Oooooh! The Squeeeeel!
He and Mr. Wells had been looking over the schematics of the Time-Twister for the past half-hour.
Huh, what did you do now?
a good thing, too, since, by the sound of it, there was a very busy playground not too far away.
Wouldn’t it be awkward if a kid got lost in a time vortex?
“Give me a break; I won't even invent half of this stuff for another--what, fifteen years?”
The doctor shook his head. “It won't,” he said. “I can't read my own hand-writing; I'm sorry.”

Michael
Edit: Encounter at the Planet? With Clark hunting down his Lois after learning what he did in Woods?