The TV distracted him with a loud commercial, causing him to look up at the screen. The name of the advertiser was prominently displayed on the TV, but the message was lost on him. He knew that the scrolling information must mean something, but the letters made sense in only a general way. It was as if the Latin block lettering had somehow been changed into Sanskrit or Egyptian Hieroglyphics. That the forms were some sort of alphabet was clear to him, but the letters themselves had no associations in his brain from which to form a conclusion. In a panic, the former English major realized that his transformation into babyhood had made him illiterate.
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