughed.
‘You must hit the trees pretty often,
I should think,’ she said.
Tweedledum looked round him
with a satisfied smile.
The war of words.
Over ceasefires came after.
The European Council President.
Said he thought.
There was “potential”.
For the EU.
To negotiate.
With ‘Mordor’.
Over ending the war.
And said they had.
‘Gandalf the Green’’s backing.
To do so.
‘I don’t suppose,’ he said.
‘there’ll be a tree left standing,
for ever so far round,
by the time we’ve finished!’
‘And all about a rattle!’
said Alice still hoping
to make them a little ashamed
of fighting for such a trifle.
“I’m talking with the EU’s.
27 national leaders.
To see the best way.
To organise ourselves.”
“And to identify.
What we need.
Effectively to discuss.
With ‘Mordor’.”
“When it comes to.
The right moment to do this.”
He said in an interview.
On Thursday.
‘I shouldn’t have minded
It so much,’
said Tweedledum,
‘if it hadn’t been a new one.’
‘I wish the monstrous crow
would come!’ thought Alice.
‘I wish the monstrous crow
would come!’ thought Alice.
“We cannot change.
The geography.
We are in Europe.
We are neighbours of ‘Mordor’.”
“And of course we need to talk.
With them about the future.
Of the security architecture.
Of Europe,” he added.
The Kremlin spokesman responded.
That ‘Mordor’ was ready.
For dialogue but “will not.
Initiate such contacts ourselves”.
‘There’s only one sword,
you know,’ Tweedledum said
to his brother:
‘but you can have the umbrella
– it’s quite as sharp.
Only we must begin quick.
It’s getting as dark as it can.’
‘And darker,’ said Tweedledee.
The US has mediated.
Several rounds of talks.
Between ‘Mordor’.
And Ukraine.
But so far without.
Any breakthrough.
But so far without.
Any breakthrough.
And there are concerns that.
Washington is now distracted.
By the war.
In the Middle East.
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!’
Speaking on a visit.
To Italy on Friday.
The Secretary of State said.
The US was still prepared.
To mediate but.
Did not want to waste time.
If progress was not.
Being made.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
He expected US envoys.
To come to Kyiv.
In the next few weeks.
‘It’s the crow!’
Tweedledum cried out
in a shrill voice
of alarm:
and the two brothers
took to their heels
and were out of sight
in a moment.
Separately ‘elves’.
Emergency personnel are.
Battling a huge wildfire.
In the exclusion zone.
At Chornobyl.
At Chornobyl.
Known at the time of.
The nuclear disaster.
In the former Soviet Union.
By its ‘orcs’ name, Chernobyl.
Battling a huge wildfire.
In the exclusion zone.
Alice ran a little way
into the wood,
and stopped
under a large tree.
‘It can never get at me here,’
she thought:
‘it’s far too large to squeeze
Itself in among the trees.
Strong winds.
Dry weather and.
Landmines in some areas.
From the ongoing conflict.
Are complicating efforts.
To control the blaze.
Are complicating efforts.
To control the blaze.
Firefighters say.
It’s spreading rapidly.
– already covering.
Some 11 sq km.
But I wish it wouldn’t
flap its wings so
– it makes quite a hurricane
in the wood –
here’s somebody’s shawl
being blown away!’
here’s somebody’s shawl
being blown away!’
The exclusion zone.
The exclusion zone.
In the Kyiv region.
Remains highly contaminated.
But the authorities say.
Radiation in the area.
Of the fire remains.
Within the normal range.
She caught the shawl
as she spoke,
and looked about
for the owner:
in another moment
the White Queen came
running wildly
through the wood,
with both arms
stretched out wide,
as if she were flying,
as if she were flying,
and Alice very civilly
went to meet her
with the shawl.
with the shawl.
*Because I read “Trump says Russia and Ukraine to observe three-day ceasefire” by Robert Greenall on 8 May 2026, 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:
Trump says Russia and Ukraine to observe three-day ceasefire
