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Pamela.

You asked me why I like reading books, didn't you? I should say books have been my best friends for many years. You know, I'm the only child in my family. My parents were always busy with their work and I used to spend a lot of time playing wiyh my toys. But from time to time, especially on ho;idays, they used to present me with wonderful new books: fairy tales, fantasy books, sience fiction. Some of them were written ages ago. But I enjoyed them very much. And they are still interesting for people of my generation. That's why I believe books are the most ancient media.

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