In Roald Dahl's Matilda the crusty Dad played by Danny Devito in the film, states 'Why read when you can get everything you need from TV?' My reaction is below.
Reading
Why read?
when you can get everything faster
from TV,
when a computer has more options,
when it takes time to finish a book,
when you do it all alone,
when it is a pastime too quiet.
Why not read?
when you can apply imagination,
when you can live several lives,
when you have countless experiences,
when you never need to leave your
chair,
when you’re surrounded by
fascinating folk,
when time is no longer a barrier to
travel.
© David L Atkinson March 2015
Travel the world from a chair
A
book holds a story that will never die,
it is
there to entertain forever.
The
story is your transport to times gone by,
or a
rocket hurtling towards the future.
The
people inside are fallible like you,
but
with help may foil the danger,
or
follow a path taken by few,
and
perhaps find a babe in a manger!
You
may travel the wide world from your
chair,
or
never leave this wonderful land.
Change
your colour or perm your hair,
without
the risk of wearing a new brand.
The
sky's the limit every time you try
the
same story read a dozen times.
Let
your imagination be free and fly,
in
the words of stories and of rhymes.
© David L Atkinson March 2015
God Bless
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