A message from the books to the readers

Compiled by: Nafees Ud-Din

Dear Readers,

We, the books, welcome you this evening to have a glance at us. We are grateful to you for having spared your valuable time to enjoy our company. You have provided us with an opportunity to let us tell you what we are and what we can do for you. We request you now to grant us a patient hearing for a while.

Dear readers, we transport you back to the ages past, and the lands far off, to recreate for you the vivid and life-like scene wherein your honorable forefathers lived and helped to develop the present civilization from stature to stature, and handed down the precious casket of knowledge through us. Here, there is God’s plenty for every sort of reader. We do not disappoint anyone.

The children of today may not be getting the required attention and may fail to find true friends, but we, dear readers, if you befriend us, shall never, never, fail you; we shall not only bring you name and fame but also get you immortality.

We, very humbly, let you know that we are the masters who instruct you without the rod, without words of anger, and without bread or money. If your approach us, we are not asleep; if you seek us, we do not hide ourselves; if you blunder, we do not scold. If you are ignorant, we do not laugh at you. We are guide in the time of youth and entertainment in old age.

We are for your use. Use us sincerely, we give you company in times of weal or woe and get what you desire most. Many have done so. Why shouldn’t you? Deive deep into us and find the gems to make your life happy, peaceful and glorious.

We have only one grievance against your. Despite the sincere service that we render to you, sometimes your treatment towards us is not humane. Some of you, very cruelly tear out limbs, dog-ear us, deface us and cause us untold miseries that our souls cry out for mercy!

We once again welcome you to peep through us and return home with a happy thought that we are your never failing friends who always love readers. The time spent with us will always bring its own rewards. May it bring peace and happiness?

We are

Yours ever sincerely,

The books