____ paintings are the oldest pictures. Some of them, for example the beautiful images in the caves of Altamira in the North of Spain, are almost 30000 years old. Many of these paintings show animals or ____. The images do not have written words. But when we look at them, we get an idea of the ____ the people felt when drawing them. The paintings tell strories of hopes and fears. They are early from of communication. Sometime between 4000 and 3000 BCE, people in Egypt and Mesopotamia developed the skill of writing. They ____ text on stone tablets first. But it was impossible to ____ stones from place to place. The invention of papyrus allowed documents to be moved easily. Writing on papyrus made it easier to correct mistakes too. And do you know how the did that? When a scribe - the person who wrote the documents - made a mistake, he ____ the ink off the papyrus before it got dry and made his corrections! People made the first books from papyrus and from thin animal skins. Paper was invented in China as early as 105 CE. The quality of paper soon became very good. The world's oldest known printed book is from China too. It was ____ on May 11868 CE. In Europe, books were written manually until the middle of the 15th century when Johannes Gutenberg invented the ____ in Germany. Since that time, almost 140 million books have been published worldwide. For many people, one of life's greatest pleasures is spending a few hours in a bookshop ____ through the books. Books will be around for many years, of course. But some people prefer reading ____. They are easier to take with you when you travel, and you can ____ them instantly from the Internet. Now you can buy your books whenever you want without having to leave the comfort of your home.

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