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“Ah, but is it?” I wondered. “Suppose, just suppose, we were to take a
vacation and do something else for a change?”
D, who was standing nearby, said: “But how can we? No matter what
we do, there will always be a way to describe it in words, so we would
have to stop doing it and start describing it right away.”
W, whose hopes had been raised by I’s idea, was crushed. “You’re
right,” moaned W, “we’re stuck forever.”
“No, we’re not!” cried B. “Don’t be so pessimistic. Aren’t we
individuals? Can’t we combine with each other in any way we choose?
Why should we obey the rules of spelling all the time? Let’s break with
convention and have some fun!”
The others were very confused. “But how?” wailed Q. “I’ve never
been on my own: U is always with me.”
“That’s just what I mean,” retorted B. “We’ve got to let go and try
something different: if it’s not anything anyone has ever seen before,
then no words can describe it, and we won’t be interrupted.”