“I've got your
back.”
Marcus Junius Brutus* #quote
I went to the dentist today. Not the most funriffic of experiences.
Anyway onto the flash fiction!
Mingling Books
After hours in the library the books socialized and had their fun.
The history books were often the most laid back, the romance were the
rowdy ones, the fantasy and science fiction told their tales and
invented new ones in social circles, and horror books tended to stand
in the corners and sulk. The other books had their own roles and they
often mingled. One children's book, the forever young-minded beings,
spoke it's opposite, the encyclopedia on one humid night when all the
books stayed as far away from vents and moisture as they could.
“Mister Encyclopedia,” the book asked, “where do books come
from?” The history books were laid back, but the encyclopedias were
just stoic. Quiet, they hardly even talked to each other. They sat
alone, contemplating their own contents.
The encyclopedia spoke, “From printers.”
“What is a printer?”
“A machine.”
“What is a machine?”
“It seems we have much to discuss,” the encyclopedia said. Normally
ignored the encyclopedia answered the other books questions for
hours. The books then rested the next day as humans used them. Except
for the encyclopedia. He was used rarely to double check some facts.
But people didn't read him like they used to. That was what the
Internet was for.
However now with the other book to talk to someone used his
knowledge just as much as they used to.
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