Ifwehaveabook,wewillnotbelongly.
WhenI'mfreeorintrouble,Ialwaystakeoutabookandreadquietly.Innotime.I'veputmyheartintoitsothatI'llforgetallthetroubles.Bythis,I'veformedthehabitofreadinginanytime.
LittleboysasIwas,Iwasinterestedinpicturebooksandstorybooks.Iwasstruckbythem.NosoonerhadIenteredthemiddleschoolthanIbegantoreadnovel,plays,essaysandsoon.IfoundIcouldgetmuchfromthem.LittlebylittleItookgreatinterestinliterature.
Reading“TheEmperor'sNewClothes”,Ihadtoletoutaburstoflaughteroverhisfool.“TheLittleMatchGirl”couldn'tkeepmefromcryingforhermisery.“RobinsonCrusoe”tookmeintoastrangeworldfullofdanger.AndIwasalsodeeplyimpressedbyHelenKeller'spatienceandperseverance…Besidesthese,booksalsotellmeotherthing-howtobeamanandhowtotellthedifferencebetweenrightandwrong.Inaword,goodbookscanmakemeknowwhatIdidbefore.SoIthinkofagoodbookasmybestfriend.
I'llneverforgetthisfamoussaying,“Goodbooksarebestfriendswhoneverturntheirbacksuponus.