Contagious
“When I look back through life, I find lots of memories remain.“Certain days stay in my mind and keep running though my brain….
“But there’s one day that I recall though it was years ago—all my life I will remember it, I know!
“I’ll never forget the day I read a book! It was contagious—seventy pages!
“There were pictures here and there so it wasn’t hard to bear.
“The day I read a book!
“It’s a shame I don’t recall the name of the book.
“It wasn’t a history—I know because it had no plot.
“It wasn’t a mystery, because nobody there got shot!
“The day I read a book—I can’t remember when! But one of these days, I’m gonna do it again!”
Editorial Comment: Read a book, students. It’s not too late. “Contagious...70 pages.” Brilliant.
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The name of the book was "Contagion" and it was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. You can read the Cliff's Notes version by René Girard.
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