` You will , though , ' the Queen said , ` if you do n't make a memorandum of it . ' Alice looked on with great interest as the King took an enormous memorandum-book out of his pocket , and began writing . A sudden thought struck her , and she took hold of the end of the pencil , which came some way over his shoulder , and began writing for him . The poor King looked puzzled and unhappy , and struggled with the pencil for some time without saying anything ; but Alice was too strong for him , and at last he panted out , ` My dear ! I really MUST get a thinner pencil . I ca n't manage this one a bit ; it writes all manner of things that I do n't intend -- ' ` What manner of things ? ' said the Queen , looking over the book -LRB- in which Alice had put ` THE WHITE KNIGHT IS SLIDING DOWN THE POKER . HE BALANCES VERY BADLY ' -RRB- ` That 's not a memorandum of YOUR feelings ! ' There was a book lying near Alice on the table , and while she sat watching the White King -LRB- for she was still a little anxious about him , and had the ink all ready to throw over him , in case he fainted again -RRB- , she turned over the leaves , to find some part that she could read , ' -- for it 's all in some language I do n't know , ' she said to herself . It was like this . YKCOWREBBAJ sevot yhtils eht dna , gillirb sawT ' ebaw eht ni elbmig dna eryg diD , sevogorob eht erew ysmim llA . ebargtuo shtar emom eht dnA She puzzled over this for some time , but at last a bright thought struck her . ` Why , it 's a Looking-glass book , of course ! And if I hold it up to a glass , the words will all go the right way again . ' This was the poem that Alice read . JABBERWOCKY 'T was brillig , and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the borogoves , And the mome raths outgrabe . ` Beware the Jabberwock , my son ! The jaws that bite , the claws that catch ! Beware the Jubjub bird , and shun The frumious Bandersnatch ! ' He took his vorpal sword in hand : Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree , And stood awhile in thought .
And as in uffish thought he stood , The XXXXX , with eyes of flame , Came whiffling through the tulgey wood , And burbled as it came !
Alice Bandersnatch JABBERWOCKY Jabberwock Looking-glass Queen Tumtum borogoves llA memorandum-book