Word: milo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pardon me for staring,' said Milo, he had been staring for some time. 'But I've never seen half a child before...
...What is the rest of your family like?' said Milo, this time a bit more sympathetically...
...that can never be,' said Milo jumping to his feet...
...like Leacock, like any writer who can really appeal to children, Juster is out to explore, not disillusion. The boundary line he establishes between reality and fantasy is just an imaginary tollbooth, and unlike real tollbooths, this one reimburses itself into obsolescence; after one voyage, Milo's real world has become sufficiently full of exciting ideas...
There is also a beauty to Juster's style. The Princess of Reason, after he rescues her, tells Milo...