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Samuel was back at the thrift shop. He had walked into the shop with only
one goal in mind—to find a book that he had NOT bought yesterday. The book was
one of seven that he had piled up yesterday. He was going to buy all of them.
But at the last moment, he changed his mind. He put all seven back on the
shelf.
Samuel had a personal library at home that exceeded 1,000 books—almost all
unread. He subscribed to seven magazines and one daily newspaper. Samuel had
more reading material in his small apartment than he could finish in two
lifetimes, yet his urge to buy more books raged on.
He finally put his foot down. Not one more book, he told himself, unless it
was really special. Yesterday’s book fit the bill. It was a biography of one of
his favorite authors—Stephen King. King is one of America’s most popular fiction
authors. But it wasn’t easy for King; early in his career, he got hundreds of
rejection slips. Samuel wanted to be a great writer. King was his role
model.
Samuel immediately found one of the books he had piled up yesterday, and
then another one. All right, he thought. This was going to be easy. In minutes,
he found all the books that he had held in his hands yesterday, except one—the
Stephen King book. Gee, what a surprise, he thought. The one book that I want to
find is the one book that I can’t find.
Samuel took a walk throughout the store, knowing that people often pick up
merchandise in one place and then leave it in another place. The book was a
thick paperback with a red cover. But it was nowhere to be found.
So for Samuel, the Big Hunt was on. He was now a man on a mission. Every
thrift shop he went to would involve a search for the King book. This new search
added purpose to his thrift shop life.
Samuel had held something special in his hands. But only when he let it go
did he realize its value. When he found it again, he would place the King book
prominently on his bookshelf. It would almost certainly be his favorite book
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发表于 2016-7-10 09:21:10