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Dave and Kelly
loved their computer. Their parents had gotten it for them a couple
of months ago, and they had taught their kids how to use it. They
bought some computer games for the kids to play and connected them
to the Internet. The kids loved going on the Internet and visiting
web sites. They got to do research for their homework, play games,
print coloring pages, and read stories. They also got to e-mail
their friends and even chat with other kids, after getting their
parents permission.
Because the kids
liked the Internet so much, they would finish their homework, then
go surf the web. Very often, they didn't feel the passage of time
and found themselves almost falling asleep in front of the computer
screen.
One day they
stayed up late surfing the web after they were done with their
homework. After a while they started getting tired and they were
almost falling asleep. While they were in the twilight between
being asleep and being awake, they felt a strong suction coming from
the computer screen. It felt like a huge vacuum cleaner!
By now, they were fully awake and
when they looked around but they did not see their living room
anymore. Instead, they saw themselves floating in a long tube with
speeding chunks of alphabets, numbers, images, and sounds. They
were
INSIDE
the computer! It was their dream come true and they decided to...
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