255
                         THE FUN THEY HAD - 6                                
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking about the old schools they had
00000000000000000000000011110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
when her grandfather's grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the   
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting    
00000011111111111100000000000000000000000000000000000011111111110000000000000
together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They  
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
learned the same things so they could help one another on the homework and   
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
talk about that.                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   And the teachers were people...                                           
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   The mechanical teacher was flashing on the screen: "When we add the       
00000000000000000000000000000011111111000000000000000000000000000000000000000
fractions 1/2 and 1/4..."                                                    
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   Margie was thinking about how the kids must have loved it in the old days.
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 She was thinking about the fun they had.                                    
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                                                             
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                                        Isaac Asimov                         
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
