GRAY
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There's black and white, there's color and there's gray. Timothy lived in a world of gray. The sky, the streets and the tenement block in which he lived. From the leaves on the trees to the clothes on the people, to the color of their faces, everything was gray.
Everything was gray except a magic box of light and color, the television. It told people what to say, what to do and what to think. It told them when to laugh and when to cry. It told them things were good and things used to be bad.
It told Timothy what he was worth and what he should feel. It told him who he was and who he should be. It was followed, worshipped and never questioned. Until one day when everything changed.
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