But Just Because You Can Never Reach

Would It Be Possible For Me To See Something From Up There?" Asked Milo Politely. "you Could," Said Alec, "but Only If You Try Very Hard To Look At Things As An Adult Does." Milo Tried As Hard As He Could, And, As He Did, His Feet Floated Slowly Off The Ground Until He Was Standing In The Air Next To Alex Bings. He Looked Around Very Quickly And, An Instant Later, Crashed Back Down To The Earth Again. "interesting, Wasn't It?" Asked Alex. "yes, It Was," Agreed Milo, Rubbing His Head And Dusting Himself Off, "but I Think I'll Continue To See Things As A Child. It's Not So Far To Fall.

But I Find The Best Things I Do, I Do When I'm Trying To Avoid Doing Something Else I'm Supposed To Be Doing. You Know, You're Working On Something. You Get Bugged, Or You Lose Your Enthusiasm Or Something. So You Turn To Something Else With An Absolute Vengeance

I Write Best In The Morning, And I Can Only Write For About Half A Day, That's About It.

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

No One Paid Any Attention To How Things Looked, And As They Moved Faster And Faster Everything Grew Uglier And Dirtier, And As Everything Grew Uglier And Dirtier They Moved Faster And Faster, And At Last A Very Strange Thing Began To Happen. Because Nobody Cared, The City Slowly Began To Disappear. Day By Day The Buildings Grew Fainter And Fainter, And The Streets Faded Away, Until At Last It Was Entirely Invisible. There Was Nothing To See At All.