My "nearest book" doesn't have 123 pages. Nor does its page 23 have five sentences on it. But here's the text from page 23:

Of course pebbles like this are quite hard to collect
But Sneelock will manage, somehow, I expect.
After all, Mr. Sneelock is one of my friends
And I'm sure he'll help out doing small odds and ends.

If I Ran the Circus, by Dr. Suess