The Phantom Tollbooth Page #3

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YOU'RE IN DOLDRUMS.

THE WHAT DRUMS?

[ECHOING] WELCOME...

TO...THE...DOLDRUMS.

[SNORING]

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE...

[YAWN]

OURSELVES.

WE ARE THE LETHARGARIANS.

[SNORING]

[MILO]

I'M VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

COULD YOU HELP ME,

PLEASE?

I THINK I'M LOST.

All:
THINK?!

DON'T SAY THAT!

IT'S AGAINST THE LAW

TO THINK IN THE DOLDRUMS.

[SNORING]

BUT THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

EVERYBODY THINKS.

WE DON'T.

AND MOST OF THE TIME,

YOU DON'T.

AND THAT'S

WHY YOU'RE HERE.

YOU WEREN'T THINKING.

[SNORING]

AND YOU WEREN' PAYING ATTENTION, EITHER.

NOW, PEOPLE WHO DON' PAY ATTENTION

OFTEN GET STUCK:

IN THE DOLDRUMS.

[SNORING]

HA HA HA!

THAT'S SILLY.

HA HA HA!

STOP THAT AT ONCE!

LAUGHING IS:

AGAINST THE LAW.

AND SMILING:

IS PERMITTED:

ONLY ON:

ALTERNATE THURSDAYS.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T LAUGH

OR THINK,

WHATCANYOU DO:

IN THE DOLDRUMS?

UH, DO?

WHY,

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING...

AS LONG AS:

IT'S NOTHING

[YAWN]

EVERYTHING:

AS LONG:

AS IT ISN'T ANYTHING

SO...

DON'T SAY THERE'S

NOTHING TO DO IN THE DOLDRUMS

DON'T SAY

WE DIDDLE AWAY THE DAYS

WE DON'T?

NO.

WE DAWDLE A BI AND THEN...

YEAH, AND THEN WE...

WE LOITER A WHILE

AND DAWDLE AGAIN

PPSSHHHH...

WE GATHER OUR STRENGTH

TO START ANEW:

ON ALL OF:

THE LOAFING AND LOUNGING

WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO DO

SO, DON'T SAY

THERE'S NOTHING TO DO

IN THE DOLDRUMS:

IT'S JUST...

NOT...TRUE

[SNORING]

I CAN SEE YOU LEAD

A RICH AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.

DON'T SAY THERE'S NOTHING

TO DO IN THE DOLDRUMS

I'M READY TO DIDDLE AWAY

THE DAYS, I AM

I DAWDLE A BI [CACKLING]

DAWDLE A BI I LOITER A WHILE

LOITER A WHILE:

AND DAWDLE AGAIN

AND THEN WE DAWDLE AGAIN

I GATHER MY STRENGTH

TO START ANEW:

TO START ANEW:

ON ALL OF:

THE LOAFING AND LOUNGING

I STILL HAVE LEFT TO DO

SO...

DON'T SAY THERE'S NOTHING

TO DO IN THE DOLDRUMS

IT'S JUST...

[YAWNING]

NOT...TRUE

[SNORING]

[DOG BARKING]

IT'S THE TERRIBLE WATCHDOG!

RUN! RUN, EVERYBODY!

THE TERRIBLE:

WATCHDOG!

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

HELP!

AAH!

AAH!

TERRIBLE WATCHDOG?

[BARKING]

[BARKING]

[SPLAT]

HERE, WHAT'S THIS?

WHAT ARE YOU:

DOING HERE?

[YAWN]

JUST KILLING TIME.

KILLING TIME?!

[RINGING]

LOOK, SON.

IT'S BAD ENOUGH

WASTING TIME:

WITHOUT KILLING IT.

COME ON,

GET HOLD OF YOURSELF.

YOU CAN'T SPEND

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

IN THE DOLDRUMS.

HOW DID YOU GET HERE

ANYWAY?

OH, IT WAS EASY.

I GUESS I JUS WASN'T THINKING.

HA! PRECISELY.

YOU GOT HERE:

BY NOT THINKING,

AND NOW YOU'VE GO TO THINK YOUR WAY OUT.

GO AWAY.

I WAS ASLEEP.

[ALARM RINGS]

BESIDES, IT'S AGAINS THE LAW TO THINK.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET OU OF HERE.

I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T HAD

MUCH PRACTICE,

BUT YOU'VE GO TO START THINKING.

TOO MUCH WORK TO THINK.

I'D RATHER NOT DO...

[YAWN]

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