]]> Lewis Carroll pseudonyme Charles L. Dodgson, was born in Daresbury in 1832.

A celebrated intellectual, he is especially known for Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He left many poems including the masterpiece The Hunting of the Snark. ]]> Lewis Carroll pseudonyme de Charles L. Dodgson, est né à Daresbury en 1832.

Célèbre éducateur, il est surtout connu pour Alice au Pays des Merveilles et De l'autre côté du miroir. Il a laissé de nombreux poèmes dont le magistral La Chasse au Serquin. ]]> Lewis Carroll
Es el seudónimo de Ludwig Dobson, quien ha sido profesor de algebra et logica y el mayor representante de la poesía nonsense. A pesar de cuentos filosóficos como Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-glass y Sylvie y Bruno, este Socrates para ninas a escrito muchos poemas fantasticos. Elsie Dee se atreve de extraer del quinto canto de The Hunting of the Snark, una canción con un tema matemático. ]]> The Butcher's Equation "The thing can be done," said the Butcher, "I think.
The thing must be done, I am sure.
The thing shall be done! Bring me paper and ink,
The best there is time to procure."

The Beaver brought paper, porfolio, pens
   And ink in unfailing supplies:
While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,
   And watched them with wondering eyes.

So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not,
   As he wrote with a pen in each hand,
And explained all the while in a popular style
   Which the Beaver could well understand.

"Taking Three as the subject to reason about –
   A convenient number to state –
We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out
   By One Thousand diminished by Eight.

The result we proceed to divide, as you see,
   By Nine Hundred and Ninety and Two:
Then substract Seventeen, and the answer must be
   Exactly and perfectly true.

The method employed I would gladly explain,
   While I have it so clear in my head,
If I had but the time and you had but the brain –
   But much yet remains to be said.

In one moment I've seen what has hitherto been
   Enveloped in absolute mystery,
And without extra charge I will give you at large
   A Lesson in Natural History."

]]>