Day 2, Chapter 5-8 of Phantom Tollbooth

I have finally read the next 4 chapters, pages 58-100, of The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Chapter five starts off with Officer Shrift taking Milo and Tock to prison for messing up the words. They go down many stairs and through a lot of doors until they get to the dungeon. The Officers says, "There will also be a small additional penalty of six million years in prison. Casse closed,"(p63)they will be there for six million years! They meet the which people think is actually a witch. She used to choose which words were to be used and which not to be used until she was locked up. In the next chapter, she tells a story about the two princesses Rhyme and Reason. They broke up every argument until the king of Dictionopolois and Digitopolis wanted to know which city was better. They said they were equal and banned from the area. Then the which tells them they can just leave because the officer only likes to put people in jail and doesn’t care when they leave. They go to the royal banquet, where Milo eats his own words. Milo tells the kings that he wants to bring the princesses back so he can then free the which. Milo develops a lot in these chapters. He wants to learn more so he doesn’t get into trouble. I think he has a long journey ahead of him. I wonder what other cities he is going to come across. How does he get out, and back into his own world? How would you feel if you got to go to a different world?