![]() ![]() It was bound in copper-colored silk that shimmered when he moved it about. ![]() One rainy morning he takes refuge from his tormentors in a second hand bookshop, and there he first beholds a book which he feels he absolutely must have, to read: He picked up the book and examined it from all sides. ![]() He is a rather timid, bookish, fat boy who is unhappy at school because he is always being teased. Have you ever held a storybook in your hand and spared a moment's thought for the characters waiting inside? As soon as you start to read a story the characters spring into life, fully formed, don't they? They live in their own world, with their own past, present and future.īut what happens if you don't bother to read the book? What happens if everyone gives up reading and talking about the stories? If everyone forgets about the stories, do the characters die? Do they just disappear into nothingness? ![]()
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