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    God and The Jabberwocky
    God and The Jabberwocky
    God and The Jabberwocky
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    God and The Jabberwocky

    By Robert E. Johnson

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    A book which makes Lewis Carroll's famous poem understandable and helpful to all. You'll know the meaning of all of Carroll's words and come to know yourself better than you ever have before.
    Achieve your goals and dreams and come to live a more abundant life, and that is WHY YOU'RE HERE, to live life more abundantly!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert E. Johnson
    Release dateAug 20, 2012
    ISBN9781476411040
    God and The Jabberwocky
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    Robert E. Johnson

    Robert E. (Bob) Johnson Bob Johnson retired from a professional speaking career after more that 42 years on the international speaking circuit. His video based learning systems in professional selling and creative management are marketed in 20 different languages and in more than 50 countries. Now living on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Bob spends his time writing and enjoying his hobby of woodworking. His greatest passion is teaching the spiritual truths on which lasting success and true prosperity are solidly based. Having been born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Bob’s strong southern accent and quirky sense of humour are traits that make his teachings fun and memorable. While he makes people think, he also makes them laugh.

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      God and The Jabberwocky - Robert E. Johnson

      ***~~~***

      GOD and The Jabberwocky

      By

      Robert E. Johnson

      A book based on the world famous poem,

      The Jabberwocky

      (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) by Lewis Carroll

      Published by Robert E. Johnson at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Robert E. Johnson

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      ***~~~***

      The Jabberwocky

      By Lewis Carroll

      ‘Twas 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 Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

      Came whiffling through the tulgey wood

      And burbled as it came!

      One,two! One two! And through and through

      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

      He left it dead, and with its head

      He went galumphing back.

      "And, hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

      O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"

      He chortled in his joy.

      ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

      All mimsy were the borogoves,

      And the mome raths outgrabe.

      Lewis Carroll

      Lewis Carroll: He was born on 27 January, 1832, into a large family of eleven children. He was the third child and the eldest son of the brood; having two older sisters, and five younger, and three younger brothers.

      His father was an assistant priest in the Anglican Church and later became the rector of his own parish when his eldest son was 11 years of age.

      Lewis Carroll’s name at birth was Charles Dodgson, but he used his pen name, Lewis Carroll, for his writing of children’s books and poems, and his birth name for his more serious work.

      From an early age, Carroll began writing stories and making up games for the entertainment of his younger brothers and sisters. His talent for story telling and creative poems continued with him throughout his life. He never married, so had no children of his own, but his love of telling stories is something he continued to do for the children of his friends.

      He was an ordained deacon in the Anglican Church, an author, a mathematician, and a photographer. He was also known as a logician (one who is skilled at logic). Though a man of many talents, he was best known for his talent at word play, fantasy, and logic.

      Lewis Carroll’s stories about Alice, named after the daughter of a friend, made him famous during his lifetime and he continued to grow in fame around the world after his death in January, 1898 just 13 days before his 66th birthday. His stories were not about his friend Alice, but were made up fantasy tales he told to her for her entertainment.

      Introduction

      My dear brother is, at best, a full bubble off plumb, and . . . he’s off level as well. His name is Rich-ard Wayne Johnson; but all my life I've called him Bubba.

      He got the name Bubba as a little boy. Being one of six children, all fairly close in age, Bubba was the sound small siblings make when trying to say brother. I could easily go on at length about the Johnson kids but that’s for another book.

      First, some explanation about why Bubba is more than a full bubble off plumb. He can and has made up more words and sounds than Lewis Carroll himself.

      Were you to sit in on a Christmas or Thanksgiving holiday celebration at his home, when all the kids and grandkids are visiting, you would be lucky to figure out even a bit of his sounds and communica-tion; and you would marvel at how it could be that all of his kids and grandkids understand him per-fectly. They’ve even picked up his crazy language and use it in correct context. I assure you that you would never figure out what’s meant by:

      wonk wonk

      mooda hoo doo

      huma hamah

      mams

      mid rifty

      mamar n nem

      huma

      ultra L

      L mag, etc, etc.

      All of the above words have multiple meanings; each definition dependant on the context in which the word is used. All of these insane words are a part of Bubba’s everyday speak and those closest to him have learned exactly what he’s saying when he uses them. It’s truly an amazing thing to behold. When you add to this incomplete list of crazy words an equally insane array of sounds he makes – each with its own meaning you would be convinced that Bubba Johnson is at least a couple of sand-wiches short of a picnic. He definitely isn’t wrapped tight.

      Just how Bubba became acquainted with Lewis Carroll’s poem, The Jabberwocky, I don’t know. He became so enamored with the poem that he committed it to memory and looked for any opportunity to quote it. He loved to do it and would launch into his recitation with great gusto and full dramatic ex-pression. He never needs a reason or an excuse to fully perform his rendition of The Jabberwocky.

      I believe Bubba’s infatuation with this famous work of Lewis Carroll’s is due to the author’s coining of words. There is no doubt about Carroll’s use of words; if he couldn’t think of an accepted word from the English language to use in his writing, he simply made one up to suit his purpose.

      Bubba Johnson and Lewis Carroll must be kindred spirits; both are from the same broken mold, at least, in their use of words.

      Because of Bubba’s love

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