Does everyone here grow the way you do?" puffed
Milo when he had caught up.
"Almost everyone," replied Alec, and then he stopped
a moment and thought. "Now and then, though, some-
one does begin to grow differently. Instead of down, his
feet grow up toward the sky. But we do our best to dis-
courage awkward things like that."
"What happens to them?" insisted Milo.
"Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size
of everyone else," said Alec thoughtfully, "and I've
heard that they walk among the stars.

Author: Norton Juster