Happy Birthday, Mr Darwin!

Cartoon: Matt Dawson.

The Walrus and The Carpenter

...

'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.'

...

'I weep for you,' the Walrus said:

'I deeply sympathize.'

With sobs and tears he sorted out

Those of the largest size,

Holding his pockett-handkerchief

Before his streaming eyes.

'O Oysters,' said the Carpenter,

'You've had a pleasant run!

Shall we be trotting home again?'

But answer came there none —

And this was scarcely odd, because

They'd eaten every one.

after Lewis Carroll's 

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There