The Jabberwock and the Converser “’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe” So begins Dodgson/Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky. I read it aloud without introduction as the students colored their own Jabberwock puppets. The coloring focused students’ attention, as they were, as usual, excited about the impending puppet use. They commented on the poem: “That doesn’t…