To A Child, And To An Adult,

They Walked For A While, All Silent In Their Thoughts, Until They Reached The Car And Alec Drew A Fine Telescope From His Shirt And Handed It To Milo. "carry This With You On Your Journey," He Said Softly, "for There Is Much Worth Noticing That Often Escapes The Eye. Through It You Can See Everything From The Tender Moss In A Sidewalk Crack To The Glow Of The Farthest Star — And, Most Important Of All, You Can See Things As They Really Are, Not Just As They Seem To Be. It's My Gift To You.

And Some Looked Even More Like Each Other Than They Did Like Themselves.

And It's Much The Same Thing With Knowledge, For Whenever You Learn Something New, The Whole World Becomes That Much Richer.

Whatever We Learn Has A Purpose And Whatever We Do Affects Everything And Everyone Else, If Even In The Tiniest Way. Why, When A Housefly Flaps His Wings, A Breeze Goes Round The World; When A Speck Of Dust Falls To The Ground, The Entire Planet Weighs A Little More; And When You Stamp Your Foot, The Earth Moves Slightly Off Its Course. Whenever You Laugh, Gladness Spreads Like The Ripples In The Pond; And Whenever You're Sad, No One Anywhere Can Be Really Happy. And It's Much The Same Thing With Knowledge, For Whenever You Learn Something New, The Whole World Becomes That Much Richer.

One Of The Problems You Have When You Read With Kids Is That Once They Like Something They Want You To Read It A Hundred Times.