Re: Queen steals sound, but boy wins in the end

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
H Schinske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>karen r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Looking for the title of a book from the 1970s, I think, in which a
>>>wizard sends a boy on a dangerous but vital mission. Among the boys
>>>adventures is one in which an evil queen has stolen sound. The boy
>>>defeats the queen by stuffing words into a cannon, with which he
>>>destroys her castle.
>>
>>Most definitely _The Phantom Tollbooth_ by Norman Juster.
>
>That's what I thought of too, but I don't remember this specific episode.

The Valley of Sound. Milo steals a sound, the word "but", which is put
into a cannon, destroying the fortress and letting all the sounds free. 
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