Humpty Dumpty's Song
In
winter,
when
the
fields
are
white,
I
sing
this
song
for
your
delight.
In
Spring,
when
woods
are
getting
green,
I’ll
try
and
tell
you
what
I
mean.
In
Summer,
when
the
days
are
long,
Perhaps
you’ll
understand
the
song.
In
Autumn,
when
the
leaves
are
brown,
Take
pen
and
ink,
and
write
it
down.
I
sent
a
message
to
the
fish:
I
told
them
“This
is
what
I
wish.”
The
little
fishes
of
the
sea,
They
sent
an
answer
back
to
me.
The
little
fishes’
answer
was
“We
cannot
do
it,
Sir,
because-“
I
sent
to
them
again
to
say
“It
will
be
better
to
obey.”
The
fishes
answered,
with
a
grin,
“Why,
what
a
temper
you
are
in!”
I
told
them
once,
I
told
them
twice:
They
would
not
listen
to
advice.
I
took
a
kettle
large
and
new,
Fit
for
the
deed
I
had
to
do.
My
heart
went
hop,
my
heart
went
thump:
I
filled
the
kettle
at
the
pump.
Then
someone
came
to
me
and
said
“The
little
fishes
are
in
bed.”
I
said
to
him,
I
said
it
plain,
“Then
you
must
wake
them
up
again.”
I
said
it
very
loud
and
clear:
I
went
and
shouted
in
his
ear.
But
he
was
very
stiff
and
proud:
He
said
“You
needn’t
shout
so
loud!”
And
he
was
very
proud
and
stiff:
He
said
“I’d
go
and
wake
them,
if-“
I
took
a
corkscrew
from
the
shelf:
I
went
to
wake
them
up
myself.
And
when
I
found
the
door
was
locked,
I
pulled
and
pushed
and
kicked
and
knocked.
And
when
I
found
the
door
was
shut,
I
tried
to
turn
the
handle,
but-
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll, (born January 27, 1832, Daresbury, Cheshire, England—died January 14, 1898, Guildford, Surrey), English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871). His poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876) is nonsense literature of the highest order.