Chapter 25 Summary

Carlos loves the movies, and he has been seeing The Viking, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Nautilus, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and Queen of Outer Space over and over again. One day in 1960, his father takes Carlos and his friends to see 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, but he is told that no minors can see this movie. His father's questions are not answered, and he is told only that it is forbidden for children to watch this movie now.

This is the day that it occurs to Carlos that something has gone awfully wrong with the world. To comfort the boys, Louis XVI takes them to Tropicream, where they can get milkshakes. These shakes, too, will eventually disappear, but they are still here that day. Carlos always gets the mamey fruit shake because the color is a crazy pink and red, and the taste is...