Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Answer to the White Queen's Riddle


Answer to the Riddle: An oyster.

Unexpected twist: The carpenter and the walrus are talking to the oysters and end up eating the oysters, but the reader doesn’t know they ate them until the last line.


Keen, Hal. "Q&N: Lewis Carroll Riddle Answer." Jill and Hal Keen. 2003. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.hjkeen.net/halqn/answr_lc.htm>.
Carroll, Lewis. "The Walrus and the Carpenter." British Literature. 2nd ed. Greenville: BJU, 2003. 652-55. Print.

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