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The radio in Grandpa’s workshop only picked up one station, and half of it was static. He kept it on anyway, all day, while he fixed broken lamps and chairs for the neighbors.
"Why don’t you get a new radio?" I asked once.
He turned a screw slowly. "I like the static," he said. "Reminds me that the music has to travel a long way to get here."
After he died, I took the radio home. I could have bought a speaker that played any song in the world. Instead, I sometimes sit in my room and listen to the hiss between the notes, and think about how far things travel to reach us — music, light, love.
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Free Grade 7 English worksheet (Common Core RL.7.1): read "Static" and answer questions about key details, characters and theme. Skill: Key ideas and details in literature. Level: Grade 7 — also suits Year 8 (UK).
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Key ideas and details in literature.
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