"Short Stories"

**C* T* E* <c*@gardenvista.com>**

The best "short story" I heard was only four words.  The background is 
that a cub reporter was asked to cover the story about a lunatic who 
escaped from the local asylum and raped a woman.  The first draft was 
way too long and sensational, and the editor demanded that he tighten 
the story considerably.  The second draft was shorter, but still way too 
wordy.  Again the young reporter was sent back to rewrite his story as 
succinctly as possible.  After much labor, this is what he finally 
wrote: "Nut bolts and screws."
     Catriona

C.L. Fornari wrote:
> a couple years ago. People were asked to write a six word story - the master example being Hemingway's "Baby shoes for sale. Never worn."  Hard to beat...impossible, probably. My contribution was this: "Weeds? Of course! Gardeners cultivate life."  
>
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