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Lalwendë · 03-03-2004, 04:16 PM

I was 12 - so it says in my very first message, just posted - and I won't ever forget first reading it! I pinched it from my brother, and it took me a couple of weeks because I enjoyed it so much I made sure I read it really slowly, so as not to accidentally miss anything!

I used to take it to school and sneak into the cloakroom and hide every break so I could read in peace. When I emerged from the book, my friends were horrified to find I had been changed utterly! I got so much from it - I got into linguistics, mythology, folklore, weaponry, the list goes on... I also got into bother for spoiling the book spines...

03-03-2004, 04:16 PM	#110
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	I was 12 - so it says in my very first message, just posted - and I won't ever forget first reading it! I pinched it from my brother, and it took me a couple of weeks because I enjoyed it so much I made sure I read it really slowly, so as not to accidentally miss anything! I used to take it to school and sneak into the cloakroom and hide every break so I could read in peace. When I emerged from the book, my friends were horrified to find I had been changed utterly! I got so much from it - I got into linguistics, mythology, folklore, weaponry, the list goes on... I also got into bother for spoiling the book spines...