Thursday, January 12, 2006
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“There is a whole other way.”
“So what is this?”
“That… That’s actually not anything that’s really important unless you’ve never read before, in which case anything with words is like a new world. We will teach you to read, and then it will be only as valuable as the information it carries, but for now, it will be like food for you.”
Wrinkles sprang up faintly around the boy’s nose as he traced his finger over the ties holding the pages together. Inscribed on the cover were a few words that to him were no more than markings in the sand and footprints. It read: The Crisis.
“Before you sleep tonight, we will begin teaching you. Your world will be forever changed by the way of this moment.”
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“So what is this?”
“That… That’s actually not anything that’s really important unless you’ve never read before, in which case anything with words is like a new world. We will teach you to read, and then it will be only as valuable as the information it carries, but for now, it will be like food for you.”
Wrinkles sprang up faintly around the boy’s nose as he traced his finger over the ties holding the pages together. Inscribed on the cover were a few words that to him were no more than markings in the sand and footprints. It read: The Crisis.
“Before you sleep tonight, we will begin teaching you. Your world will be forever changed by the way of this moment.”
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# posted by BentSea @ 1:10 PM 
