Ellie and Tech's Literary Adventure

Ellie  and Tech were the best of friends. They were always on the look out for interesting people and fabulous stories.  One day, they were wandering through the land of Literary, enjoying the sunlight and fresh air. Suddenly, a large animal appeared in their path, muttering to itself. "Definitely went to the store, I turned left at the pretty grass..." Ellie and Tech looked at each other curiously and tried to listen to what the animal, a ox, now that they came to look properly, was saying. "But if 8 times 34 is 7, what is the square root of happiness?" Ellie and Tech decided to talk to this ox, to help it out of its confusion.

"Excuse me, Mr. Ox?" Ellie called politely, "What are you doing?" The Ox looked at them, smiling serenely. "Hello! Do you have my lead feather?" "Your what?" Tech replied. "My lead feather, I seem to have dropped it and I’m afraid it floated away." "But a lead feather couldn’t float!" said Ellie. "Yeah," Tech added, "that’s an oxymoron , a contradiction in terms!" But the Ox didn’t seem to hear them, as he had wandered off into the distance, mumbling strange phases like "icy hot" and "silent scream." Ellie and Tech blinked, looked at each other, and quickly went in the opposite direction of the Moronic Ox...