Script

(Their clothing is loose, voluminous and shapeless. MILO wakes with a start. Bizarre as the LETHARGARIANS look, MILO senses that they are harmless, so instead of being frightened he is merely intensely curious. MILO is now wide awake.)

(to the nearest LETHARGARIAN)
Where am I?

(speaking slowly and lazily)
You re in the Doldrums...

(speaking at his usual tempo)
What are the Doldrums?

The Doldrums are where nothing ever happens...

And nothing ever changes.

Who are you?

We are the Lethargarians.

I think I m lost.

Don t say think!

That s against the law!

That s a ridiculous law. Everybody thinks.

We don t.

And most of the time, you don t.

That s why you re here.

(growing sleepier and sleepier)
People who don t think... often get stuck in the Doldrums...

(He or she topples over, fast asleep, and begins to snore. MILO can t help laughing.)

Stop that at once!

(The music stops abruptly.)

Laughing is against the law!

But if you can t laugh or think, what can you do?

Anything... as long as it s nothing...

And everything... as long as it isn t anything.

(Music to THE LETHARGARIAN SHUFFLE begins.)

Oh, there s lots to do. We have a very busy schedule.