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The Owl and the Pussycat Given a Darkly Realistic Rewrite
Original: The owl & the pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful, pea-green boat. They took some money, & plenty of honey, but this wa
A wry rewrite of Edward Lear's classic nonsense poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat' is circulating, imagining the pair's pea-green boat voyage ending in tragedy because honey and money were not enough to survive a sea crossing, with the bodies washing up near the Mumbles in Wales. The darkly comic retelling is framed as a cautionary tale for children.
Why now: The humorous subversion of a beloved childhood poem is entertaining and being shared widely.
Edward LearThe Owl and the PussycatMumblesWales
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- The owl & the pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful, pea-green boat. They took some money, & plenty of honey, but this was entirely insufficient provisions for a sea crossing, so they died, & their bodies washed up near the Mumbles. A cautionary tale for children, to always… · LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot · 9
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