The Warriors stepped back as the two strange boys came before them. They looked very identical, but had nametags to distinguish them both.
"Why, what peculiar figures, Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum…" Prim spoke up and she poked Dee which causes him to honk, slightly startling the Warriors.
"If you think we're wax works, you ought to pay, ya know!" Dee said, nudging his possible twin.
"Contrariwise, if you think we're alive, you oughta speak to us!" Dum said.
Both boys honked and hopped closer to the Warriors.
"That's logic!" the twins said.
"Well, it's been a pleasure meeting you." Prim gave them a curtsy and walked away with the Warriors. "Goodbye!"
"The boys stopped them. The twins blocked their path.
"You're beginning backwards!" Dee told Prim.
"Yeah, the first thing to say in a visit is," Dum nodded, and went with Dee to introduce proper manners to the Warriors.
Dee & Dum: "How do you do?"
And shake hands
Shake hands
Shake hands
"How do you do?"
And shake hands
And state your business
The twins spunned the Warriors around and dropped them.
"That's manners." The twins concluded.
"Really?" Beardsley raised an eyebrow.
"Well, my name is Prim, and these are my friends the Dragon Warriors." Prim memorized what they told her. "And we're following a white rabbit, so…"
"You can't go yet!" Dee protested.
"Yeah, the visit hasn't even started!" Dum added.
"We're very sorry…" Alicia scooted back.
Dee and Dum went to different places in the forest suddenly
"Do you like to play hide and seek?" Dee asked.
They came back in front of the Warriors as Dum cupped his hands together. "Or Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?"
"No, thank you." Prim rejected, politely.
"If you stay long enough, we might have a battle!" Dee waved his finger at them.
"That's very kind of you, but we must be going." Prim stood with the Warriors to look for the rabbit and maybe finally go home.
The twins appeared in front of them. "Why?"
"Because we're following a white rabbit!" Prim answered.
"Why?" the twins asked them again.
"Well, we're curious to know where he's going." Prim explained.
"Oh, she's curious." Dum tutted the pink haired girl.
"The oysters were curious too, weren't they?" Dee added, removing his cap and looking beyond heaven.
"Aye, and you remember what happened to them…"
"Poor things!"
"Why?" Prim stepped forward in even more curiosity, being bated by the twins. "What did happen to the oysters?"
"Oh, you wouldn't be interested." Dee turned away from them to go away.
"But we are!" Prim continued for their attention.
"Oh, no, you're in much, too much of a hurry." Dum turned them down.
"Well , perhaps, we could spare a little time…" said Luu Luu.
"YOU COULD!?" the twins sprung back in front of them, looking eager.
And the Warriors sat down.
"The Walrus and the Carpenter!" Dee proclaimed.
"Or, The Story of the Curious Oysters!" Dum added his alternative title.
The twins danced and honked.
Both: The sun was shining on the sea
Shining with all it's might
He did very well to make
The billow smooth and bright
Both: And this was odd because it was
The middle of the night!
Suddenly, a beach surrounded while a walrus and a carpenter walked across. One side of the beach was night and the other was day as a literal metaphor for the middle of the night.
Dee: The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand
The Carpenter sat on a rock to take off his shoe. A bunch of sand poured out, nearly in a giant anthill like pile over his head.
Dee: The beach was wide
From side to side
But too much full of sand
"Mr. Walrus!"
Dee: Said the carpenter
"My brain begins to burke. We'll sweep this clear in half a year, if you don't mind the work."
"Work?" the Walrus sputtered and scoffed. "Uh, the time has come!"
Dum: The Walrus said
The Walrus winked at the Warriors, then turned back to his human friend. "To talk of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether the pigs have wings. Calloo, callay, no work today! We're cabbages and kings!"
The Walrus gripped the Carpenter and threw him into the water. The Carpenter had landed in the water head-first and saw several oysters together on the ocean floor. The Carpenter popped his head out and whistled to alert his friend and pointed to the water.
The Carpenter licked his lips, looking very beastly hungry. He then rushed to the water with a hammer, but was stopped by the Walrus.
The Walrus pointed to himself and the Walrus went under the water, still able to smoke his cigar. The oysters hid in their shells at the sight of the walrus, but he came and opened of their shells anyway.
"Oh, uhh... Oysters, come and walk with us." the Walrus tried to sound friendly and convincing. "The day is warm and bright! A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk would be sheer delight."
"Yes, we should get hungry on the way, we'll stop and have a bite!" the Carpenter added, foolishly.
