HALLUCINATIONS.
He thought he saw an Elephant,That practiced on a fife.He looked again, and found it wasA letter from his wife.“At length I realize,” he said,“The bitterness of life!”He thought he saw a Buffalo,Upon the chimney piece.He looked again, and found it wasHis sister’s husband’s niece.“Unless you leave this house,” he said,“I’ll send for the police!”He thought he saw a Rattlesnake,That questioned him in Greek.He looked again, and found it wasThe middle of next week.“The one thing I regret,” he said,“Is that it cannot speak!”He thought he saw a Banker’s Clerk,Descending from the ’bus.He looked again, and found it wasA hippopotamus.“If this should stay to dine,” he said,“There won’t be much for us.”
He thought he saw an Elephant,That practiced on a fife.He looked again, and found it wasA letter from his wife.“At length I realize,” he said,“The bitterness of life!”He thought he saw a Buffalo,Upon the chimney piece.He looked again, and found it wasHis sister’s husband’s niece.“Unless you leave this house,” he said,“I’ll send for the police!”He thought he saw a Rattlesnake,That questioned him in Greek.He looked again, and found it wasThe middle of next week.“The one thing I regret,” he said,“Is that it cannot speak!”He thought he saw a Banker’s Clerk,Descending from the ’bus.He looked again, and found it wasA hippopotamus.“If this should stay to dine,” he said,“There won’t be much for us.”
He thought he saw an Elephant,That practiced on a fife.He looked again, and found it wasA letter from his wife.“At length I realize,” he said,“The bitterness of life!”
He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practiced on a fife.
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
“At length I realize,” he said,
“The bitterness of life!”
He thought he saw a Buffalo,Upon the chimney piece.He looked again, and found it wasHis sister’s husband’s niece.“Unless you leave this house,” he said,“I’ll send for the police!”
He thought he saw a Buffalo,
Upon the chimney piece.
He looked again, and found it was
His sister’s husband’s niece.
“Unless you leave this house,” he said,
“I’ll send for the police!”
He thought he saw a Rattlesnake,That questioned him in Greek.He looked again, and found it wasThe middle of next week.“The one thing I regret,” he said,“Is that it cannot speak!”
He thought he saw a Rattlesnake,
That questioned him in Greek.
He looked again, and found it was
The middle of next week.
“The one thing I regret,” he said,
“Is that it cannot speak!”
He thought he saw a Banker’s Clerk,Descending from the ’bus.He looked again, and found it wasA hippopotamus.“If this should stay to dine,” he said,“There won’t be much for us.”
He thought he saw a Banker’s Clerk,
Descending from the ’bus.
He looked again, and found it was
A hippopotamus.
“If this should stay to dine,” he said,
“There won’t be much for us.”
—Lewis Carroll.