tHE qUANGLE waNGLE'S hAT cOMPETITION!
COMPETITION ENTRIES CLOSED ON 31ST AUGUST 2020
Click here to visit the full gallery of entries
Our brilliant winner Alice Reeves, aged 8, proudly receiving first prize:
The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse, kindly awarded by The Aldeburgh Bookshop.
The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse, kindly awarded by The Aldeburgh Bookshop.
WINNING ENTRY: 'OGGLEGOG', ALICE REEVES, AGED 8
inSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTRANTS
1. Listen above to the Lockdown Tales recording of ‘The Quangle Wangle’s Hat’ (you can read the full text of the poem below).
2. Draw, paint, collage or make your own Quangle Wangle’s hat using any medium you like and LOTS of imagination!
3. Add a real or invented creature to the hat. Give your creature a funny name (just like Edward Lear did in his poem)
and describe it in the number of words that is your age (for instance, if you are seven, use seven words).
4. Take a photograph of your creation and send it, along with your creature’s name and description to:
competition@wonderfulbeast.co.uk
Remember to include your name, age, and contact details.
Open to all children aged 5-11.
Closing date 31st August and the winner will be announced on 7th September.
There will be an online picture gallery showcasing all your entries!
Well done to all who entered!
2. Draw, paint, collage or make your own Quangle Wangle’s hat using any medium you like and LOTS of imagination!
3. Add a real or invented creature to the hat. Give your creature a funny name (just like Edward Lear did in his poem)
and describe it in the number of words that is your age (for instance, if you are seven, use seven words).
4. Take a photograph of your creation and send it, along with your creature’s name and description to:
competition@wonderfulbeast.co.uk
Remember to include your name, age, and contact details.
Open to all children aged 5-11.
Closing date 31st August and the winner will be announced on 7th September.
There will be an online picture gallery showcasing all your entries!
Well done to all who entered!
The Quangle Wangle's Hat
BY EDWARD LEAR
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
With ribbons and bibbons on every side
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.
The Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"Jam; and jelly; and bread;
"Are the best of food for me!
"But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree
"The plainer than ever it seems to me
"That very few people come this way
"And that life on the whole is far from gay!"
Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.
But there came to the Crumpetty Tree,
Mr. and Mrs. Canary;
And they said, — "Did ever you see
"Any spot so charmingly airy?
"May we build a nest on your lovely Hat?
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"O please let us come and build a nest
"Of whatever material suits you best,
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"
And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree
Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;
The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee,
The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl;
(The Fimble Fowl, with a corkscrew leg;)
And all of them said, — "We humbly beg,
"We may build out homes on your lovely Hat, --
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"
And the Golden Grouse came there,
And the Pobble who has no toes, --
And the small Olympian bear, --
And the Dong with a luminous nose.
And the Blue Baboon, who played the Flute, --
And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute, --
And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, --
All came and built on the lovely Hat
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.
And the Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"When all these creatures move
"What a wonderful noise there'll be!"
And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon
They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon,
On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree,
And all were as happy as happy could be,
With the Quangle Wangle Quee.
BY EDWARD LEAR
On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle sat,
But his face you could not see,
On account of his Beaver Hat.
For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide,
With ribbons and bibbons on every side
And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,
So that nobody ever could see the face
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.
The Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"Jam; and jelly; and bread;
"Are the best of food for me!
"But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree
"The plainer than ever it seems to me
"That very few people come this way
"And that life on the whole is far from gay!"
Said the Quangle Wangle Quee.
But there came to the Crumpetty Tree,
Mr. and Mrs. Canary;
And they said, — "Did ever you see
"Any spot so charmingly airy?
"May we build a nest on your lovely Hat?
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"O please let us come and build a nest
"Of whatever material suits you best,
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"
And besides, to the Crumpetty Tree
Came the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;
The Snail, and the Bumble-Bee,
The Frog, and the Fimble Fowl;
(The Fimble Fowl, with a corkscrew leg;)
And all of them said, — "We humbly beg,
"We may build out homes on your lovely Hat, --
"Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!
"Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee!"
And the Golden Grouse came there,
And the Pobble who has no toes, --
And the small Olympian bear, --
And the Dong with a luminous nose.
And the Blue Baboon, who played the Flute, --
And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute, --
And the Attery Squash, and the Bisky Bat, --
All came and built on the lovely Hat
Of the Quangle Wangle Quee.
And the Quangle Wangle said
To himself on the Crumpetty Tree, --
"When all these creatures move
"What a wonderful noise there'll be!"
And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon
They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon,
On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree,
And all were as happy as happy could be,
With the Quangle Wangle Quee.
