The Jabberwock, fictional animal created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland was slain with the Vorpal sword. The poem Jabberwocky is considered the most original of the nonsense poems ever written. Carroll's imagination was unlimited and most clever. He is still a point of reference to contemporary authors. As the poem states:

"And as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back."

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