Mr. Winkle awoke from his hundred years slumber
to find the world had changed
Sleepy, he made his way to a tall building
filled with busy people and strange sounds
he had never heard before.
Machines printed out pictures and documents
instantly on paper.
Business people spoke to other business people
halfway across the world
and saw each other too on small screens on their desks.
It was too much change for Mr. Winkle;
he had to get out of there.
He was feeling sick and so he went to a hospital.
Inside he saw men and women kept alive by machines.
which breathed life into their lungs
Lasers and x-rays were used in surgeries.
Mr. Winkle had never thought were even possible
this hospital wasn't going to make him feel better.
He made his way out onto the street
unsure of where to go.
until he felt like he could walk no longer.
Up ahead he saw a school
He walked inside.
It was instantly familiar.
Students sat in neat rows
while the teacher in front of the room lectured them
all day long on reading, writing and arithmetic,
while the students took notes
on what their teacher said
This went on all day.
Mr. Winkle liked school
Whoa
There was one of those strange machines though in the back of the room
the same kind that Mr. Winkle had seen
in the hospital and in the office building
but it was dusty and it wasn't being used
This was school just as Mr. Winkle remembered it
It was comforting to know that even after one hundred years,
some things still remained the same.