# Pick a children's-story universe to spend a week in. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557 "2012-09-23T01:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/41 "2012-09-24T11:04:11Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Well it was originally written for adults, but he’s also written kids books about the place so I’ll opt for Disc World. > > If there were such a place I’d pack my case tomorrow and be on the first mail coach going there. > > Otherwise I wouldn’t mind working at Hogwarts. Where exactly though? What if you get dropped in the Shades before the Watch has become effective? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/42 "2012-09-24T11:49:54Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I’d like to be a house guest at the Four-Story Mistake. Yes! And listen to Rush play the piano, and hang out in the Office. I would want to be one of the Five Children (Jane?) and find the Psammead. I could be as beautiful as the day! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/43 "2012-09-24T15:13:18Z")
Definitely the Oz of _Wicked_ ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/44 "2012-09-24T15:25:59Z")
> [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](#): > > Where exactly though? What if you get dropped in the Shades before the Watch has become effective? It would of course be A.M, but definitely not the Shades or the Street of Cunning Articifers. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/45 "2012-09-24T15:42:49Z")
Since _The Hobbi_t was originally considered a children’s book, I think I’ll take my vacation in Middle Earth, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/46 "2012-09-24T15:47:42Z")
Easy. [Dinotopia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinotopia), hands down. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/47 "2012-09-24T16:13:02Z")
Prydain, from _The Prydain Chronicles_. I always wondered what the food from that magic bottomless food pouch tasted like. I imagined dry cat food, but I have to know, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/48 "2012-09-24T16:38:36Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “Narnia, during the reign of Queen Swanwhite; grace-and-favour apartment in Cair Paravel”. That do you? Sure. I’m just trying to save you guys from yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/49 "2012-09-24T18:26:27Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Yes! And listen to Rush play the piano, and hang out in the Office. And help build the swimming pool, and help with one of their shows, and discover–but that would be telling. (But I wonder if I would think to count the windows like Randy did!) Oh, but on the way to the Four-Story Mistake, I’d love to fly over Andrew Henry’s meadow. And maybe borrow Harold’s Purple Crayon. And speaking as Andy L’s wife in real life, he would also like to visit Mammoth Falls as one of the Mad Scientists’ Club, and explore the Three Investigators’ hideout. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/50 "2012-09-24T19:22:55Z")
If its a more realistic location we are looking for, can I be one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five? I could go camping on islands during my “hols” and be forever planning teas with ginger-beer and orange aide and hams and stuff. No parents ever seem to cramp my style, and there’s Timmy the Dog for company! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/51 "2012-09-24T20:02:46Z")
Does **The Blue Lagoon** count as a kids’ story? Ducks and runs. Actually, **Wallace and Grommit** was the first thing I thought of, but when I thought it through, I thought a week might be too long. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/52 "2012-09-24T20:42:17Z")
I would like to spend a week at Hogwarts as a Guest Lecturer in Muggle Studies the year after they finally finished off Voldemort and finished reconstructing the place. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/53 "2012-09-24T20:43:59Z")
Redwall (assuming I could be properly critterized). Would time it for a big feast, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/54 "2012-09-24T22:04:11Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > If its a more realistic location we are looking for, can I be one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five? I could go camping on islands during my “hols” and be forever planning teas with ginger-beer and orange aide and hams and stuff. No parents ever seem to cramp my style, and there’s Timmy the Dog for company! If that’s possible, then the _Swallows and Amazons_ universe for me. Lake District, Norfolk Broads, sailing to Holland or China or a treasure island would be great. ---
**Author:** ![StJoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@StJoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StJoan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/55 "2012-09-25T06:49:26Z")
Alice’s wonderland, please, with a detour through the looking glass world while I am at it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/56 "2012-09-25T15:10:44Z")
Hogwart’s. And if that’s not available, I’d like to visit The Chalk and meet Tiffany Aching. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/57 "2012-09-25T19:43:23Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > If its a more realistic location we are looking for, can I be one of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five? I could go camping on islands during my “hols” and be forever planning teas with ginger-beer and orange aide and hams and stuff. No parents ever seem to cramp my style, and there’s Timmy the Dog for company! Wizard fun! And we can camp in a kindly farmer’s field and his fat, jolly rosy cheeked wife will bake us bread, and we can play with the puppies in the barn!! (and none of that was a euphamism!) If not Famous Five, then I’d go to the world of Jill and her ponies, you’re mother gives you money, you buy a pony, it turns out you have a field for hay and a stable behind your house, you go off on mad adventures with your pony friends **sigh** ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/58 "2012-09-25T23:12:46Z")
I want to be left in charge of the factory while Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka go on their glass elevator adventures. I would have snagged your season five discs just for that trip, and the adventure. I like this bonus part a lot. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/59 "2012-09-25T23:34:32Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Centerburg, home of [Homer Price.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Price) "Sing hi-diddl-diddle For a silly little vittle “Sing get-gat-gittle Got a hole in the middle Sing dough-de-dough-dough There’s dough you know. There’s no nuts in you know whats. In a whole doughnut There’s a nice whole hole. When you take a big bite, Hold the whole hole tight. If a little bit bitten, Or a great bit bitten Any hole with a hole bitten in it, Is a holey whole hole And it JUST - PLAIN - ISN’T!” That really does stick in your head. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557/60 "2012-09-25T23:44:59Z")
This is way harder than I thought it would be. Do I become a kid again myself? If so, then put me down in Moomin Valley, in the spring, when Nuuskamuikkunen comes back from his travels, the Moomins wake from hibernation, and the adventures begin. Maybe the summer of the magician’s hat…I’d like to ride on clouds, too. But if I stay an adult, I’d rather go to Rivendell, around the time of Bilbo’s first visit, when there weren’t any really super big wars going on. I’d peacefully study the languages, poetry, and music of the elves. And, oh, movement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-childrens-story-universe-to-spend-a-week-in/635557.md?page=4)