True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid... - L. Frank Baum

Because the Nome King intends to do evil is no excuse for my doing the same,

He examined the contents of the closets and selected an elegant suit of clothing. Strangely enough, everything about it was shaggy, although so new and beautiful, and he sighed with contentment to realize that he could now be finely dressed and still be the shaggy man.

"Hippikaloric!" which must be a dreadful word because we don't know what it means.