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Who would you get to do the voices?
Who would you get to do the voices?
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil.
"What is it?" gasped Milo, who was not sure he really wanted to know.
"I'm afraid I can tell you only when you return. Come along," said the Mathemagician
"What is it?" gasped Milo, who was not sure he really wanted to know.
"I'm afraid I can tell you only when you return. Come along," said the Mathemagician
"I'VE BEEN TRICKED!" cried the Mathemagician, for no matter how he figured, it came out just that way.
"I'VE BEEN TRICKED!" cried the Mathemagician, for no matter how he figured, it came out just that way.
"Why is it," he said quietly, "that quite often even the things which are correct just don't seem to be right?"
"Why is it," he said quietly, "that quite often even the things which are correct just don't seem to be right?"
The Mathemagician from The Phantom Tollbooth
The Mathemagician from The Phantom Tollbooth
"I hadn't thought of it that way," said Milo, starting down the stairs. "I think I'll go back now."
"I hadn't thought of it that way," said Milo, starting down the stairs. "I think I'll go back now."
"Don't be too sure," said the child patiently, "for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that many of the things which can never be, often are.”
"Don't be too sure," said the child patiently, "for one of the nicest things about mathematics, or anything else you might care to learn, is that many of the things which can never be, often are.”
"That may be so," he agreed, "but they're also very useful at times. For instance, if you didn't have any money at all, but you happened to be with four other people who had ten dollars apiece, then you'd each have an average of eight dollars.“
"That may be so," he agreed, "but they're also very useful at times. For instance, if you didn't have any money at all, but you happened to be with four other people who had ten dollars apiece, then you'd each have an average of eight dollars.“
"That may be so," he agreed, "but they're also very useful at times. For instance, if you didn't have any money at all, but you happened to be with four other people who had ten dollars apiece, then you'd each have an average of eight dollars.“
"It must be rather odd being only part of a person," Milo remarked.
"Not at all. Every average family has 2.58 children, so I always have someone to play with.”
"It must be rather odd being only part of a person," Milo remarked.
"Not at all. Every average family has 2.58 children, so I always have someone to play with.”
"I should have known it," he mumbled, resting his tired legs and filling his lungs with air. "This is just like the line that goes on forever, and I'll never get there."
"I should have known it," he mumbled, resting his tired legs and filling his lungs with air. "This is just like the line that goes on forever, and I'll never get there."
"I really don't have that much time," said Milo
"I really don't have that much time," said Milo
"But when can I stop?" pleaded Milo.
"Never," said the Mathemagician with a smile, "for the number you want is always at least one more than the number you've got, and it's so large that if you started saying it yesterday you wouldn't finish tomorrow"
"But when can I stop?" pleaded Milo.
"Never," said the Mathemagician with a smile, "for the number you want is always at least one more than the number you've got, and it's so large that if you started saying it yesterday you wouldn't finish tomorrow"
"Nine trillion, nine hundred ninety-nine billion, nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine," recited Milo breathlessly.
"Very good," said the Mathemagician. "Now add one to it.”
"Nine trillion, nine hundred ninety-nine billion, nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine," recited Milo breathlessly.
"Very good," said the Mathemagician. "Now add one to it.”
"Surely," said the Mathemagician, opening another door. "Here it is. It took three carts to carry it here."
Inside this closet was the longest 8 imaginable. It was just about as wide as the three was high.
"Surely," said the Mathemagician, opening another door. "Here it is. It took three carts to carry it here."
Inside this closet was the longest 8 imaginable. It was just about as wide as the three was high.