Grandpa

Grandpa An elderly man sat by the fire gazing into its depths, humming softly to himself. The soft sound of footsteps descending the stairs made the man look up. The sleepy grandson climbed slowly in to his grandfather’s lap. “Grandpa I can’t sleep, will you tell me a bedtime story'” “Of course.” Grandpa started: A long time ago, around the year 2000, the act of reading differed to many people. To most it was a necessity, while some people considered reading a long book a job. I saw it as an evening of fun. People who believe that are becoming scarce as we near the year 2254. The amount of fun determined what was work or play, much the same as it is now. It is possible to have fun while working, and that comes from pride in a job well done. When I finished a long good book, I felt satisfied that I had book, reading, people, long, lap, fun, year, while, sat, same, now, man, lost, job, hope, grandpa, grandfather’s, finished, feeling, every, cover, comes, youngsters, working, work, wish, way, video, time, threw, tell, take, strong, story, started