"Oh!" Evie blinked as her little dancing Egyptians came into view. "It's the screen saver. If I just leave the screen like that for too long, and don't do anything? This comes on to keep the screen from burning out." She quickly moved the mouse and then said, "Do you *really* want books on Egypt and pyramids? Because I have loads. And yes, the Library would have even more!" She took a breath, then determinedly clicked on the icon for Word. "Um, archaeologists study the past-- ruins and tombs, and things that are even less well-preserved, like writing and pottery and... my parents are archaeologists, I've never wanted to be anything else." She took a huge breath. "Right! And, this is a mouse, although I have no idea why it's called that. It moves the little... pointer thing, around on the screen."
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Date: 2007-09-22 04:07 am (UTC)Circles and circles as Evie did so. "See?"