Radio has long been part of our lives, but today people increasingly listen to radio in their cars and on their phones. Yet the first radio receivers have long been forgotten.
One day, a young man named Pavel was taking his usual walk in the park. He was different from his peers. They preferred spending time at computers and communicated with each other more and more by phone. Pavel, however, preferred face-to-face interaction and nature walks. He loved to sit in the park and read a book.
This time, Pavel was sitting on a bench in the park reading a book when he suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from the rose bushes. Pavel headed straight there. But he found no one. In the bushes lay an old radio receiver. The sound was coming from it.
A girl with a pleasant voice was reading a novel—the very same one Pavel had just started reading a minute ago. He was amazed. The girl had a pleasant voice, and she made insightful comments as she read through the novel.
Pavel took the radio with him. Whenever he had a free moment, he would turn on the radio and listen to the girl's pleasant voice. But he didn't just like her voice; he loved the literature she selected.
When Pavel determined the broadcast frequency of this radio channel, he couldn't identify the station's name. Based on information available in public sources, such a channel simply couldn't exist.
Pavel began listening to this channel more and more often and noticed that broadcasting was interrupted on certain days and times. Since the girl was well-read, Pavel assumed she was studying at a university, likely in a literature-related department. He began thinking about how to find her. After all the time he had been listening to the radio, the young man had fallen in love with the girl.
Time passed. Pavel constantly listened to the radio, dreaming of meeting and talking to this girl in person. He was certain she was like him, that she was different from her peers, because it was clear she read a great deal.
Then one day, in one of the radio broadcasts, the girl decided to tell how she had created her channel. Her mother was a scientist and had created all the necessary equipment and secured a specific radio frequency. She told her listeners about what she knew herself. But no one listened to her. After all, it wasn't fashionable to listen to radio, especially on scientific topics. When her mother fell ill, the radio channel was abandoned. When her mother passed away, the girl decided to continue her mother's work in her memory. Now she shares with her listeners what she knows. She mentioned where she studied.
The next day, Pavel took the old radio receiver and went to the university the girl had mentioned. A girl approached him:
Hello, where did you get this radio receiver?
I found it in the park.
Pavel answered.
My mother made this radio. It only picks up one single channel. Have you been listening to it?
I simply fell in love with this channel. Is it you who runs it?
the young man asked.
Yes, it's me. Do you like it?
Very much. I dreamed of finding you. You're an excellent conversationalist. And nowadays it's so hard to find someone who doesn't spend time at a computer or glued to their phone. But you, like me, prefer books, am I right?
Yes, that's correct.
the girl answered.
From that day on, they were never apart. He would pick her up from university, and they would go to the park, where they would sit on a bench for hours and talk. They decided to set up the radio in the park and read books for everyone. Soon, young people began gathering in the park to listen to the broadcasts.
And finally, they unplugged from their phones and computers. Young people began leaving suggestions for improving the radio channel. Soon there weren't enough benches in the park.
There is nothing better than face-to-face communication. Don't forget to meet with your friends and loved ones. And the world will reveal itself to you in completely new colors.
