Mimsy Were the Borogoves Archive The Next Generation: Children in Science Fiction Understand What Adults Can’t Author: Joelle Renstrom | Nov102016 Categories: Reading No comments Alice in Wonderland inspired Lewis Padgett’s sci-fi story “Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” in which an alien sends boxes of special toys to Earth. Scott Paradine finds one and intuits that the toys are special, as does his baby sister Emma.