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Uncombed, a bit unwashed, with freckled face, And slowly moving jaws -- implying gum; A decade's meagre dignity of years Upon your head -- your only passports these, All unconcerned you enter -- Fairyland!
For here dwell monstrous Jinn, and great birds fly Through haunted valleys sown with diamonds. Here Rumpelstiltskin hides his secret name, The talking Flounder comes at beck and call, The King of Lilliput reviews his troops, The Jabberwock and Bandersnatch cavort, And mice and pumpkin change to coach and four.