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One of this author’s characters recites the poem “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat” before (10[1])being (10[2])interrupted. (10[3])This (10[1])author’s (10[3])poem (10[3])about “A boat beneath the sunny sky” (10[1]-5[2])contains an acrostic (-5[1])that names one of the (10[1])Liddell (-5[1])sisters. (10[3])In a poem (10[1]-5[1])by (-5[1])this (10[1])author, (10[1]-5[1])a character speaks “Of cabbages (10[1])— and kings” (10[2])before (10[1])eating (-5[2])a group (10[3]-5[1])of (10[1])anthropomorphic (10[2])oysters. (10[5])In another (10[4])poem (10[1])by this author, (10[1]-5[1])cries (10[1])of “Callooh! (10[2])Callay!” (10[2])result (10[1])from (10[1])the slaying (10[2])of a creature (10[1])with a “vorpal (10[2])blade.” (10[11]-5[3])This author (-5[2])included (10[7])“The (10[2])Walrus (10[1]-5[1])and the Carpenter” (10[1])and “Jabberwocky” (10[4]-5[2])in the sequel (10[4])to a novel (10[1])where the (10[1])White (10[1])Rabbit (10[3])worries about being late. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[2])

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