MY FAVORITE BOOK
Many books are to
be read only once, some are to be read a number of times, while a few other are
useful at all times. My favorite book belongs to the last king. Its name is
Everyman’s Encyclopedia. It is published in 12 volumes.
A favorite
friend is one in whose company we seek always to live. A favorite dish is one
which we wish to taste again and again. Similarly a favorite book should be
one which we should never tire of reading. My favorite book is never likely to
be dull because it cannot be read through quickly. As a matter of face, it is
not a book to be read like most other books it is for reference, for
consultation – a friend who is full of knowledge.
Whenever I am
free I sit down in front of the book-case where I keep the twelve volumes of my favorite book. I take out one of them at random. As I turn its pages in
carefree manner, what a treat of knowledge I get, Detailed descriptions of
events and persons I have read or haired little about, unfold themselves to me.
Events, terms and places I have often heard of, assume a new significance as I
read about them. Learning becomes a hobby and knowledge comes by way of
amusement.
Sometimes I go to
the pictures or attends a lecture given by a famous scholar. I hear about many
events and names for the first time. I make enquirers of my friends or of my neighbor
in the hall, but often I get no satisfactory answer, and then I remember my
faithful friend and adviser-my favorite Encyclopedia-and decide to consult it
on reaching home.
Often after
returning from school, I have rushed straight to my study and consulted this
useful book, even before changing into home clothes or greeting anybody in the
house. I have often, out of happiness at a new discovery left my study shouting
as if I were Archimedes running out of his bathtub exclaiming “Eureka! Eureka!”
My friends, my
classmate and my teachers all admire the depth and width of my general
knowledge. They think I have a special tutor at home who teaches me a lot of
things daily. In a way, they are right, but ‘special’ tutor is not a man or a
woman, but a book, my favorite book.
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