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Librarian Abel was having a panic attack. Nothing unusual, he often does. His assistant was fanning him with Aaron Balik’s, ‘The Little Book of Calm’.
“What’ll we do, Page?”, he said. “two people failed to return books today, that’s seven this week. We’ll soon have none left at all!”
“Don’t worry”, she said, “there are still 11,276”.
“I need a new job, perhaps in a bookshop”.
“Not sure Abel, supposing a best-seller sells out?”
“But I love books, what can I do?”
“Become a bookie maybe? I bet you’d be good at that!”
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Thanks to Sammi Cox for hosting the Weekend Writing Prompt
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“I bet you’d be good at that”! I see what you did there; very funny! 😂
I knew I could rely on you to notice that!
Heaven help him! I hope he stays put!
I agree with you, Jodi!
What a fun story. Stick with a library, though, and eventually the books will come back or you will get more.
Thanks, Mimi. He’s worrying over nothing!
or, he could write one for himself if they run out!
Great idea, I’ll suggest it to him!
A job in a library…what bliss. I hope he stays in his present work. One cannot hold on to everything.