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LOST | UNLOST
“How can you have a sign pointing to Lost things? Wouldn't that make them Unlost?” asked
Xor.
“Maybe they're only Lost until you find them,” Laurie mused.
“That makes sense.” Xor replied. They took the left path.
MOSTLY LOST | COMPLETELY LOST
“Comp . . . no,
Mostly
Lost,” Laurie decided. Left again.
“You know, I don't see millions of paths,” said Xor. “There's only ever two.”
SMALL | NOT-SMALL
“Not-Small!” they said together.
BIGGER THAN YOU?
NO | YES
“Everything is bigger than me,” said Xor. “Let's go right.”
BIGGER THAN A MOUNTAIN?
YES | NO
Not that big!
They went right again.
TALLER THAN A LIGHTHOUSE?
NO | YES
Laurie had seen quite enough of lighthouses, too. She tried to go left, but a Shelled Green
Round animal barred the way.
“We meet again, Miss Ipsum,” it said.
“
Mister Tortoise!
What are you doing here?”
“I'm enjoying a special treat,” said Tortoise, taking a bite out of the greenery. “I help keep
the mandelbroccoli bushes in the Garden nice and trim. For me it is a delicious chore. And
what are you doing here, Miss Ipsum?”
“I'm looking for the nearest exit so I can deliver a letter.”
Tortoise seemed to smile. Of course, he always seemed to be smiling. “There are millions of
paths through the Garden. All of them are exactly the same length.”
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