Do you ever visit @jayna? Each week she gathers some of the best 50-word stories from steemit for her 50-Word Challenge.

Here's my contribution:

Old Book

An old hard-cover book sat on a dusty library shelf high above the heads of the young readers. Below him, their eager hands scooped up fresh paperbacks, glossy magazines, and flashy novellas.

The old book looked down and yelled:

“I am wise! You can learn from me!”

Nobody listened.

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