Gemotions

The librarian, Mrs. Gable, pointed him towards a collection of short stories. He was a student, and he was working on his final essay. He chose a volume at random. As he opened it, a pressed flower, a delicate violet, cascaded out, followed by a folded letter. The letter was a thank-you note, written to a teacher, expressing how the teacher had changed the writer's life. He felt a profound sense of good fortune. He reached out to his own professor, eager to express his own positive feelings.