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{{quote|''There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
''He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
''He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
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''--And[[—And He Built a Crooked HouseHouse—]]'' is a short story by [[Robert A. Heinlein]], first published in 1941.
 
Quintus Teal is an architect always looking for the next big thing in design. While having a friendly conversation with his friend, Homer Bailey, Teal dreams about building a house that utilizes a fourth dimension. When he admits that this is currently impossible, he still thinks that the preliminary steps toward it could be a great new design type and he persuades Bailey to let him build a new house for him as an unfolded tesseract. When it is completed, he proudly takes Bailey and his wife to view the innovative new home. However, a small earthquake during the night has made the impossible a reality, and unfortunately, Teal and the Baileys become trapped in the middle of his architectural masterpiece.
 
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