The Phantom Tollbooth Chapter 9

"Remarkable view," announced the Humbug, bouncing from the car as if he were responsible for the whole thing.

This word means?

• extraordinary, amazing

• lots of trees

• confusing situation

Who did they meet in Chapter 9?

• Alex Bings

• Alec Bangs

• Alec Bings

"Isn't it beautiful?" gasped Milo.

"Oh, I don't know," answered a strange voice. "It's all in the way you look at things."

What exactly does it mean?

• It means that...

"For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the living room, and covered with tinsel, while the trees opened our presents."

What is the point of this?

• I think it means that...

What is unique about the boy?

• He can fly up in the sky.

• He's born in the air.

• he doesn't grow.

What do you think about the boy's growth development?

• I think it is....

"What a silly system." The boy laughed. "Then your head keeps changing its height and you always see things in a different way? Why, when you're fifteen things won't look at all the way they did when you were ten, and at twenty everything will change again."

What do you think?

• I think change is good/bad... because...

"We always see things from the same angle," the boy continued. "It's much less trouble that way. Besides, it makes more sense to grow down and not up. When you're very young, you can never hurt yourself falling down if

you're in mid-air,

Would you consider this kind of system to avoid troubles as you grow?

• In my opinion...

THe boy said "I see through things. I can see whatever is inside, behind, around, covered by, or subsequent to anything else. In fact, the only thing I can't see is whatever happens to be right in front of my nose."

Do you think it's convenient?

• I think it is...

How does the boy's family members see things?

Choose the one that does not belong to the group.

• His father sees to things

• His mother looks after things

• His brother sees beyond things

• His uncle sees under things