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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.”
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