Meg was in tears over something, and I was hugging her on our bed. Our map of Middle-Earth caught her eye.
Meg: "Is that a puzzle map?"
Me: "That's a map of Middle-Earth. It's a place in a book."
Meg: "How do we get INTO the story book?"
Jonathan: "That is the question."
I tried to gently explain that it was just in a book; you couldn't get there from this world. Meg started bawling.
Me: "Is Meg crying because she can't get to Middle-Earth?" At which, I started crying too. It's been a long day.
Jonathan: "Now my wife is crying because my daughter is crying because she can't get to Middle-Earth!"
You can't make this stuff up.
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And so the secret wish of all the wise is laid bare.
On a vaguely related topic, Edward Eager's novel Seven-Day Magic concerns a magic book that you can get inside. It's rather enjoyable, though for full enjoyment you should make sure you have already read his earlier book Half Magic.
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