"IT'S A SNARK!" WAS THE SOUND THAT FIRST CAME TO THEIR EARS, AND SEEMED ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. THEN FOLLOWED A TORRENT OF LAUGHTER AND CHEERS: THEN THE OMINOUS WORDS "IT'S A BOO-" THEN, SILENCE. IN THE MIDST OF THE WORD HE WAS TRYING TO SAY IN THE MIDST OF HIS LAUGHTER AND GLEE HE HAD SOFTLY AND SUDDENLY VANISHED AWAY FOR THE SNARK WAS A BOOJUM, YOU SEE.