1 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: Welcome, sleet tight stories. Louise the librarian There. Once was 2 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: a very loving and kind young woman named Louise who 3 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,919 Speaker 1: loved reading more than anything in the world. Louise was 4 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: always walking around with a book or magazine in her hand. 5 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: Louise helped her mother look after her family. She was 6 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: very lucky. She had a wonderful family and a great job. 7 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: Louise worked at a family rush in the center of 8 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: their small town. Every day, she would read while she 9 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: walked to work, and whenever she had a break, she 10 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: would grab her book and become quickly lost in the 11 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: world of her characters. When Louise would finish a book, 12 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: she would quickly go back to the library to look 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: for another book to read, but she soon ran out 14 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: of new books to read. The town library was very 15 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: small and Louise had read all the books they had 16 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: to lend. She would ask people traveling to the city 17 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: to look for books for her, and once a month 18 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: she would get one new book. Louise worked very hard 19 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: and gave most of her money to her mother to 20 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: help with looking after the family. She could only save 21 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: a little bit each month. She knew she would need 22 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: more if she wanted to go to the city with 23 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: her boss and look at the big library there for 24 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: new books to read. Louise worked very hard for about 25 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: four months and finally said she had enough money saved 26 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: to go to the city with her boss the next 27 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: time he was going for supplies. She was so excited 28 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: to be going to the city. She asked if they 29 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: would have time to stop at the library, and her 30 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: boss said he had heard about a better place that 31 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: she might like to go. Louise had only been to 32 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: the city one other time when she was a child. 33 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: It had been such a long time ago. They arrived 34 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: in town after about one hour driving, and Louise just 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: stared and stared. She had forgotten how big everything was. 36 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: Everywhere she looked there were buildings and people, so many people. 37 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: Her boss told her that someone had told him about 38 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: this great place she would love, called a used bookstore. 39 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: He said he would drop her off there and then 40 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: come back for her when he was all finished. He 41 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: said this would give her about one hour to look 42 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: for books. Louise could not believe how lucky she was 43 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: one hour in a bookstore to search for books she 44 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: wanted to read. When they arrived at the store, it 45 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: looked small and dark, but Louise opened the door with 46 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: a jingle from the bell. The smell of books was 47 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: very strong. Louise let her eyes adjust to the light, 48 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: and she could not believe what she could see. There 49 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: were books everywhere, from the floor all the way to 50 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: the ceiling, piles and piles of books. Louise started wandering around. 51 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 1: She had no idea where to start. An older lady 52 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: came over and asked Louise what she was looking for. 53 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: Louise didn't know what to say, so she asked the lady, 54 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: whose name was Page, to recommend some books for her 55 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: to read. Page chatted with Louise for a while to 56 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: get an idea of what kind of books she liked 57 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: to read and things that interested her. Louise and Page 58 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: talked about books for the entire time that Louise's boss 59 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: was gone. Page helped Louise find so many books that 60 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: she was interested in. They came up with a deal 61 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: that Louise could pay only ten dollars and borrow as 62 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: many books as she'd like. Louise thought this was too 63 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: good to be true and chose ten books from the 64 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: piles they had taken from the shelves. Page told Louis 65 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: that if her boss would return the books for her, 66 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,559 Speaker 1: she would send another ten books with him each time 67 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: he came to the city. Louise could not believe her 68 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: good luck, and when her boss came back, she was 69 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: so happy she felt like she was floating on air. 70 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: Every month, when Louise's boss went to the city, Louise 71 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: would send her ten books with him, and Page would 72 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: send him back with ten new ones. This book borrowing 73 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: deal went on for a long time, and during the 74 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: years Louise borrowed books from Page at the bookstore, she 75 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: wished that there was some way she could share her 76 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: love of reading with the other people in the town. 77 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: Louise started volunteering to read stories at the local school 78 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: to help the teachers. The students loved it. When Louise 79 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: came into the class to share a new adventure, the 80 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: local librarian said that more and more children were coming 81 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: in to borrow books than ever before. Louise could see 82 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: that her love of reading was wearing off on the children. 83 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: Louise was very happy, but she still wanted to do more. 84 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: She remembered how sometimes some of her classmates had to 85 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: take a bus to school. As their homes were quite 86 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 1: far away. She wondered, how do those children borrow books? 87 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: She started putting boxes of books in her car and 88 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: driving around to churches and small stores, leaving signs saying 89 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 1: that she would come back on what day and at 90 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: what time, and if the children wanted to come and 91 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: borrow books, they could. She became known as Louise the 92 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: Moving Librarian. Louise loved seeing the looks on the kids' 93 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:58,920 Speaker 1: faces when she drove up to the churches and stores 94 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: and opened the box for them to borrow books. Soon, 95 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: there were so many children that wanted to borrow books 96 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: she didn't have enough room in her car anymore. She 97 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: talked to the townsfolk to see if anyone had a 98 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: larger car or a trailer that she could borrow or buy. 99 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: One of the school workers said that they had a small, 100 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: old bus that was just parked in the bus lot 101 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: and if she wanted to have it, she could have 102 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: it for free, but she'd need to make some small 103 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: repairs to get it ready to drive. Louise couldn't believe 104 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: her ears. She went over right away and looked at 105 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: the bus. It was perfect. When she looked inside, she 106 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: could imagine a library on wheels. She could move those 107 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: seats and put in shelves and cover that other seat 108 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: so that the kids could sit and read. It would 109 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: be perfect. Louise worked on the bus for two months 110 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: until she finally felt it was ready. She had a 111 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: friend paint the inside and out with great pictures of 112 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: characters and scenes from some of her favor books. The 113 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: bus looked fabulous. The next week she was ready for 114 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: her first trip in the book bus. When she pulled 115 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: up to the churches and stores in the bus, the 116 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: kids went crazy. They couldn't believe they had a library 117 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: on wheels that came to their village every week, and 118 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: that they could have books to read whenever they wanted. Now, 119 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: Louise and her bookmobile became famous all over the province, 120 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: and soon Louise had a group of bookmobiles and was 121 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: looking for book lovers to drive them for her. It 122 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: was a dream come true for Louise. She was so 123 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: happy that she had found the perfect way to share 124 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: her love of reading with everyone else around. Louise continued 125 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: to take her bookmobile to the children and share her 126 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: books until she could no longer climb the stairs into 127 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: the bus. When the time came her granddaughter Page took 128 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: over for her, and the Bookmobile continued to visit the 129 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: children for many, many years.