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Submitted to Contest #334
The Girl Who Didn’t Like Stories Once upon a time there was a young girl who didn’t like stories. Her name was Alice Menteith, and this is her story. Alice grew up on the farm of Wester Raspberry, where her father grew kale and neeps, as well as old and tired. One winter’s night he grew so tired out at his work that he did not come home for his tea. One of his men, Rab, found him next morning in the middle of the park, frozen to death. “Alice,” said her mother, “the time has come for you to set out into the world and seek your fortune, for ...
Submitted to Contest #317
The Watch It was lunchtime. My colleagues were talking about something they had all seen on tv the previous Saturday evening. I watch tv sometimes, so I tried to follow the thread. “Christine and Peter thought they could do it, but they couldn’t agree whether to push or pull,” said Joyce.“Peter wanted to pull.” “No, Christine wanted to pull. Peter wanted to push.” Christine and Peter must have been people from the tv programme, but I couldn’t figure if they were characters in a drama or real people being given tasks to complete. The latter...
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