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Title: Clara In Blunderland
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Caroline Lewis, pseud.
Subjects: Satire Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Satire Political science Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898, Parodies, imitations, etc
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ly,YOURE WRONG! But/ said Clara, I havent said anything. I know you havent, and that is wrong, and Digitized by Google 16 A MUSHROOM CATERPILLAR. when you do say something that is wrongtoo. But why am I wronger than other people? I didnt say you were. Everybody iswrong, and I am here to tell them so. And how do you think you will put themright? I dont think; I talk. I dont put themright. It takes me all my time to tell themthey are wrong. The point is—what do youwant ? Im not quite sure, if you please, sir, saidClara, timidly, things are so funny to-day. Things are never funny; they are onlywrong, said the Caterpillar. You are notsure what you want, I am. What you want isadvice. But you cant think what a lot of advice Ivehad to-day, replied Clara, distractedly, andI dont think its done me one bit of good. Thats because it wasnt mine, said theCaterpillar. I shall now read you the leadingarticle I am cabling home. I didnt know people ever cabled leaders,said Clara. Digitized by Google
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Digitized by Google 18 A MUSHROOM CATERPILLAR. It is long, but its very, very clever. It hasbeen written entirely for your improvement. Clara felt that after this she could not refuseto listen, and the Caterpillar still sucking thepipe, from which it seemed to draw its inspira-tion, read, as follows :— PORLOKROCKY. Tis warrig and the slinky ProsDo snibe and squirgle in the dark;All boersome are the interfoes,And the frogrags outyark. Beware the Porlokrock, my Joe !The Orange Peel, the Olive patch !Beware the Brussels Spouts, and O !Mark well the Kaiserspatch. They packed their Milner to the Cape:Long time they drawled on this and that—So footled they on the dum-dum lay,And piffled as they sat. And as in snifty mood they piffed,The Porlokrock, with soul aflame,Came slimming through the spruity drift,Pom-pomming as he came ! Digitized by Google A MUSHROOM CATERPILLAR. One!—two!—three!—four! disasters came,The buckled blades went snipper snap;They left it dead—Thafs what they

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