Some little friends of mine, named Girlie and Boy, have been there, however, and I can tell you, if you like, the way they went. This is the way to Why: Just go to bed and shut your eyes And count one hundred, one by one; Perhaps you'll find to your surprise That you're at Why when this is done. I say perhaps, because this only happens when you have been particularly good all day, and sometimes boys and girls are not quite as good as they -- but there, I won't say what I was going to, for I am quite sure that it would not apply to you. This is the way to Zum: Not when the moon is at its full, But just a tiny boat-shaped thing, You may see Pierrot sitting there And hear the little fellow sing. If so, just call him, and he'll come And carry you away to Zum. There, now, I've told you the way to go to both places!

Author Biography

George Edward Farrow (1862 - 1919) born in Ipswich in England, was a noted British children's book author of whose life little is known. The son of George Farrow, a cement manufacturer in Ipswich, and his wife Emily, G.E. Farrow was educated in London and America. In 1891 he was working as a clerk to the Collector of Inland Revenue and was living at No 190 Dalston Lane in Hackney. In 1901 he was living at No 83 Sterndale Road in Hammersmith. By this time his occupation is listed as 'Author'. On both these dates his mother was living with him. He also lived for a time in Brook Green in West Kensington. During his literary career Farrow wrote more than thirty books for children. He encouraged his young readers to write to him, answered their letters and let their tastes and opinions guide his future works (rather like his American contemporary L. Frank Baum). Though he wrote adventure tales and poetry, Farrow was best known for his nonsense books written in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.