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Date Posted: 22:31:37 04/12/03 Sat
Author: fenny
Subject: distraction

i found this interesting thought from roald dahl's BFG...

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'Giants is only sleeping every then and now,'he said. 'Not nearly as much as human beans. Human beans is crazy for sleeping. Is it ever occurring to you that a human bean who is fifty is spending about twenty years sleeping fast?'

'I must admit that never occurred to me,' Sophie said.

'You should allow it to occur to you,' the BFG said. 'Imagine it please. This human bean who says he is fifty has been fast asleep for twenty years and is not even knowing where he is! Not even doing anything! Not even thinking!'

'It's a funny thought,' Sophie said.

'Exunckly,' the BFG said. 'So what I is trying to explain to you is that a human bean who says he is fifty is not fifty, he is only thirty.'

'What about me?' Sophie said. 'I am eight.'

'You is not eight at all,' the BFG said. 'Human bean babies and little chiddlers is spending half their time sleeping, so you is only four.'

'I'm eight,' Sophie said.

'You may think you is eight,' the BFG said, 'but you has only spent four years of your life with your little eyes open. You is only four..'

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