The Walrus and the Carpenter Summary

In the poem “The Carpenter and the Walrus”. They were walking on the beach in middle of the night when both the sun and moon are visible. First the two characters were sad cause on the beach there a lot’s of sand and they hate the sand. They wanted to clear all the sand for half of year, but its impossible. Then while walking on the beach, they came across a bed of oysters. They invited only 4 to join, saying they have four hands and its nice to hold each others hand while walking. They were just showing they care for friendship deeply. The eldest oyster refused their invitation but may more young oysters follow them for the walk. May be the eldest oyster have a bad feeling when, something was not right, such as of the carpenter’s and the walrus’s invitation. That’s why he could live so long as he could sense the danger. After that, the carpenter, walrus and the young oysters headed a long walk until they were tired. Soon, the walrus and the carpenter sat on a huge rock. They started to start conversation of expressing their view of point regarding certain things, just pretending to be serious. But the oysters, asked them to wait, as they were catching breath, as they were tired since they were fat. But the carpenter at once said, he’s very grateful that the oysters are fat. Hearing this, the oysters were furious as now they realized, they were taken so far to be eaten. Finally, the carpenter and the walrus ate all the oysters.