A touch of the hand and this burning would, on the instant, beautifully
reverse itself. Eckels remembered the wording in the advertisements to the
letter. Out of chars and ashes, out of dust and coals, like golden salamanders,
the old years, the green years, might leap; roses sweeten the air, white hair
turn Irish-black, wrinkles vanish; all, everything fly back to seed, flee death,
rush down to their beginnings, suns rise in western skies and set in glorious
easts, moons eat themselves opposite to the custom, all and everything cupping
one in another like Chinese boxes, rabbits into hats, all and everything
returning to the fresh death, the seed death, the green death, to the time
before the beginning. A touch of a hand might do it, the merest touch of a
hand.
Martin Burrett on 16 Aug 16It is essential that children in today's 'technology focused world' get real, hands-on experiences. The only things that some of my children have in their hands, once at home, are games console controls! By making learning fun and interactive we can engage children in finding out about the world around them and their past, instilling a love of learning and giving them some practical skills to use in the real world...
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