Inviting the oysters out for a walk, their protest that they need to rest, and also that they should not be eaten, the walrus saying that it would be a shame to play such a trick, saying he weeps for them and sympathizes... and then you find out they have all been eaten.
The Walrus And The Carpenter was published in December 1871. It appeared in the book "Through the Looking-Glass"
The phonetic transcription of "the walrus and the carpenter" is /ðə ˈwɔl.rəs ənd ðə ˈkɑrpəntər/.
The Walrus and the Carpenter from Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ate oysters on the beach that had been tricked by the Walrus to come out of the sea.
The Walrus and the Carpenter ate bread and oysters:"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,"Is what we chiefly need:Pepper and vinegar besidesAre very good indeed --Now if you're ready Oysters dear,We can begin to feed."
Lewis Carroll
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Bhago ither
The Walrus was the Carpenter's friend.The Walrus and the CarpenterWere walking close at hand;They wept like anything to seeSuch quantities of sand:"If this were only cleared away,"They said, "it would be grand!"-Excerpt from:The Walrus and The CarpenterLewis Carroll(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
The Walrus and the Carpenter ate the oysters in Lewis Carroll's poem, but in the 1951 Disney movie, only the Walrus had any.
The poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" appears in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There." It describes a walrus and a carpenter who lure young oysters to their dinner with promises of a pleasant walk.
The Carpenter
In the original poem the Walrus and the Carpenter trick and eat a lot of hapless oysters. In Disney's 1951 animation the Walrus eats ALL of them while the Carpenter isn't looking. However, while his actions are morally questionable, there is no suggestion that the Walrus has actually committed a crime.