The Last Bookshop Page #2

from a place called a library.

That was before

they were all shut down.

You know,

for a while,

there were

electronic books.

You could buy

or rent any text.

Remarkable things.

They were all the rage for years.

I had one.

Little

plastic tablet

and a touch screen.

Looked like the real thing.

E- ink

I think they called it.

Died out of course.

What's the use of a pretend book

if nobody knows what a real one is?

Might as well have

a pretend mangle.

[Boy:
]

What's a mangle?

[Shopkeeper:
]

Exactly!

I think

I may have some

old American money

somewhere,

let me think...

[Boy:
] What did the shopkeepers do

with the money they were given?

[Shopkeeper:
] Oh,

they put it in the till,

and swapped it in return

for gas and electricity...

I must see if I can find

those dollars for you to see.

[Music]

[Cash register:
BELL]

[Computer:
VOICE] GamaZone

thanks you for your purchase!

[Shopkeeper:
]

What happened!?

[Boy:
] I was paying

for the books I took,

like in the old days.

[Shopkeeper:
]

No, no, no!

As long as money

didn't change hands,

they turned

a blind eye to me.

I knew I should have thrown

that old thing out years ago!

[Boy:
]

Have I done something wrong?

I'm sorry!

[Shopkeeper:
] You have to leave.

Come on.

You need to go home

and forget all about this.

[Boy:
]

Why!?

[Shopkeeper:
] Every line,

every word, written in this shop,

is copyright

of the GamaZone Corporation!

They seized the rights

to everything years ago!

There was no opting out.

This whole shop is a massive

copyright infringement!

I'm not allowed

to sell any of it.

[Boy:
]

I don't understand!

[Shopkeeper:
]

You be a good boy and go home.

I've got to shut up

the shop for the night.

[Door:
BELL]

[Shopkeeper:
NARRATING]

There have always been stories...

and there

always will be...

[Music]

[Shopkeeper:
NARRATING]

This was the story I wanted to tell,

but there are no books left

in which to tell it.

[Music]

The End

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