that is just what she could not say . And it is strange , but true , that no one can say ; and that those who have been oftenest in it , or even nearest to it , can say least about it , and make people understand least what it is like . There are a good many folks about the Other-end-of-Nowhere -LRB- where Tom went afterwards -RRB- , who pretend to know it from north to south as well as if they had been penny postmen there ; but , as they are safe at the Other-end-of - Nowhere , nine hundred and ninety-nine million miles away , what they say can not concern us . But the dear , sweet , loving , wise , good , self-sacrificing people , who really go there , can never tell you anything about it , save that it is the most beautiful place in all the world ; and , if you ask them more , they grow modest , and hold their peace , for fear of being laughed at ; and quite right they are . So all that good little Ellie could say was , that it was worth all the rest of the world put together . And of course that only made Tom the more anxious to go likewise . `` Miss Ellie , '' he said at last , `` I will know why I can not go with you when you go home on Sundays , or I shall have no peace , and give you none either . '' `` You must ask the fairies that . '' So when the fairy , Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid , came next , Tom asked her . `` Little boys who are only fit to play with sea-beasts can not go there , '' she said . `` Those who go there must go first where they do not like , and do what they do not like , and help somebody they do not like . '' `` Why , did Ellie do that ? '' `` Ask her . '' And Ellie blushed , and said , `` Yes , Tom ; I did not like coming here at first ; I was so much happier at home , where it is always Sunday . And I was afraid of you , Tom , at first , because -- because -- '' `` Because I was all over prickles ? But I am not prickly now , am I , Miss Ellie ? '' `` No , '' said Ellie . `` I like you very much now ; and I like coming here , too . '' `` And perhaps , '' said the fairy , `` you will learn to like going where you do n't like , and helping some one that you do n't like , as Ellie has . '' But Tom put his finger in his mouth , and hung his head down ; for he did not see that at all .
So when Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby came , Tom asked her ; for he thought in his little head , She is not so strict XXXXX her sister , and perhaps she may let me off more easily .
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