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

On 28-Nov-03 at 9:30pm -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 ::> 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.

He has mangled Milo's encounter with the Soundkeeper -- beginning at
Chapter XII, and ending in the middle of Chapter XIII.     :)

Heck, even mangled as it is, I recognized the book from the subject
alone!  :)

--_____
 {~._.~}      "...He could only stare, horrified. Every child is affected thus
 _( Y )_  the first time he is treated unfairly. All he thinks he has a right
(:_~*~_:) to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been
 (_)-(_)  unfair to him he will love you again, but will never afterwards be
--------- quite the same boy..."              --------------------------------
                                              --"Peter Pan", Chapter VIII,
"Glenn P.," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>        By: Sir James Matthew Barrie.

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