<P> The first stanza of the song is typically as written, but further stanzas typically contain minor variations . </P> <P> Additional variations exist such as from 1896 in Song Stories for the Kindergarten by Mildred J. Hill . </P> <P> Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How we wonder what you are . Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky . When the glorious sun has set, And the grass with dew is wet, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night . When the golden sun doth rise, Fills with shining light the skies, Then you fade away from sight, Shine no more' till comes the night . </P> <P> A parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" titled "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat" was recited by the Mad Hatter in chapter seven of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . </P>

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