Justify the title of the chapter in 100 words' the fun they had'
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were printed on paper. So, this kind of a book is historical or ancient for them. Something which they cannot believe, they can’t imagine.
They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to — on a screen, you know.
crinkly: with many folds or lines, something that is crushed.
Margie is talking about the book that Tommy had found. She says that the pages of the book had turned yellow, and they had been crushed as it was very old. The children found it very funny to read the words which stood still. (Now what does it mean by that words that stood still? As the words were printed on the pages, they did not move). On the other hand, the books that Margie and Tommy read were online (e-books). So, in the e-books how it happens, the text keeps on moving as your screen moves but it was different in the books printed on paper.
And then when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had had when they read it the first time.
This was a very strange experience for these children. When you have a book, which is printed on paper, whenever you flip the pages, you to get to see the same thing written on the pages. On the other hand, in an e-book, the text keeps on changing on the screen. The screen is same. You have the same screen in front of you, but the text keeps on changing. So, whenever you go back the text is different.
“Gee,” said Tommy, “what a waste. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away, I guess. Our television screen must have had a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I wouldn’t throw it away.”
Tommy disliked the printed book.He said that it was a waste because he felt that whenever you complete reading a book, you have to throw it away. You cannot have some different story written on the same book. On the contrary, he felt that the Computer screen was very good, because the same screen had shown him many books and still he could read many more on it.He would not have to throw that screen away when once he had read a particular story.
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had.He was thirteen.