While reading in the study, I was drawninto a book until midnight. Outside the
window, the wind was blowing on theautumn rain was starting to fall. I got off my
chair and went to close thewindow. The raindrops knocked on it, and made a beautiful
rhythm. Then when Itook up the book again, there seemed to be something else on it.
That was a shadow of myself in the past.
Books have been my best friends since myearly childhood. I loved books. I read
picture-story books first, and thennovels. My mother bought or borrowed many
picture-story books for me when shefound my hobby. Some of them were given as my
birthday presents. When I was a little older, I bought picture-story books with my
small savings that were saved fromthe breakfasts and the luck money I got on Spring
Festival. There was always along list of the books’ names when I went to the library.
I found I couldn’tenjoy myself to the full. So I often went to the bookstore to buy
some more.
Then came the “Culture Revolution”. Icouldn’t go anywhere, and could not be one
of the“rebelled persons”. So readingwas my only “job”. I hid in my little room
everyday and read my“library” oneby one. It can be said that by this way of living,
books were my faithful friends. Readingand buying books was an interesting thing.
It is true that books are my best friends.But once they put me into a bad situation.
It was thirty years ago. On the farmI was working, a movement called “cleaning the
thought of capitalism’ wasstarted. All the books had to be handed in and burnt,
including English text books. Someone reported to the head of the production team that
I had somecapitalist books. So I was ordered to hand them in. I put the books into
mybaggage and kept silent about it. The leaders there had talks with me one byone. I
could not be insistent and handed in some of them. I tore a novel beforethem to proof
my determination. I hid in the bed and had a sad weep for my books.
From then on, I always locked my baggagecarefully, so that they could not find my
books. One day, however, after I cameback from the farmland, I got a glimpse of my
baggage and my face turned whiteat once. God save me! The cover of the baggage was
opened, and a novel appeared within the clothes. I closed it hurriedly. But one head
there found the book.She asked me to land the novel and promised to return it some
days later. So I lost another book.
I locked my baggage all the time to preventothers seeing my books, especially that
English book. The owner of the book wasa good friend of mine. She was worried about me
and asked me to keep itcarefully. My nerves always felt tense during those days until
the situationwas changed. No one knew about my books that were hidden in my baggage
while Ileft the farm.
Those sad and ignorant days were passed.Books are still the best friends of mine.
I often go to the bookstore to spendhundreds of RMB Yuan and take back many books,
not only Chinese readings, butalso English ones. I get the books not only for me but
for my daughter as well.
I am so satisfied that I can swim in thesea of books.










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