Once upon a time in a far away land, there was a book named Tally. Tally was an old book that had been around for nearly 17 years. Although she told stories of faraway lands, adventures with compelling characters and an unexpected ending, she was very underappreciated. Over the 17 years, Tally went through garage sales, bookstores, and libraries, all to be left on the counter waiting for someone new to take her. Tally was a large red book that had a long pen mark down the middle of her cover, her insides had small rips and tears, and creases that most didn’t like. Although she always stayed on the shelf, she always found something to brighten up her day. Tally was a long time resident of the Brattleboro Community Library, where very few people passed by.
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Harry would come and go very often which left Tally feeling a little jealous. Another book, Rose was never taken out either so they’d often share their spite and jealousy with another. Rose was the oldest book in the entire library, she was 40 years old, her cover was falling off, and many pages were missing. She was one of many of her books in the library, for she was once very popular, but now the new ones seemed to be checked out more often now. After a full 2 years of Tally not being checked out, a young woman picked her up, and carried her to the front desk. Although Rose was left on the shelf she yelled to her, “Have fun Tally, see you in two weeks!”. Tally was over joyed that she’d finally been chosen over of the thousands of books in the library to be read, but when she looked up her face raged with horror as she realized the woman that held her was the librarian. The young woman placed the red book into a large box that read, “FREE BOOKS”. At that moment Tally knew she would never see her friend
Harry would come and go very often which left Tally feeling a little jealous. Another book, Rose was never taken out either so they’d often share their spite and jealousy with another. Rose was the oldest book in the entire library, she was 40 years old, her cover was falling off, and many pages were missing. She was one of many of her books in the library, for she was once very popular, but now the new ones seemed to be checked out more often now. After a full 2 years of Tally not being checked out, a young woman picked her up, and carried her to the front desk. Although Rose was left on the shelf she yelled to her, “Have fun Tally, see you in two weeks!”. Tally was over joyed that she’d finally been chosen over of the thousands of books in the library to be read, but when she looked up her face raged with horror as she realized the woman that held her was the librarian. The young woman placed the red book into a large box that read, “FREE BOOKS”. At that moment Tally knew she would never see her friend