I don't think you understand," said Milo timidly as the watchdog growled a warning. "We're looking for a place to spend the night."
"It's not yours to spend," the bird shrieked again, and followed it with the same horrible laugh.
"That doesn't make any sense, you see—" he started to explain.
"Dollars or cents, it's still not yours to spend," the bird replied haughtily.
"But I didn't mean—" insisted Milo.
"Of course you're mean," interrupted the bird, closing the eye that had been open and opening the one that had been closed. "Anyone who'd spend a night that doesn't belong to him is very mean."
"Well, I thought that by—" he tried again desperately.
"That's a different story," interjected the bird a bit more amiably. "If you want to buy, I'm sure I can arrange to sell, but with what you're doing you'll probably end up in a cell anyway."
"That doesn't seem right," said Milo helplessly, for, with the bird taking everything the wrong way, he hardly knew what he was saying.
"Agreed," said the bird, with a sharp click of his beak, "but neither is it left, although if I were you I would have left a long time ago.
What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.
Norton JusterFor you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.
Norton JusterYou'll find that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.
Norton JusterAnd it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.
Norton Juster...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.
Norton Justerwhat you can do is often a matter of what you will do.
Norton JusterYou weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.
Norton JusterSometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.
Norton Justerjust follow that line forever," said the Mathemagician, "and when you reach the end, turn left. There you'll find the land of Infinity, where the tallest, the shortest, the biggest, the smallest, and the most and least of everything are kept."
"I don't have that much time," said Milo anxiously. "isn't there a quicker way?"
"Well, you might try this flight of stairs," he suggested, opening another door and pointing up."It goes there, too.
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