Oh Molly!

[Terrance]

Paul Nightingale wrote:
> 
> Second point. If all writing is a form of representation, a way of
> describing something, it (the writing) stands between the reader and
> whatever has been described. The text mediates between the real world
> and the reader. You might disagree with the reporter's judgement, which
> indicates that your own recollection/representation is an alternative
> account. The way something has been described is important. Two history
> books will describe, eg, WW2 quite differently.

                  Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
                  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
                  All mimsy were the borogoves,
                  And the mome raths outgrabe. 

What is being described here?