8.27.2008

Short Story of 55 Words (plus 20)

This is an exercise we did once in 12th Grade Writer's Craft. Write a short story consisting of only 55 words. You should try it.

Intent on making the evening pleasant, he slipped his arm around her, the umbrella in his other hand already open, shielding them both. "Mademoiselle," he announced.
She looked up at him, unconvinced, somehow knowing there was something he was concealing. She then realized how lost and lonesome he really was. Aware now, "
D'accord," she said.

I then added 20 more words to the story - this happens later on in the couple's rainy evening.

Understanding his yearning, she allowed him to embrace her. Knowing it was all she could allow herself to give him.

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