of Wisconsin, 1964) covered examples in some 42 languages and the strategies used to convey the various elements encountered there. The Chinese translation of 1922, for example, could not match the tale/tail pun but instead substituted an ingenious play on the word ‘sad’ in its place. Since then there have been several comparative studies of versions within a single language, including Swedish, French, Polish, and Hungarian. Artistic versions There have been various vocal settings of the poem, the earliest of which was in Liza Lehmann’s Nonsense songs from Alice in Wonderland, a song-cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass (London 1908). György Ligeti adapted the text as no.8 in his Nonsense Madrigals (1988–93), and Rena Geli for performance for chamber ensemble and female voice in 2003. Both the original and the printed versions were set as Mouse Tales for choir and piano by Bob Chilcott (Oxford University Press 2015). There has also been a film animation of the poem by Nada Harfoush (2012). References University of Michigan, Curiouser and Curiouser!: Exploring Wonderland with Alice, "The Mouse’s Tail/Tale" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Poetry by Lewis Carroll 1865 poems