What You Learn Today, For No Reason

Does Everyone 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, Someone Does Begin To Grow Differently. Instead Of Down, His Feet Grow Up Towards The Sky. But We Do Our Best To Discourage 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." And With That He Skipped Off Once Again Toward The Waiting Woods.

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 Two Days, All You Would Need To Build Boulder Dam Is A Beaver Sixty-eight Feet Long With A Fifty-one-foot Tail?" "where Would You Find A Beaver That Big?" Grumbled The Humbug As His Pencil Point Snapped. "i'm Sure I Don't Know," He Replied, "but If You Did, You'd Certainly Know What To Do With Him.

Is Everyone Who Lives In Ignorance Like You?" Asked Milo. "much Worse," He Said Longingly. "but I Don't Live Here. I'm From A Place Very Far Away Called Context.

When You're Very Young And You Learn Something - A Fact, A Piece Of Information, Whatever - It Doesn't Connect To Anything.

I Remember When I Was A Kid In School And Teachers Would Explain Things To Me About What I Read, And I'd Think, Where Did They Get That? I Didn't Read That In There. Later You Look At It And Think, That's Kind Of An Interesting Idea