Toys or Books? The Road I Took

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Two things lay before me.

A toy

And

A book.

My choice would affect my life.

I picked up the book

At three years old.

I haven’t stopped reading since.

The book opened up

New worlds

And let me explore.

It made me want to

Keep reading.

Years later, I’m still reading.

Still finding new worlds,

Exploring,

Living thousands of lives

All at once.

Had I chosen the toy,

What would have been different?

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