The Phantom Tollbooth1970

Milo:
[Wakes up to find himself in the Doldrums] I wonder where I am.

Lethargians:
[Echoing voice] You're in the Doldrums!

Milo:
The what drums?

Lethargians:
[Lands on Milo's head] Welcome to the Dol... drums.

Lethargians:
Allow me to introduce... ourselves.

Lethargians:
[Splits into 2 more Lethargians] We are lethargians.

Milo:
I'm very pleased to meet you.

Milo:
Could you help me please? I think I'm lost.

Lethargians:
Think? Don't say that! It's against the law to think in the doldrums!

Milo:
That's ridiculous! Everybody thinks.

Lethargians:
We don't. And most of the time you don't, and that's why you're here you weren't thinking.

Lethargians:
And you weren't paying attention either. And people who don't pay attention often get stuck... in... the... doldrums.

Milo:
Ha ha ha! That's silly! Ah ha ha ha!

Lethargians:
Stop that at once! Laughing is against the law!

Lethargians:
And smiling is permitted only on alternate Thursdays.

Milo:
Well if you can't laugh or think, what can you do in the doldrums?

Lethargians:
Do? Why you can do anything [starts to talk in singing voice] As long as it's nothing.