The fairytale about dictionaries

This story took place in couch when two girls were travelling by train. It had to be their last destination in Bristol. As the girls were foreigners they had dictionaries. While the girls were keeping their beds an inexplicable sound was coming from the rucksack. It was The Collocations Dictionary (the CD). The other one, Longman Dictionary, was lying on the table. He said “Hey, buddy! What has happened? Are worried about something?” The CD answered “You know, Longman, the journey is about to end! But the girls count me as a pointless book. They haven’t even opened me as you excel at being fraught with a lot of information. We are not comparable!” Longman understood that the girls’ behavior was heartless. He took the blame for such indifferent attitude. He said: “Please, don’t cry! They just depreciate you!” The CD said: “I’m upset! This journey is the most uneventful one I have ever had. As for me, it is a real concern to be devoided of attention and using” The more they talk the more apologetic Longman was. It seemed to him he was entirely responsible for giving assurance that his dear friend was the most up-to-date book which any tourist should have had. Longman replied: “Listen to me, my friend. You are really unique as you count a lot of essential building blocks of natural-sounding English. You also have the register with grammar information which is helpful for everyone. People always want to seem well-educated. Try to understand that each person choose a dictionary in different way, because they absorb information in one’s own manner. It’s not your fault. That’s why do me a favour ― don’t be so emotive.” But Longman knew there was no problem with easy solution and he had to defend CD in practice. Then he added: “Now try to calm down! I promise the last day of the journey will be the best one.”

The daylight was beginning to dawn, the girls got off the train. Their hostel was just 20 minutes along the bridge on foot. Longman reached the point that it was the moment conductive to help CD. The girls decided to ask somebody if they were going in right direction to the hostel. They leaned on handrail to look up the correct word, but it suddenly fell down. The girls were confused. They picked it up. Longman was wet. Shrugging shoulders one of them took out CD as there wasn’t any other solution. Opened the book, they raised eyebrows and were surprised. Pages were full of different collocations, which guided them through the book, showing the wealth of information in the dictionary. They figured out there weren’t any considerable difficulties. It was made clear that the girls were mistaken having such strong criticism about the Collocations Dictionary. It was a great honour for the CD to feel that he was in favour and worthwhile. So, the day was really interesting and unpredictable. In the evening, when Longman was dry the CD said: “Thank you, Longman! You made a real effort for me! Please, don’t take offence at me. I own you a favour, my dear friend Longman!” Longman answered: “Only by treating others with kindness can one lead a happy and peaceful life.”