Frabges Day, Kalu Kaleigh.

Gentle listener, nocturnal transmissions has just today passed the milestone of one million downloads.

Framptuous day indeed.

Now, as I'm sure you've gleaned for yourself,

gentle and astute listener,

this podcast is not only a celebration of dark matter, and it is certainly that,

but also an expression of our love for stories and storytelling.

And one million downloads tells us that we are not alone in this love.

Thank you for finding us, kindred spirits.

We shall, of course, continue endeavoring to reward your interest with the very best oral distractions we can muster.

Now, earlier today, we asked ourselves how best to celebrate this milestone moment in the life of our humble production.

Well, I suppose the answer is obvious, really.

We should celebrate by doing what we love to do.

So, let's have a story.

The story we have chosen for this surprise bonus episode is a timeless treasure of nonsense verse from

Lewis Carroll. Yes, gentle listener, you guessed it. Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present

Lewis Carroll's

Jabberwocky

It was brilliant T'was Brelig, and the slithy Toves did Gairn Gimble in the wabe. All Mimsy were the Borogovs, and the Moam-Raths outgrave.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son, the jaws that bites, the claws that catch!

Beware the jub-jub-b-jub bird and shun the Frumius bandersnatch.

He took his vorpal sword in hand, long time the manxom foe he sought.

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