I don't think so, I replied. "What's that? Well, a uldbrug is a human being who will never die, but will live for ever. If a Luggnuggian baby is born with a round spot above its left eye, which never disappears, it a Struldbrug. We have over a thousand of them in the country, "How wonderful!' I cried. "How exciting! How lucky you are in Luggnagg, where a child has a chance of living for ever! And how especially lucky the Struldbrugs are! Disease, disaster, and death can never touch them! And imagine how much we can learn from them! I expect they're among the most important people in the country They've lived through history and know so much, which they're certain to pass on to the rest of us. If I had the chance, I'd like to spend my whole life listening to the intelligent conversation of these extraordinary people, here in Luggnagg!' "Well, of course,' answeted my Luggnuggian friend with a smile, "we'll be delighted if you stay longer with us. But I'd like to know how you would plan your life if you w a Struldbrug. "That's easy,' I replied. "First I'd work hard, and earn a lot of money. In about two hundred years I'd be the richest man in Luggnagg. I'd study too, so that I knew more about everything than the cleverest professors. I'd also write down everything important that happened over the years so that students of history would come to me for help. I'd teach young people what I had learnt. But most of my time