# II explained — Nonsense Books

> Chapter companion for Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

## What happens

Pussy proposes marriage to the Owl, praising his singing. They sail for a year and a day to the land of the bong-tree, where they find a Piggy-wig with a ring at the end of his nose.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Marriage

Pussy proposes marriage to the Owl, and they sail to find a ring.

### Adventure and Exploration

The Owl and the Pussycat sail for a year and a day to the land where the bong-tree grows.

## Character check-ins

### The Owl and the Pussycat

Pussy proposes marriage to the Owl, and they set sail together.

### The Piggy

A Piggy-wig stands in the wood with a ring at the end of his nose.

## Key lines

> Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl, How charmingly sweet you sing! Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?”

Pussy compliments the Owl's singing and proposes marriage, but wonders how they will get a ring.

_Pussy initiates the marriage plan, highlighting the theme of love and marriage._

> They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the bong-tree grows; And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood, With a ring at the end of his nose.

They journey for over a year to a fantastical land, where they find a pig with a ring on its nose.

_The journey and discovery of the ring-bearing pig advance the adventure and marriage plot._

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