[bookshare-discuss] request
- From: "Rick Roderick" <richard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:46:24 -0400
I got this from the Wordsmith list I am on. I think it would be a great
addition to the collection. I would be glad to validate it. It would be my
first, but I am signed up as a volunteer.
Every night, before I tuck my elementary-school-aged daughter to bed, I read
stories to her. For her, storytime is sacrosanct: It's okay to skip dinner
or brushing her teeth, or even sleep, but not storytime.
Some nights when we're running late, I tell her, "You have to get up early
for your violin class. Let's leave it to tomorrow night."
"How about just a little bit?" she pleads.
Okay. I read, "Once upon a time..." and close the book. "There."
"No. How about five pages?" she proposes.
"How about one paragraph?" I ask. And so the negotiations begin.
Eventually a deal is struck and I agree to read two pages, but before I
realize it, I've finished the whole chapter. The violin teacher can wait.
That's the charm of stories (from Latin historia: history). Even when we
grow up, our fondness for them doesn't go away. And what if the stories are
all true? Well, that's my upcoming book, published by the Penguin Group:
The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives
and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common Words
ISBN 9780452288614
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