The Walrus and the Carpenter

a poem by Lewis Carol
from Through the Looking Glass,
sequel of Alice in Wonderland.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: And through the Looking Glass is one of the good books that surprised me. I used to think that it were a fancy girlie story, like portrated by the motion picture. Turns out that it is an interesting story with substance and lots of word play.

Incidentally, the game American McGee Alice is also a very good game. Who is American McGee? He's the designer of Doom and Quake! You play Alice and enters the Wonderland rendered by the Quake III engine, and meets the Rabit, the Cheshire Cat, soldiers of the Deck and other people, of course, including the Queen. Even your weapons are interest stuff that came from the story. Download the demo, and remember to have a look at the settings screen. Or read a preview prepared by Game Center.

The poem goes:

The time has come, the Walrus said,

To talk of many things:

Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax —

Of cabbages — and kings —

And why the sea is boiling hot —

And whether pigs have wings.