Reading back childhood memories

My collegue told me a neat little story:
His mother had kept all his books that he read when he was a child. Fairy tales, adventure stories - all those nice, easy books that are used to teach children how to read.
Last christmas, he went home and as he was feeling ill one day he spent all day reading those children's stories because they were easy reading, taking him back to the land of fairies, dragons and magicians.

The funny thing about the story is that the same thing happened to me once. The first time I came home for the summer after starting university, I had caught a summer flue. So, what I did was lying in my old room and reading all those stories that I had liked as a child. It was gorgeous - taking me back to my childhood in a way. I even forgot about feeling ill.

So, take one rainy afternoon, go back to your parents' place and read through your old book - it will make you laugh, cry and brings back childhood memories.
If you are a parent, keep your children's books, they might want to read them again some day.