What You Learn Today, For

You May Not See It Now," Said The Princess Of Pure Reason, Looking Knowingly At Milo's Puzzled Face, "but Whatever We Learn Has A Purpose And Whatever We Do Affects Everything And Everyone Else, If Even In The Tiniest Way.

You See, To Tall Men I'm A Midget, And To Short Men I'm A Giant; To The Skinny Ones I'm A Fat Man, And To The Fat Ones I'm A Thin Man.

Why, Can You Imagine What Would Happen If We Named All The Twos Henry Or George Or Robert Or John Or Lots Of Other Things? You'd Have To Say Robert Plus John Equals Four, And If The Four's Name Were Albert, Things Would Be Hopeless.

Why, Did You Know That If A Beaver Two Feet Long With A Tail A Foot And A Half Long Can Build A Dam Twelve Feet High And Six Feet Wide In Two Days, All You Would Need To Build Boulder Dam Is A Beaver Sixty-eight Feet Long With A Fifty-one-foot Tail?" "where Would You Find A Beaver That Big?" Grumbled The Humbug As His Pencil Point Snapped. "i'm Sure I Don't Know," He Replied, "but If You Did, You'd Certainly Know What To Do With Him.

Everybody Is So Terribly Sensitive About The Things They Know Best.