The Walrus smacked him on the head and kicked him back on dry land.
The mother oyster looked at them cautiously and back at her calendar at the month of March for the safety for her children and grandchildren.
Dee: But Mother Oyster winked her eye
And shook her heavy head
She knew too well
This was no time to leaver her sea bed
"The sea is nice, take my advice and stay right here." Mother Oyster told her children with a pleasant smile.
Dee & Dum: Mom said
"Yes, yes, of course! But-" the Walrus looked very annoyed with her and clammed her shell shut. He then mislead the oyster children to leave their home and come with him.
Walrus: The time has come, my little friends
To talk of other things
Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax
Of cabbage and kings
And why, the sea is boiling hot
And uh, whether pigs have wings!
The Walrus went to a little girl oyster, pinching her cheek.
Walrus: Caloo, callay
Come run away
We're the cabbages and kings
The Walrus came out of the water, playing like he was the Pied Piper and the oysters were the following rats/mice. The oysters followed him and danced, ignoring their mother's wishes. They were very curious, and like cats, curiosity could kill these cute little shell fish. The Carpenter was making parts of a boat and made a cafe to lead inside the oysters and the walrus.
They were all now at a table together. The Walrus took a menu while the oysters waited for their orders to be taken. The Carpenter went to sit across from them, waiting for a meal of his own.
The Walrus pondered over the menu. "Well now. Let me see." said the Walrus. And then looked at his eager human friend. "Ah, a loaf of bread is what we cheerfully need."
Then Carpenter nodded, then dashed away to the kitchen.
The Walrus grinned once he was alone with the oysters. He picked up a handful, ready to shove them all in his mouth. Suddenly he set them back down as the Carpenter came back.
"How about some pepper and salt and vinegar?" the Carpenter asked.
"Oh, yes, yes, splendid idea! Very good, indeed!" the walrus said innocently with a hint of annoyance that he was interrupted.
The Carpenter smiled and dashed back in the kitchen to cook up the meal for them.
"Now, if you're ready, oyster, dear, we can begin the feed." the walrus grinned, looking closer like the Devil himself and placed the menu in front of them.
To the oysters shock and horror, they were labeled on the menu to be eaten. "Feed!?"
"Oh, yes!" the Walrus picked them all up with victory, looking hungry and evil.
Walrus: The time had come, my little friends
To talk of food and things
The Carpenter was preparing the bread for his friends, unaware of what was happening at the table he left. He didn't seem hungry for the oysters like he used to be, unlike his friend.
Carpenter: Of pepper corns
And mustard seeds
And other seasonings
We'll mix'em all together
In a sauce that's fit for kings
Caloo, calley
We'll eat today
Like cabbages and kings!
The Carpenter and went to carry the appetizer in the dining table. He then looked in that the table was empty and the Walrus looked very full and shameless, wiping his mouth.
"I, uh... I weep for you..." the Walrus burped a bit, then kept wiping himself to wipe away the evidence. "Oh, excuse me, I deeply sympathize. For I enjoyed your company, much more than you realized."
The Carpenter didn't notice anything weird. "Little oysters? Little oysters?!" He then looked around him and saw several empty oyster shells around the Walrus and saw a shaker of salt.
Dum: But answer, there came none
Dee: And this was scarcely odd because
Both: they'd be eaten everyone
The Walrus looked nervous while the Carpenter looked angry and disgusted that the Walrus would eat so many oysters who were cute and innocent. He looked very angry and had his hammer, turning red in anger.
"Uhh... Uhh... THE TIME HAS COME!" the Walrus running straight through the door to save his skin.
Then the Carpenter then chased him down with a hammer.
Dee and Dum turned back to normal.
Dee & Dum: With cabbages and kings! The End!
"That was very sad story." said Vault.
"Yes, and there's a moral to it." Dum told the Warriors.
Oh, yes, a very good moral, if you happen to be an oyster." Prim nodded, then seemed to realize this story was stranger than anything they had ever seen today. "Well, it's been a very nice visit..."
The twins jumped in front of the Warriors to keep them from leaving again.
"Another recitation." Dee said.
"I'm sorry, but-" Prim tried to explain.
"It's titled 'Father William'!" Dum added.
"But, really, we need to-" Prim tried.
"First verse!" Dee instructed.
Dum acted like and old man while Dee sang over him.
Dee: 'You are old, Father William;, the young man said
'And your hair has become very white
And yet, you incessantly stand on your head'
The Warriors walked away from the twins as they kept their singing sand story-telling, as they kept walking to track down the White Rabbit.
