“…one hundred and one, five months and a day.”
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice.
“Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.”
Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice.
“Can’t you?” the Queen said in a pitying tone. “Try again: draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.”
Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Lewis Carroll
Alice in Wonderland
I'm working on a summer project publishing a children's book (which could be subtitled "an impossible thing.") In researching how/what/why/when, I stumbled on Seven Impossible Things to Do Before Breakfast. It self-describes as a "blog about books," but the author primarily focuses on children's illustrated books.
My favorite are her "Seven Questions Before Breakfast" author interview series. Click here for the link. Going through the interviews is an education in itself. My absolute favorite interview (and more on A Sick Day For Amos McGee later) was with the illustrator Erin Stead in 2010. Check it out here.
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