After seeing his sweetheart Jo kiss another boy, Martin ran to his chamber and wept himself to sleep. He dreamed he was a mean little spider that crawled in the night into Jo’s bed, and bit her big toe. Next morning, when Jo awoke, she found her big toe swollen. This week I’m republishing some … Continue reading A 50-Word Story a Day Keeps the Boredom Away #4
Fat old Walter rubbed at his pot belly and belched. A wasp buzzed about him. He waddled to his chair under the shade of the apple tree. He sat down, closed his eyes, and dozed off, snoring. The wasp, buzzing, alighted on his big nose, and she prepared her sting...
After a bad day at work, Fred found on his lawn a stray dog, and gave it a kick. He went in, ate meatloaf, and napped. When he awoke he went to the kitchen and saw there the stray dog gnawing a bone. 'Look what Tommy brought!' his wife said.
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