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.