Enlightenment

Discovering the dictionary was equivalent, at least for me, to Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, Thomas Edison discovering a light bulb that wouldn't burn out in two seconds, or finding out that your brother's Leukemia is curable. The limits were now broken, and I suddenly knew that I'd be able to once again, re-master reading. I was excited like an electron when stimulated by electricity! So I snatched the dictionary from my brother as if I had stole something from him. He takes it as a sign of a big brother moment done well then goes outside to play Yu-Gi-Oh, a card game based off an awesome T.V. show, with friends. After opening it up for a moment, I desperately try to look for the words I didn't know from the first edition of the Hardy Boys book that my brother gave me to read. I am once again in a deadlock because the brother who left, Jonathan, either didn't think or forgot to tell me how to use a dictionary. My mother was still busy with her cooking, but I decide to ask her how to use a dictionary anyway. Before I even ask her, she exclaims for me to leave one more time, to which I don't hesitate. Stressed and frustrated, I stomp to the dinner table. Keep in mind that I'm only six at this point. As I have my hand on my cheek and my eyes focused on the dictionary in desperation for how to read the thing, my dad arrives from work and notices that I wasn't being myself and that I was looking confused. He sees that I was struggling with knowing how to interpret the dictionary, so he asks me if I know how to use the dictionary while already knowing the answer. I tell him, "no", and he quickly asks me, "do you want to know how?". The frustration didn't allow me to think of even asking my dad for help as soon as he was home. Being the charismatic man that he is, he has shown me a life full amount of things that are useful in any situation. From learning how to tie my shoes, to tying a tie, and learning how to use a fork, to basic table manners. So easy enough, he first tells me that the words were in alphabetical order. Happy that I knew what that big word meant was the first step in knowing that I'd soon be able to learn more. He then tells me that the words are arranged so that the word on the top and bottom of the page indicated that I can find my desired word in between that top and bottom word on the corner, which were the first and last words that could be found on that page. Being the fast learner that I was, It was safe for me to say that I learned how to use a dictionary within an hour or two. With the spark of excitement revived in me once more, I look up all kinds of words for about three hours, especially those within the Hardy Boys.