I will never forget the day, when I was in first grade, that I discovered an amazing place to visit. To this day I still visit them where ever I am living. My little friend from school had me over to her house after school. On the way home, she took a slight shortcut in her usual route walking home. I had to rush home to share my new experience with my mother that night!!
"Mom, Mom!! I found a building today in town that is filled with shelf after shelf of books to read. You can even have a card stamped and kept at this place they called a Library! They keep the card that says what book or books I had, and when to return them. They LET you borrow them to read. You don't pay anything, unless you return the book late. Then you have to pay a fine. Can you believe it, Mom? Have you ever seen such a place?"
Mom was noticeably biting her lip, trying not to laugh. She knew of this place, and had used it herself! I asked her to take me there when I finished the books I had checked out! She was totally saying, "Yes, Dawn, I will take you there whenever you want to go." Wow, I loved my Mom extra big that day!!
Dawn Morea
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