Excerpt from The Kingdom of Why: Being the Strange Story of Lucile's Adventures With the Sapient Sage, the Foolish Idea, the Striped Jester, and Other Folk, Creatures, Kings, Beasts, Bogies, Wizards and Witches Who Dwell in That Wonderful Land
On the evening in which the strange things began to happen to Lucile, she was sitting in the library watching her Daddy read from a book with a name containing as many long words as Lucile was years old, which was nine. It was beginning to get dark. Ln cile wondered why. In fact, that was what Lucile was always doing - wondering why the things in this big, round, green world are like they are, and why they are not like the things in once-upon-a-time fairy books. So she began to bother her father with questions.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book takes the reader on an extraordinary adventure through the fantastical Kingdom of Why, where curious characters, strange creatures, and intriguing concepts come to life. The protagonist, Lucile, is a young girl from Chicago who embarks on a quest to seek answers to her endless questions from the renowned Sapient Sage. Along the way, she encounters a host of whimsical beings, including the striped Jester, the Foolish Idea, and Jupiter, her pet goat. Amidst the whimsical landscapes and peculiar inhabitants, Lucile delves into philosophical inquiries about gravity, probability, and the nature of happiness. Through these encounters, the author explores the themes of imagination, logic, and the search for meaning in a world where the lines between reality and fantasy blur. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780266001171_0
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