Achilles-are you all right?
Achilles: Just a bit shaken up but otherwise
fine. ] fell into some big hole.
Tortoise: You've fallen into the pit of the Evil
Majotaur! Here, I'll come help you out.
We've got to move fast!
Achilles: Careful, Mr. T -I don't want YOU to
fall in here, too ...
Tortoise: Don't fret, Achilles. Everything will be
all-
(Suddenly, there is a slight gasp, and then a
"thud".)
Achilles: Mr. T -you fell in, too! Are you all
right?
Tortoise: Only my pride is hurt-otherwise I'm
fine.
Achilles: Now we're in a pretty pickle, aren't
we?
(Suddenly, a giant, booming laugh is heard,
alarmingly close to them.)
Tortoise: Watch out, Achilles! This is no laugh-
ing matter.
Majotaur: Hee hee heel Ho hot Haw haw haw!
Achilles: I'm starting to feel weak, Mr. T ...
Tortoise: Try to pay no attention to his laugh,
Achilles. That's your only hope.
Achilles: I'll do my best. If only my stomach
weren't empty!
Tortoise: Say, am I smelling things, or is there a
bowl of hot buttered popcorn around here?
Achilles: ] smell it, too. Where is it coming
from?
Tortoise: Over here, I think. Oh! Ijust ran into
a big bowl of the stuff. Yes, indeed-it
seems to be a bowl of popcorn!
Achilles: Oh, boy-popcorn! I'm going to
munch my head om
Tortoise: Let's just hope it isn't pushcorn! Pushcorn and popcorn are so
extraordinarily difficult to tell apart.
124Achilles: What's this about Pushkin?
Tortoise: I didn't say a thing. You must be hear-
ing things.
Achilles: Go-golly! I hope not. Well, let's dig in!Little Harmonic Labyrinth