This morning four people jumped out of a car parked directly in front of my shop. One had gloves attached to his belt and they twirled about his waist. They were all hungry. They fairly leapt from their car, bouncing and leaping toward the bakery.
Then they came back to eat on the pavement. They looked briefly into my window. One man said, ‘I’ve bloody read that one. God, it was good.’
Another man answered, ‘I don’t think I’ve ever read a book in my life.’
The other man, still eating, looked at him and said, ‘Try it.’
Painting by James Crandall
I have a brother who has never read a book in his life. Probably why he’s a Trump supporter! Lol
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Oh wow! Your family! And you have such a passion for reading!
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Sounds like some of my relatives. They should try it, too.
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Haha!!
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I loved this. It almost gives the idea that if you read you can find the same confort and relief to the body as eating 🙂
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Thank you. I didn’t see that, but I do now! 🙂
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Things like this make out a piece of writing good writing. Thank you for replying 🙂
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I can’t imagine not ever having read a book! Maybe the young man’s friend has encouraged him to try it.:-)
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Well, that’s what I was hoping for him 🙂
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Probably the most powerful way of persuading this guy to read was to have friend speak so enthusiastically about something he’d read 😊
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I absolutely agree 🙂
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