I left the flat to pay the electric and a stranger approached. Shocking. But, he was a strange stranger sporting a long brown coat and rubber boots a bowler derby and a broomstick. “Can we both fly away to Oblivion and visit Neverland? And the land before time-- play Jumanji and see Narnia and come back with scientific discoveries and fanfare?” he asked with a thick accent. Just before I could respond, he grabbed my hand and pulled me toward an iron bed. He quickly ******* on a bed ****, rubbed it and mumbled something and all I could do was stare. Webster certainly didn’t correct me as I never opened my mouth. So we settled on the moon, waded in stardust-- and pondered our space odyssey. HAL begged us to stop laughing and threw roses until we came back down. All the way down to the size of carpenter ants. We quickly found a few and tamed them for a ride. But first had to convince them that the lazy cricket could never be convinced of the value of a hard days work. A Lost Boy darted past as we concluded the lecture and a game of tag ensued. We captured them all and deposited them with Mary Poppins who worked wonders on their manners. She offered us a cup of tea with a spoon full of sugar, so we indulged. Imagine my surprise when the Mad Hatter hung his hat and joined. We then rose and danced after the Nutcracker. The stars followed us and the daisies cried petals leaving freckles of pollen all over. Achebe reminded us that things fall apart so we didn’t mind the mess so much and set off for the trolley wood where trees ride carts. But when we blinked they were gone and how we cried! John asked us to Imagine-- so we did that instead. Alice popped through the looking glass to show us a tiny door that Anastasia had forgotten and once through it we bloomed and went to seed and were carried to the sea on an autumn breeze. Suddenly swallowed, we met a pickle named Jonah in a dark fishy place. He needed a therapist and I was not qualified. With a heave-** we were spewed onto sand and marooned with a Captain Jack who was preoccupied with ***. So we closed our eyes, clicked our heels together three times, and I ended up on my front porch quite alone. No fanfare, and certainly no science-- as I could hardly tell if reality was even involved. The electric bill quickly commenced calling and responsibility dampened my fun.