A Blink of the Screen
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The metal panel clattered off the wall of the silent office. A pair of black boots scrambled into view. The man in the red coat backed out carefully and dragged his sack after him.
The typewriters were asleep under their covers, the telephones were quiet, emptiness and the smell of warm carpet filled the space from side to side. But one small green light glowed on the office computer. Father Christmas looked at the crumpled paper in his hand. ‘Hmm,’ he ...said, ‘a practical joke, then.’ The light blinked. One of the screens – and there were dozens in the shadows – lit up.
The letters That’s torn it appeared. They were followed by Sorry. Then came Does it count if I wake up?
Father Christmas looked down at the letter in his hand. It was certainly the neatest he’d ever got. Very few letters to him were typed and duplicated 50,000 times, and almost none of them listed product numbers and prices to six decimal places. He was more used to pink paper with rabbits on it.MoreLess
The metal panel clattered off the wall of the silent office. A pair of black boots scrambled into view. The man in the red coat backed out carefully and dragged his sack after him.
The typewriters were asleep under their covers, the telephones were quiet, emptiness and the smell of warm carpet filled the space from side to side. But one small green light glowed on the office computer. Father Christmas looked at the crumpled paper in his hand. ‘Hmm,’ he ...said, ‘a practical joke, then.’ The light blinked. One of the screens – and there were dozens in the shadows – lit up.
The letters That’s torn it appeared. They were followed by Sorry. Then came Does it count if I wake up?
Father Christmas looked down at the letter in his hand. It was certainly the neatest he’d ever got. Very few letters to him were typed and duplicated 50,000 times, and almost none of them listed product numbers and prices to six decimal places. He was more used to pink paper with rabbits on it.MoreLess
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