When I was a kid we didn’t have a lot of money, so we often shopped at a thrift store. What I loved about that was that you could get 10 books for a dollar, so I would plant myself in front of the book section and make piles of which ones I wanted to get and then decided on 10 after I’d gone through them all.
One day an older lady saw me sitting with my piles and asked if I liked to read. I told her I did and showed her a few of the books I found that I liked. She smiled and then pulled a dollar out of her purse, handed it to me and said, “Promise me that you’ll keep reading.”
I was so happy and immediately stood up and thanked her while nodding my head. She smiled again and walked away and I went back to my piles, now able to pick out another 10 books.
This was probably about 20 years or so ago, but I still think of her when I buy a new book.
by ‘eDgAR’
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It’s important to teach kids to read. Technology will always exist but childhood imagination won’t
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Oh, if I had a dollar for every book I read…great story!
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A meaningful story and well written too!
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What a terrific story. A veritable feast for a $1. Thanks, BTG
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That’s a great memory
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what a fantastic gesture and even better memory!
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Great story. My mother used to buy 10 second hand books a week for a $ too. I still love to read. 😀
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Anything that makes our young fellas to read is welcome! You were lucky to receive such a good advice
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awesome memory. there was no cheap place to buy books where i lived but i was a dedicated library goer and would take out about 10 books per week every week.
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