Included in the box
The largest item in the package.
What is The Phantom Tollbooth?
You cannot cannot think or laugh here.
Where are the Doldrums?
“My, my, my, my, my welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the land of Expectations, to the land of Expectations, to the land of Expectations.”
Who is the Whether Man?
The Earl of Essence claim that something was as simple as ... when he fell off of a thick tree branch.
What is as easy as falling off a log?
This is the last sign that Faintly Macabre hung.
What is Silence is Golden?
There were exactly three of these that Milo used before he left his room.
What are the precautionary signs?
A balanced meal that does not taste delicious in Dictionopolis.
What is a square meal?
"Don't say "think," it's against the law."
Who is one of the Lethargarians?
This character was named after an expression that means "brief and unsympathetic treatment."
Who is Officer Short Shrift?
To say something in as few words as possible is one sign of high intelligence.
What is "Brevity is the soul of wit"?
He probably should have read this book before he left on his journey.
What is the book of rules and traffic regulations?
Officer Shrift says that Tock is guilty of one particular law.
What is to bark without using a barking meter?
"It is our most valuable possession, more precious than diamonds. It marches on, it and the tide was it for no man and -"
Who is Tock?
Logic, sense, and a plan.
What are Rhyme and Reason?
This proverb means that you should either speak reasonably or be silent.
What is "Speak fitly or be silent wisely"?
What is the map?
This is what you need in order to enter Dictionopolis.
What is a reason? Also acceptable are: and explanation, or an excuse.
"Perhaps--p-e-r-h-a-p-s-- you are under the misapprehension --m-i-s-a-p-p-r-e-h-e-n-s-i-o-n--that I am dangerous, he said."
Who is the Spelling Bee?
This word means nonsense. It comes from a weird concoction of buttermilk and beer. The drinker of such a brew might be expected to jumble his words.
What is BALDERDASH!
This proverb was coined by Norton Juster and means that a carelessly picked word is the sign that the speaker is not very smart.
What is "An Ill-chosen Word Is the Fool's Messenger"?
He had several of these that he did not wish to waste at the market.
What are different coins for paying tolls?
The sentence the Sheriff Shrift (acting as the judge) imposed on Milo and Tock.
What is I am?
"A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect."
Who is the Humbug?
This term is said to have been first used after WW2 when many young family began taking on home-improvement projects as a form of recreation.
What is "Do It Yourself"?
This famous proverb could have been used at the beginning of the book if Milo had been walking instead of driving.
Sorry, I ran out of proverbs for this section!
What is "a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step"?