My goodness', thought Milo. 'Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.
But that’s just as bad, protested Milo. You mean just as good, corrected the Humbug. Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. I don’t know which si...
Milo nibbled carefully at the letter and discovered that it was quite sweet and delicious — just the way you’d expect an A to taste.I knew you’d like it, laughed the letter man, popping two G’s and an...
It's bad enough wasting time without killing it.
It has been a long trip, said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn't made so many mistakes. I'm afraid it's all my fault.You must n...
Is everyone with one face called a Milo?Oh no, Milo replied; some are called Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things.How terribly confusing, he cried. Everything here is called exact...
As the cheering continued, Rhyme leaned forward and touched Milo gently on the shoulder. They're cheering for you, she said with a smile. But I could never have done it, he objected, without everyon...
Why not take a few pounds of ‘happys’? advised the salesman. They’re much more practical—and very useful for Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, happy days, and happy-go-lucky.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR THE BEST.
Being lost is not a matter of knowing where you are. It's a matter of knowing where you aren't.
Ali zar u buci nema i dobrih zvukova?
But you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
You're on the Island of Conclusions. Make yourself at home. You're apt to be here for some time.''But how did we get here?' asked Milo, who was still a bit puzzled by being there at all.'You jumped, o...
Why, did you know that there are almost as many kinds of stillness as there are sounds? But, sadly enough, no one pays any attention to them these days.
What kind of a place is Expectations? inquired Milo, unable to see the humor and feeling very doubtful of the little man's sanity.Good question, good question, he exclaimed. Expectations is the place...
What a shame, signed the Dodecahedron. They're so very useful. Why, did you know that if a beaver two feet long with a tail a foot and a half long can build a dam twelve feet high and six feet wide in...
Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.
The Humbug whistled gaily at his work, for he was never as happy as when he had a job which required no thinking at all. After what seemed like days, he had dug a hole scarcely large enough for his th...
Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.
But I'm afraid it can't be done.Certainly not; it can't be done, repeated the Humbug.Why not? asked Milo.Why not indeed? exclaimed the bug, who seemed equally at home on either side of an argument.Muc...