But I'd like to know why you couldn't take me there." "For _reasons_," said the cuckoo drily.

"I'll give you one if you like.
If I took you to this side of the moon you wouldn't be yourself when you got there." "Who would I be, then ?" "Griselda," said the cuckoo, "I told you once that there are a great many things you don't know.

Now, I'll tell you something more.

There are a great many things you're not _intended_ to know." "Very well," said Griselda.

"But do tell me when you're going on again, and where you are going to take me to.