Although many people are familiar with "Alice in Wonderland" (Proper title: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"), I actually preferred its sequel, "Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There."
The book has a chapter where Alice meeting Humpty Dumpty and admires his cravat, which he claims was an un-birthday gift. This prompts Alice to ask, "What is an un-birthday gift?"
The following exhangeg is amusing.
“A present given when it isn’t your birthday, of course.”
Alice considered a little. “I like birthday presents best,” she said at last.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about!” cried Humpty Dumpty. “How many days are there in a year?”
“Three hundred and sixty-five,” said Alice.
“And how many birthdays have you?”
“One.”
“And if you take one from three hundred and sixty-five, what remains?”
“Three hundred and sixty-four, of course.”
Humpty Dumpty looked doubtful. “I’d rather see that done on paper,” he said.
Alice couldn’t help smiling as she took out her memorandum-book, and worked the sum for him:
365
1
____
364
___
Humpty Dumpty took the book, and looked at it carefully. “That seems to be done right—” he began.
“You’re holding it upside down!” Alice interrupted.
“To be sure I was!” Humpty Dumpty said gaily, as she turned it round for him. “I thought it looked a little queer. As I was saying, that seems to be done right—though I haven’t time to look it over thoroughly just now—and that shows that there are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents—”
“Certainly,” said Alice.
“And only one for birthday presents, you know."
I recently received a beautiful un-birthday present from Cindy, a bookmark full of BryonySeries symbols. How many can you name?
Send me an email with the symbols to bryonyseries@gmail.com and I'll send you a free BryonySeries book (your choice), my un-birthday gift to you.
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