Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat Explained

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat" is a verse recited by the Mad Hatter in chapter seven of Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is a parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".[1]

Context

The Hatter is interrupted in his recitation by the Dormouse. "The Bat" was the nickname of Professor Bartholomew Price, one of the Dons at Oxford, a former teacher of Carroll's and well known to Alice Liddell's family.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gardner, Martin. Martin Gardner

    . Martin Gardner. The Annotated Alice. Random House. 1998. 978-0-517-18920-7. 98.