Long before books, there were story tellers. For thousands upon thousands—perhaps hundreds of thousands—of years, tales were told, in caves, around camp fires, in secluded villages, in the first great cities. Men told stories, and women too. Some were family, recalling old words, and passing them on to another generation. Some were bards, professionals carrying words from one place to another. There were old familiar stories and newly crafted ones.
And, in time, some ended up in books. But tales being told are as old as mankind.
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