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- When he accomplishes his task, Milo returns home to discover that he’s only been gone an hour, even though it feels like he’s been gone for weeks. He’s excited to go back through the tollbooth the next day to spend more time with his friends.
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When an anonymous friend sends Milo a huge tollbooth, he begins a journey that will change his life forever. What begins as a make-believe game (and not a very interesting one, from Milo's perspective) eventually becomes a very real journey into a wonderful fantasy world called the Lands Beyond.
- The Humbug
Milo learns different sorts of lessons from the Humbug, but...
- Tock
Milo's closest friend in the Lands Beyond, Tock, is a...
- Chapters 19–20
Milo comes upon a tollbooth like the one he assembled in his...
- The Humbug
In his toy electric car, Milo passes through the tollbooth into the Lands Beyond. During his journey through these lands, Milo transforms. At first, Milo finds the Lands Beyond nonsensical and confusing, as he’s never had to think much before.
Milo just keeps going and explores the Lands Beyond for all they're worth. Even though he makes a few mistakes – think about his speech at the banquet or his failed attempt at conducting the orchestra – Milo is super smart.
Milo might not be very engaged or curious, but he does show here that he’s humorously practical. And his practicality here, ironically, makes him somewhat impolite, as grousing that the tollbooth didn’t come with a highway reads as entitled and assuming.
Milo says goodbye and drives back through the tollbooth. Suddenly he is back in his own room, and discovers he has been gone only an hour, though his journey seemed to take weeks. He awakens the next day with plans to return to the kingdom, but finds the tollbooth gone when he gets home from school.
Tock and the Humbug are scared, but Milo now knows that people aren’t always what they say they are. With his telescope, he peers at the creature—and sees a furry, worried-looking creature. Milo shouts that the creature isn’t a frightening monster, and he asks what kind of demon the creature is.
Milo comes upon a tollbooth like the one he assembled in his bedroom and passes through it to find himself right back where he began. He realizes that days or weeks have passed while he has been away and hopes that no one has been worried.
